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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. श्रुतिśrutif.Hearing; चन्द्रस्य ग्रहणमिति श्रुतेः Mu.1.7; R.1.27.

    [श्रु-क्तिन्]

    1. Hearing; चन्द्रस्य ग्रहणमिति श्रुतेः Mu.1.7; R.1.27.
    2. The ear; श्रुतिसुखभ्रमरस्वनगीतयः R.9.35; Śi.1.1; Ve.3.23.
    3. Report, rumour, news, oral intelligence.
    4. A sound in general; सा तु वेदश्रुतिं श्रुत्वा दृष्ट्वा वै तमसो निधिम् Rām.7.2.17; स वेत्ति गन्धांश्च रसान् श्रुतीश्च Mb.12.187.19.
    5. The Veda (known by revelation, Opposite of स्मृति; see under वेद); श्रुतिस्तु वेदो विज्ञेयो धर्मशास्रं तु वै स्मृतिः Ms.2.1,14.
    6. A Vedic or sacred text; इति श्रुतेः or इति श्रुतिः 'so says a sacred text'.
    7. Vedic or sacred knowledge, holy learning; यत्रैषा सात्वती श्रुतिः Bhāg.1.4.7;11.3.46.
    8. (In music) A division of the octavo, a quarter tone or interval; रणद्भिरा- घट्टनया नभस्वतः पृथग्विभिन्नश्रुतिमण्डलैः स्वरैः Śi.1.1;11.1; (see Malli. ad Locative).
    9. The constellation Śravaṇa.
    10. The diagonal of a tetragon, the hypotenuse of a triangle; Compare कर्ण.
    11. Direct or expressed signification (Opposite of लक्षणा); श्रुतिलक्षणाविशये च श्रुतिर्न्याय्या न लक्षणा ŚB. on MS.6.2.2.
    12. Speech (वाक्); विविक्तवर्णाभरणा सुखश्रुतिः Ki.14.3.
    13. Name, fame (कीर्ति); हैरण्यौ भवतो बाहू श्रुतिर्भवति पार्थिवी Mb.3.35.9.
    14. A word, saw, saying; Rām.2.72.25.
    15. An explanation of ब्रह्म from the उपनिषद्s; विविधाश्चौपनिषदीरात्मसंसिद्धये श्रुतीः Ms.6.29 (com. श्रुतीरुपनिषत्पठितब्रह्मप्रतिपादकवाक्यानि).
    16. Advantage, gain (फलश्रुति); उपोष्य संशितो भूत्वा हित्वा वेदकृताः श्रुतीः Mb.12. 265.7.
    17. Name, title; बिभ्रत्यनन्यविषयां लोकपाल इति श्रुतिम् Kāv.2.331.
    18. Learning.
    19. Scholarship.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अनुप्रासः a kind of alliteration; see K. Parasmaipada9.

    • -अर्थः the sense of a sentence derived on the strength of the श्रुतिप्रमाण as distinguished from लङ्ग, वाक्य and other प्रमाणs; यत्र श्रुत्यर्थो न सम्भवति तत्र वाक्यार्थो गृह्यते ŚB. on MS.6.2.14.

    • -उक्त, -उदित Adjective enjoined by the Vedas; आचारः परमो धर्मः श्रुत्युक्तः स्मार्त एव च Ms.1.18.

    • -कटः

      1. a snake.
      2. penance, expiation.

    • -कटु Adjective harsh to hear. (-टुः) a harsh or unmelodious sound, regarded as a fault of composition.

    • -कथित Adjective enjoined or prescribed by the Vedas.

    • -चोदनम्, -नः a scriptural injunction, Vedic precept.

    • -जातिविशारद Adjective familiar with different kinds of quarter tones; वीणावादनतत्त्वज्ञः श्रुतिजातिविशारदः । तालज्ञश्चाप्रयासेन मोक्षमार्गं नियच्छति ॥ Y.3.115.

    • -जीविका a law-book or code of laws.

    • -दूषक Adjective offending the ear.

