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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. श्रावकśrāvakaA hearer.

    [श्रि-ण्वुल्]

    1. A hearer.
    2. A pupil, disciple; श्रावकावस्थायाम् Māl.1 'in their pupilage'.
    3. A class of Buddhist saints or votaries.
    4. A Buddhist votary in general.
    5. A heretic.
    6. A crow.
    7. A sound audible from afar.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. श्रावकśrāvaka[srâv-aka] a. [√1. sru] listening to (--˚); audible afar; m. hearer, pupil; disci ple of Buddha or Jina.

    [srâv-aka] adjective [√1. sru] listening to (--˚); audible afar; masculine hearer, pupil; disci ple of Buddha or Jina.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. श्रावकśrāvakamf(इका)n. hearing, listening to (comp.) Va1s.
    1. mf(इका)neuter gender hearing, listening to (compound) Va1s.
    2. mf(इका)neuter gender audible from afar S3is3.
    3. masculine gender a pupil, disciple Ma1lati1m.
    4. masculine gender a disciple of the Buddha बुद्ध (the disciples of the Hi1na-ya1na हीन-यान school are sometimes so called in contradistinction to the disciples of the Maha1-ya1na महा-यान school; properly only those who heard the law from the Buddha बुद्ध 's own lips have the name श्रावक, and of these two, viz. Sa1riputta Sariputta and Moggalla1na Moggallana, were Agra-s3ra1vaka अग्र-श्रावक s, "chief disciples", while eighty, including Ka1s3yapa काश्यप, Upa1li उपालि, and A1nanda आनन्द, were Maha1-s3ra1vakas महा-श्रावक s or "great disciples") MWB. 47, 75
    5. masculine gender a Jaina जैन disciple (regarded by orthodox Hindu1s Hindus as a heretic) MW.
    6. masculine gender a crow Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender a sound audible from afar S3is3.
    8. masculine gender that faculty of the voice which makes a sound audible to a distance Lexicographers
    9. etc. see page and participle 1097, column 1 .
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  2. अग्रश्रावकagraśrāvakam. (and f(इका)) "chief disciple", N. of some followers of Buddha बुद्ध, MWB. 47

    masculine gender (and f(इका)) "chief disciple", Name of some followers of Buddha बुद्ध, MWB. 47

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  3. महाश्रावकmahāśrāvakam. a gr great S3ra1vaka श्रावक or disciple (of Gautama गौतम Buddha बुद्ध or of a Jina जिन) Lalit. HYog.

    masculine gender a gr great S3ra1vaka श्रावक or disciple (of Gautama गौतम Buddha बुद्ध or of a Jina जिन) Lalit. HYog.

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  4. वृद्धश्रावकvṛddhaśrāvakam. an old S3aiva शैव mendicant VarBr2S. Sch.

    masculine gender an old S3aiva शैव mendicant VarBr2S. Scholiast or Commentator

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  5. श्रावककृत्यśrāvakakṛtyan. N. of wk.

    neuter gender Name of work

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  6. श्रावकत्वśrāvakatvan. the state or condition of a S3ra1vaka श्रावक HYog.

    neuter gender the state or condition of a S3ra1vaka श्रावक HYog.

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  7. श्रावकयानśrāvakayānan. the vehicle of the S3r S3ra1vaka श्रावक (cf. under यान) Dharmas. 3.

    neuter gender the vehicle of the S3r S3ra1vaka श्रावक (confer, compare under यान) Dharmas. 3.

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  8. श्रावकव्रतśrāvakavratan. N. of a Jaina जैन treatise.

    neuter gender Name of a Jaina जैन treatise.

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