SASTRA
\sˈastɹə], \sˈastɹə], \s_ˈa_s_t_ɹ_ə]\
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Among the Hindoos, the sacred books containing the institutes of their religion; the six great sastras, containing, according to the Hindoos, all knowledge human and divine, are the Vedas, the Upavedas, the Vedanga, the Upangas, including the Puranas and the Dharmashastra.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Idiopathic Hypercatabolic Hypoproteinemias
- series of gastrointestinal disorders which share in common excessive loss protein, mainly albumin, across gut wall. occur stomach (Menetrier disease), as well the small bowel (intestinal lymphangiectases, assorted inflammatory states). They are also occasionally associated with congestive heart failure (again a bowel protein loss).