शास् [ śās ] [ śās ]1 Root ( cf. √ [ śaṃs ] ) cl. [2] P. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxiv , 67) [ śāsti ] ( Ved. and ep. also [ śā́ste ] and [ śāsati ] , [ °te ] ; du. [ śiṣṭhaḥ ] Lit. Pāṇ. 6-4 , 34 ; 3. pl. [ śāsati ] Lit. ib. vi , 1 , 6 ; impf. [ aśāt ] Lit. Br. ; Impv. [ śādhi ] , [ śāstána ] Lit. RV. ; Pot. [ śiṣyāt ] Lit. Up. Lit. GṛŚrS. ; pf. [ śaśāsa ] , [ °suḥ ] ( in Lit. RV. also Impv. [ śaśādhi ] and Subj. [ śaśās ] ) Lit. RV. ; aor. [ aśiṣat ] ( in Lit. RV. also 1. pl. [ śiṣāmahi ] and p. [ śiṣát ] ) Lit. ib. ; fut. [ śāsitā ] Gr. ; [ śāsiṣyati ] , [ °te ] Lit. Br. ; inf. [ śāstum ] Lit. GṛŚrS. ; [ śāsitum ] Lit. MBh. ; ind.p. [ śāsitvā ] or [ śiṣṭvā ] Lit. ib. ; [ -śiṣya ] Lit. Br. Lit. Up. ; [ -śāsya ] Lit. MBh. ) , to chastise , correct , censure , punish Lit. RV. ; to restrain , control , rule , govern ( also with [ rājyam ] or [ aiśvaryam ] ) Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. ; to administer the laws (with [ dharmam ] , " to administer justice " ) Lit. MBh. ; to direct , bid , order , command , enjoin , decree ( with an inf. or a sentence followed by [ iti ] ) Lit. ib. ; to teach , instruct , inform (with two acc. , or with acc. of pers. and dat. or loc. of thing) Lit. RV. ; to confess (a crime) Lit. Mn. xi , 82 ; to announce , proclaim Lit. Bhaṭṭ. ; to predict , foretell Lit. VarBṛS. ; to blame , reject , disdain (?) Lit. RV. x , 32 , 4 ; to praise , commend ( = √ [ śaṃs ] ) Lit. Hit. iii , 102 : Pass. [ śāsyate ] or [ śiṣyate ] ( cf. √ [ śiṣ ] ) , to be chastised or corrected Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv. : Caus. [ śāśayati ] (aor. [ aśaśāsat ] Lit. Pāṇ. 7-4 , 2) , to recommend Lit. Bālar. v , 33 : Desid. [ śiśāsiṣati ] Gr.: Intens. [ śeśiṣyate ] , [ śāśāsti ] Lit. ib.