Shastra (à¤¶à¤¾à¤¸à¥à¤¤à¥à¤°, IAST: ÅÄstra, IPA: ) is a Sanskrit word that means precept, rules, manual, compendium, book or treatise in a general sense. The word is generally used as a suffix in the Indian literature context, for technical or specialized knowledge in a defined area of practice.
Ice calving. Ice calving, also known as glacier calving or iceberg calving, is the breaking of ice chunks from the edge of a glacier. It is a form of ice ablation or ice disruption and is normally caused by the glacier expanding. It is the sudden release and breaking away of a mass of ice from a glacier, iceberg, ice front, ice shelf, or crevasse.
CALVING. 1  Do glaciers have cows? 2  What are chunks of ice that break off glaciers and fall into the water? 3  What are the three rules starting with the letter L that you need to do at Child's Glacier? 4  Do you move to higher or lower ground when you see a glacier calving? 5  One of the rules is to Look at Child's Glacier.