    • -द्वैधम् disagreement or contradiction of Vedas or Vedic precepts; श्रुतिद्वैधं तु यत्र स्यात्तत्र धर्माबुभौ स्मृतौ Ms.2.14.

    • -धर

      1. Adjective
      2. hearing.
      3. having a retentive memory; Latin D. B.

    • -निदर्शनम् evidence of the Vedas; कामकार- कृतेऽप्याहुरेके श्रुतिनिदर्शनात् Ms.11.45.

    • -पथः

      1. the range of the ear; तामाश्रित्य श्रुतिपथगतामास्थया लब्धमूलः M.4.1.
      2. (Plural) tradition.

    • -प्रसादन Adjective grateful to the ear.

    • -प्रामाण्यम् authority or sanction of the Vedas.

    • -प्रामाण्यतः Indeclinable on the authority of the Veda; श्रुति- प्रामाण्यतो विद्वान् स्वधर्मे निविशेत वै Ms.2.8.

    • -मण्डलम्

      1. the outer ear.
      2. the whole circle of the quarter-tones; Śi.1.1.

    • -महत् Adjective rich in scriptural lore; सरस्वती श्रुतिमहतां महीयताम् Ś.7.35 (Vartious reading श्रुतमहताम्).

    • -मूलम्

      1. the root of the ear; लपितुं किमपि श्रुतिमूले Gīt.1.
      2. a Vedic text.

    • -मूलक Adjective founded on the Veda.

    • -वचनम् a Vedic precept.

    • -वर्जित

      1. Adjective
      2. deaf.
      3. not knowing the Vedas.

    • -विप्रतिपन्न

      1. Adjective
      2. not recognizing the authority of the scriptures, disregarding the Vedas.
      3. contrary to the Vedas.

    • -विवरम् the auditory passage.

    • -विशेषणार्थम् Indeclinable for specialization in the Vedas; Svapna.1.

    • -विषयः

      1. the object of the sense of hearing id est, that is sound; श्रुतिविषयगुणा या स्थिता व्याप्य विश्वम् Ś.1.1.
      2. the reach or range of the ear; एतत् प्रायेण श्रुतिविषयमापतितमेव K.
      3. the subject matter of the Veda.
      4. any sacred ordinance.

    • -वेधः

      1. boring the ear. शिखरम्, शिरस् Upaniṣad or Vedānta; नमः सर्वेष्टाय श्रुतिशिखरदृष्टाय च नमः Viṣṇu-mahimna 3.
      2. a leading text of the Veda.

    • -सुख, -मनोहर Adjective agreeable to the ear, melodious; श्रुतिसुखमुपवीणितं सहायैः Ki.1.38.

    • -स्फोटा Gynandropsis Pentaphylla (Marâthî तिळवण).

    • -स्मृति Feminine (dual) revelation and legal institutes, Veda and law; श्रुतिस्मृति- पुराणोक्तफलप्राप्त्यर्थम् Pūjā-mantra.

    • -हारिन् Adjective captivating the ear.

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  2. अश्रुतिaśrutia.Without ears.

    Without ears.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -तिः Masculine (archaic) A serpent; देववंशान्पितृवंशान् ब्रह्मवंशांश्च शाश्वतान् । सन्त्यज्य मूढा वर्तन्ते ततो यान्त्यश्रुतीपथम् ॥ Mb.12.11.17.

    • -तिः Feminine Not hearing, forgetfulness; अश्रुतिमभिनीय Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)3.

    • -धर

      1. Adjective
      2. Not striking the ear or attention.
      3. not knowing the Vedas.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. श्रुतिśruti[srú-ti] f. V., C.: hearing, listening; sound, noise; C.: ear; musical interval (there being 22 in the…

    [srú-ti] feminine; also equal for Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: hearing, listening; sound, noise; Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit: ear; musical interval (there being 22 in the octave); report, news, of (--˚); rumour, hearsay; saying, saw; traditional religious precept (regarding, --˚), sacred text (plural sacred texts, the Vedas); name, title (rare); learning (vide, see r. sruta-): srutim abhi nîya, pretending to hear; srutau sthâ, be known by hearsay only; iti sruteh, because it is so stated in the scriptures or Veda; -sruteh, because -is prescribed or taught.

