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śāstrotsava /sastrotˈsɔːp/ A3824     †[Sanskrit śāstrotsava, < śāstra, + utsava]. definitions 1 n. Introductory instruction, initiation to the treatises or sacred books.1 references K.194/383A:29 (A.D. 1119/21, BEFEO, XLIII:134), hapax. citations ... [ryyan] thve vraḥ dīkṣā ryyan iss siddhānta phoṅ ta daṃnep ra vraḥ guhya thve śāstrotsava phoṅ ... (K.194/383A:28-9), `... [had learned] to perform the holy dīkṣā [and] had studied all of the sundry branches of learning – particularly the holy Secret Doctrine – [and] took his first steps in the sacred books'. notes 1 Cœdès and Dupont (BEFEO, XLIII:146) understand the term as ``les fêtes rituelles''.