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Results for उपश्रुति

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

उपश्रुतिupaśrutif.Hearing, listening.
1. Hearing, listening.
2. Range of hearing.
3. A supernatural voice heard at night, and personified as a nocturnal deity revealing the future; नक्तं निर्गत्य यत्किंचिच्छुभाशुभकरं वचः । श्रूयते तद्विदुर्धीरा देवप्रश्नमुप- श्रुतिम् ॥ Hārāvali; परिजनोऽपि चास्याः सततमुपश्रुत्यै निर्जगाम K.65.
4. Aspect of the stars, fortune-telling.
5. Promise, assent.
6. Rumour, report; नोपश्रुतिं कटुकां नोत मुक्ताम् Mb.5.3.5.
7. Inclusion, incorporation (अन्तर्भाव); यथा त्रयाणां वर्णानां संख्यातोपश्रुतिः पुरा Mb.12.64.6.
8. Name of a deity; अनेनैव व्रतेन तपसा चान्विता देवीं वरदामुपश्रुतिमाह्वय Mb.12.342.48.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

उपश्रुतिupaśrutif. giving ear to, listening attentively RV. i, 10, 3; viii, 8, 5; 34, 11 AV. ii, 16, 2; xvi, 2, 5
1. feminine giving ear to, listening attentively fg-veda i, 10, 3; viii, 8, 5; 34, 11 AV. ii, 16, 2; xvi, 2, 5
2. feminine range of hearing S3Br. S3a1n3khS3r.
3. feminine hearing BhP.
4. feminine rumour, report MBh. v, 30, 5 (edition Bombay edition; अप-श्रुति edition Calcutta edition v, 871)
5. feminine a kind of supernatural oracular voice (answering questions about future events, and supposed to be uttered by an idol after mystic invocations, Vidha1na-pa1rija1ta विधान-पारिजात T.) MBh. Ka1d. etc., (confer, compare शकुनो*पthat the rest of a word is to be supplied)
6. masculine gender Name of an evil spirit Pa1rGr2. i, 16, 23.
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