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  2. अश्रुतिaśruti[á-sruti] f. not hearing; oblivion: -m abhi-nî, do as if one had heard nothing; -virodhin, a. not opposed to…

    [á-sruti] feminine; also equal for not hearing; oblivion: -m abhi-nî, do as if one had heard nothing; -virodhin, adjective not opposed to scripture.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. श्रुतिśrutif. hearing, listening (श्रुतिम् अभिनीय, "feigning to hear"; श्रुतिं वचो नुगां-√कृ, "to listen to a speech")…
    1. feminine hearing, listening (श्रुतिम् अभिनीय, "feigning to hear"; श्रुतिं वचो नुगां-√कृ, "to listen to a speech") S3Br. etc.
    2. feminine the ear, organ or power of hearing Ka1v. VarBr2S. Katha1s.
    3. feminine the diagonal of a tetragon or hypothenuse of a triangle Gol.
    4. feminine that which is heard or perceived with the ear, sound, noise etc. fg-veda AV. Pra1t. Katha1s. BhP.
    5. feminine an aggregate of sounds (whether forming a word or any part of a word) TPra1t.
    6. feminine rumour, report, news, intelligence, hearsay (श्रुतौ-√स्था, "to be known by hearsay") MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    7. feminine a saying, saw, word MBh. R. BhP.
    8. feminine that which has been heard or communicated from the beginning, sacred knowledge orally transmitted by the Bra1hmans Brahmans from generation to generation, the Veda वेद (id est sacred eternal sounds or words as eternally heard by certain holy sages called R2ishis ऋषि s, and so differing from स्म्/ऋति or what is only remembered and handed down in writing by human authors see Mn. ii, 10; it is properly only applied to the Mantra मन्त्र and Bra1hman2a ब्राह्मण portion of the Vedas वेद s, although afterwards extended to the Upanishads उपनिषद् s and other Vedic works including the Dars3anas दर्शन s; इति श्रुतेः, "because it is so taught in the Veda वेद, according to a श्रुति or Vedic text"; plural "sacred texts, the Vedas वेद s", also "rites prescribed by the Vedas वेद s") AitBr. S3rS. Mn. MBh. etc. IW. 144
    9. feminine (in music) a particular division of the octave, a quarter tone or interval (twenty-two of these are enumerated, four constituting a major tone, three a minor, and two a semitone; they are said to be personified as nymphs) Ya1jn5. S3is3. Pan5car.
    10. feminine a name, title Ka1vya7d. ii, 331
    11. feminine learning, scholarship S3ak. VarBr2S. (probably wrong reading for श्रुत)
    12. feminine Equivalent to बुद्धि Lexicographers
    13. feminine Name of a daughter of Atri अत्रि and wife of Kardama कर्दम VP.
    14. feminine (confer, compare स्रुति) course, path (?) fg-veda ii, 2, 7; x, 111, 3
    15. feminine the constellation, S3ravan2a1 श्रवणा Lexicographers
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  2. अपश्रुतिapaśrutimfn. unpleasant to the ear, MBh.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective unpleasant to the ear, MBh.

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  3. अपृथक्श्रुतिapṛthakśrutimfn. not audible separately RPra1t.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective not audible separately RPra1t.

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  4. अवाक्श्रुतिavākśrutimfn. deaf and dumb L.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective deaf and dumb Lexicographers

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  5. अश्रुतिaśrutif. oblivion S3Br. xiii R.
    1. feminine oblivion S3Br. xiii R.
    2. feminine not a Vedic text Ka1tyS3r.
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  6. अश्रुतित्वaśrutitvan. "inaudibleness", indistinctness RPra1t.

    neuter gender "inaudibleness", indistinctness RPra1t.

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