shastri means A surname from Sanskrit. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 80 out of 100.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi शास्त्री (śāstrī, “scholar”).
name
- A surname from Sanskrit.“Lal Bahadur Shastri”
noun
- Someone who teaches the shastras.“Sanskrit was for him the language of the shastris, who, despite their learning, were poor and dependent.”