f. that which has been heard or communicated from the beginning, sacred knowledge orally transmitted by the Brahmans from generation to generation, the veda- (id est sacred eternal sounds or words as eternally heard by certain holy sages called ṛṣi-s, and so differing from sm/ṛti-or what is only remembered and handed down in writing by human authorsSee;it is properly only applied to the mantra- and brāhmaṇa- portion of the veda-s, although afterwards extended to the upaniṣad-s and other Vedic works including the darśana-s; iti śruteḥ-,"because it is so taught in the veda-, according to a śruti-or Vedic text "; plural"sacred texts, the veda-s", also"rites prescribed by the veda-s") etc.
f. (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)
m.equals-patha- (gaṃ gata-or ga-praviṣṭa-,"having come or entered by way of the ears","heard"; mārga-in the beginning of a compound or geṇa-,"by way of the ears","by hearing")
f. a kind of supernatural oracular voice (answering questions about future events, and supposed to be uttered by an idol after mystic invocations, vidhāna-pārijāta-) etc., (seeśakunopa-)
श्रुतिः f. [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, opp. 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 loc.). -9 The constellation Śravaṇa. -1 The diagonal of a tetragon, the hypotenuse of a triangle; cf. कर्ण. -11 Direct or expressed signification (opp. 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. -Comp. -अनुप्रासः a kind of alliteration; see K. P.9. -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 a. enjoined by the Vedas; आचारः परमो धर्मः श्रुत्युक्तः स्मार्त एव च Ms.1.18. -कटः 1 a snake. -2 penance, expiation. -कटु a. harsh to hear. (-टुः) a harsh or unmelodious sound, regarded as a fault of composition. -कथित a. enjoined or prescribed by the Vedas. -चोदनम्, -नः a scriptural injunction, Vedic precept. -जातिविशारद a. familiar with different kinds of quarter tones; वीणावादनतत्त्वज्ञः श्रुतिजातिविशारदः । तालज्ञश्चाप्रयासेन मोक्षमार्गं नियच्छति ॥ Y.3.115. -जीविका a law-book or code of laws. -दूषक a. offending the ear. -द्वैधम् disagreement or contradiction of Vedas or Vedic precepts; श्रुतिद्वैधं तु यत्र स्यात्तत्र धर्माबुभौ स्मृतौ Ms.2.14. -धर a. 1 hearing. -2 having a retentive memory; L. D. B. -निदर्शनम् evidence of the Vedas; कामकार- कृते$प्याहुरेके श्रुतिनिदर्शनात् Ms.11.45. -पथः 1 the range of the ear; तामाश्रित्य श्रुतिपथगतामास्थया लब्धमूलः M.4.1. -2 (pl.) tradition. -प्रसादन a. grateful to the ear. -प्रामाण्यम् authority or sanction of the Vedas. -प्रामाण्यतः ind. 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 a. rich in scriptural lore; सरस्वती श्रुतिमहतां महीयताम् Ś.7.35 (v. l. श्रुतमहताम्). -मूलम् 1 the root of the ear; लपितुं किमपि श्रुतिमूले Gīt.1. -2 a Vedic text. -मूलक a. founded on the Veda. -वचनम् a Vedic precept. -वर्जित a. 1 deaf. -2 not knowing the Vedas. -विप्रतिपन्न a. 1 not recognizing the authority of the scriptures, disregarding the Vedas. -2 contrary to the Vedas. -विवरम् the auditory passage. -विशेष- णार्थम् ind. for specialization in the Vedas; Svapna.1. -विषयः 1 the object of the sense of hearing i. e. 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 boring the ear. -शिखरम्, -शिरस् 1 Upaniṣad or Vedānta; नमः सर्वेष्टाय श्रुतिशिखरदृष्टाय च नमः Viṣṇu-mahimna 3. -2 a leading text of the Veda. -सुख, -मनोहर a. agreeable to the ear, melodious; श्रुतिसुखमुपवीणितं सहायैः Ki.1.38. -स्फोटा Gynandropsis Pentaphylla (Mar. तिळवण). -स्मृति f. (dual) revelation and legal institutes, Veda and law; श्रुतिस्मृति- पुराणोक्तफलप्राप्त्यर्थम् Pūjā-mantra. -हारिन् a. captivating the ear.
f. V., C.: hearing, listening; sound, noise; C.: ear; musical interval (there being 22 in the octave); report, news, of (--°ree;); rumour, hearsay; saying, saw; traditional religious precept (regarding, --°ree;), sacred text (pl. sacred texts, the Vedas); name, title (rare); learning (v. 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 orVeda; -sruteh, because -is prescribed or taught.
n. conflict of Vedic precepts; -dhara, a. having a good memory (better sruta-); -patha, m. range of hearing, ear-shot; auditory passage, hearing: -m gam, pra½âp, or â-yâ, come to the ears: -ma dhura, a. pleasant to hear; -prasâdana, n. engaging the attention; -mat, a. having ears; learned (less correct for sruta-vat); supported by a Vedic passage; -mahat, a. great in learning; -mârga, m. way (=instrumen tality) of the ears; auditory passage, hear ing: °ree;-or in. by way of the ears: -m gam, come to the ears: -pravishta, pp. having en tered by way of the ears; -mûla, n. root of the ear; -vakana, n. Vedic precept; -visha ya, m. object of the sense of hearing, sound; range of hearing; -siras, n. leading passage of scripture.
noun (feminine) (in music) a particular division of the octave (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a name (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a quarter tone or interval (twenty-two of these are enumerated) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a saying (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an aggregate of sounds (whether forming a word or any part of a word) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hearing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hearsay (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
intelligence (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
learning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
listening (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a daughter of Atri and wife of Kardama (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
news (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
organ or power of hearing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
report (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rumour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sacred knowledge orally transmitted by the Brāhmans from generation to generation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
saw (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
scholarship (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sound (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
that which has been heard or communicated from the beginning (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
that which is heard or perceived with the ear (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the diagonal of a tetragon or hypothenuse of a triangle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the ear (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Veda (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
title (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
word (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) next (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a promise (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an answer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
assent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective having ears (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having the Veda as source or authority (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
learned (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
possessed of knowledge (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective having or following the Vedas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
obeying (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
observing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one who has heard (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) hearing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the auditory passage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the range of hearing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tradition (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) a kind of supernatural oracular voice (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
giving ear to (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
range of hearing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rumour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) celebrity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fame (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a particular Śruti (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
notoriety (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) flowing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the cow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
oozing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ramification of a channel or road (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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