As a deity name
Name 673 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
श्रोतव्य · adj
सुनने के योग्य — Śabdasāgara
श्रोतव्य · śrotavya · part.
To be heard, audible; fit or proper to be heard, to be listened to — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 726
श्रोतव्य
worth listening to
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi श्रोतव्य — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रोतव्य (śrotavya).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
śrotavya &c. See p. 1103, col. 1.
śrotavya mfn. (fut. p. of √ 1. śru) to be heard or listened to, audible, worth hearing, ŚBr. &c. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
to be heard or listened to, audible, worth hearing, &c. &c.
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Dictionary citations
śrotavya &c. See p. 1103, col. 1.
śrotavya mfn. (fut. p. of √ 1. śru) to be heard or listened to, audible, worth hearing, ŚBr. &c. &c.
śrotavya n. the moment for hearing (impers. ‘it must be heard’), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
śrotavya mfn. (-vyaḥ-vyā-vyaṃ) To be heard or listened to. E. śru to hear, tavya aff. of the future participle.
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