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Shastri or Shastry is a surname found mainly in India. The word shastri translates to 'scholar'. It is derived from Sanskrit and means one who is proficient in the Shastras (ancient Indian texts). This surname mostly used by Brahmins and is also used by some Kayasthas.
Notable people with the surname include:

Anant Maral Shastri (1912–1999), freedom fighter and scholar
Dahyabhai Shastri, Indian scholar
Dharam Dass Shastri, Indian politician
Heera Lal Shastri (1899–1974), Indian politician and the first chief minister of Rajasthan state
Keshavram Kashiram Shastri (1905–2006), founding leader of Vishwa Hindu Parishad
Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966), second prime minister of India
Narayani Shastri (born 1968), television and theatre actress
Pandurang Shastri Athavale (1920–2003), Indian philosopher also known as Dada-ji
Prakash Vir Shastri (1923–1977), member of the Parliament of India (Sansad)
Rajaram Shastri (1904–1991), Indian educationist
Ram Nath Shastri (1914–2009), Dogri poet, Sahitya Akademi Fellow
Ram Shastri (died 1772), Chief Justice in the apex court of the Maratha Empire
Ratan Shastri (died 1998), Indian founder of Banasthali Vidyapith (now a university) and activist for women's rights
Ravi Shastri (born 1962), Indian Test cricketer
Satya Vrat Shastri (born 1930), Sanskrit scholar
Shukraraj Shastri (1894–1941), Nepalese intellectual
Shyama Shastri (1762–1827), Indian musician, composer of Carnatic music and oldest among the Trinity of Carnatic music
Sirivennala Sitarama Shastri (born 1955), Telugu and Sanskrit poet
Vagish Shastri (born 1934), Sanskrit grammarian who discovered a short cut way of learning Sanskrit
Vishnu Kant Shastri (1929–2005), Indian politician who served as the governor of Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh
Anant Krishna Shastry (born 1940), Indian historian
Archana Shastry, Indian film actress
B. Sriram Shastry (born 1950), Indian-American physicist
Chamu Krishna Shastry (born 1956), Indian language activist
H. Ramachandra Shastry (1906–1992), Indian Carnatic flautist
Kala Nath Shastry (born 1936), Indologist, writer, and linguist
Su. Rudramurthy Shastry (born 1984), Indian novelist




See also


All pages with titles beginning with Shastri (surname)
Sastri
Sastry
Shastra

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• Shastri (surname)
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• Shastri (disambiguation)
• Shastri (degree)
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• Dravid (surname)
• Hara Prasad Shastri
• Shukraraj Shastri
• Joshi
• Feroze Gandhi