Family name शास्त्री (Santri 
, Shastri 
, शास्त्री ) , in all the world, is a common surname. The cognomen शास्त्री is habitual in United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a rare surname, India, and Indonesia. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in India, Indonesia, and the United States. Very seldom, शास्त्री is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Santri | Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, United States, India |
| Shastri | Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Taiwan, United States, India |
| शास्त्री | India |
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श्याम शास्त्री Indian musician, IN (b. 1762) |
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वी. एस. श्रीनिवास शास्त्री Moderate Indian National Congress Leader from Madras Presidency., IN (b. 1869) |
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चेलपिल्ला वेंकट शास्त्री poet, IN (b. 1870) |
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| बापूदेव शास्त्री Indian scholar in Sanskrit and mathematics and translator, IN (b. 1821) |
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एम पी शास्त्री 2nd Chief Justice of India, IN (b. 1889) |
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ए. आर. कृष्ण शास्त्री writer, researcher and translator in the Kannada language (1890-1968), IN (b. 1890) |
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के ए नीलकांत शास्त्री Indian historian (1892–1975), IN (b. 1892) |
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शुक्रराज शास्त्री Nepalese politician, NP (b. 1894) |
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हीरा लाल शास्त्री lndian politician, IN (b. 1899) |
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लालबहादुर शास्त्री Prime Minister of India from 1964 to 1966, IN (b. 1904) |
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केशवराम काशीराम शास्त्री founding leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and writer, IN (b. 1905) |
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विश्वनारायण शास्त्री Sanskrit writer, IN (b. 1925) |
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सत्यव्रत शास्त्री Jnanpith Award recipient in Sanskrit. Indian academic, IN (b. 1930) |
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टी वी वेंकटचल शास्त्री Kannada writer, lexicographer, grammar expert, critic and editor, IN (b. 1933) |
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वागीश शास्त्री Indian scholar, IN (b. 1934) |
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