As a deity name
Name 769 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
[śru-ktin] 1 Hearing; 2 The ear; śrutisukhabhramarasvanagītayaḥ; 3 Report, rumour, news, oral intelligence. 4 A sound in general. 5 The Veda (known by revelation, opp smṛti; see un…
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M2 · same meaning "śrutiḥ" is "śruti" with final visarga (ḥ) — regular end-of-word sandhi (Aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15, cited from the engine's own derivation). Same word.
visarga sandhi · aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15 — cited from the derivationDictionary citations
śrutiḥ f. [śru-ktin] 1 Hearing; caṃdrasya grahaṇamiti śruteḥ Mu. 1. 7; R. 1. 27. 2 The ear; śrutisukhabhramarasvanagītayaḥ R. 9. 35; Śi. 1. 1; Ve. 3. 23. 3 Report, rumour, news, oral intelligence. 4 A sound in general. 5 The Veda (known by revelation, opp smṛti; see under veda). 6 A Vedic or sacred text; iti śruteḥ or iti śrutiḥ ‘so says a sacred text’ 7 Vedic or sacred knowledge, holy learning. 8 (In music) A division of the octavo, a quarter tone or interval; Śi. 1. 10, 11. 1; (see Malli. ad loc.). 9 The constellation Śravaṇa. 10 The diagonal of a tetragon, the hypothenuse of a triangle; cf. karṇa. Comp. — anuprāsaḥ a kind of alliteration; see K. P. 9 — ukta, -udita a. enjoined by the Vedas. — kaṭaḥ 1 a snake. 2 penance, expiation. — kaṭu a. harsh to hear. — (duḥ) a harsh or unmelodious sound, regarded as a fault of composition. — kathita a. enjoined or prescribed by the Vedas. — codanaṃ, — nā a scriptural injunction, Vedic precept. — jīvikā a law-book or code of laws. — dvaidhaṃ disagreement or contradiction of Vedas or Vedic precepts. — dhara a. hearing. — nidarśanaṃ evidence of the Vedas. — pathaḥ the range of the ear; M. 4. 1. — prasādana a. grateful to the ear. — prāmāṇyaṃ authority or sanction of the Vedas. — maṃḍalaṃ the outer ear. — mahat a. rich in scriptural lore; sarasvatī śrutimahatāṃ mahīyatāṃ Ś. 7. 35. — mūlaṃ 1 the root of the ear; lapituṃ kimapi śrutimūle (pb) Gīt. 1. 2 a Vedic text. — mūlaka a. founded on the Veda. — varjita a. 1 deaf. 2 not knowing the Vedas. — vipratipanna a. 1 not recognizing the authority of the scriptures, disregarding the Vedas. 2 contrary to the Vedas. — viṣayaḥ 1 the object of the sense of hearing. i. e. sound; śrutiviṣayaguṇā yā sthitā vyāṇya viśvaṃ Ś. 1. 1. 2 the reach or range of the ear; etatprāyeṇa śrutiviṣayamāpatitameva K. 3 the subject matter of the Veda. 4 any sacred ordinance. — vedhaḥ boring the ear. — sukha, — manohara a. agreeable to the ear, melodious. — smṛti f. (dual) revelation and legal institutes, Veda and law.
1. śruti f. hearing, listening (śrutim abhinīya, ‘feigning to hear’; śrutiṃ vaco 'nugāṃ-√ kṛ, ‘to listen to a speech’), ŚBr. &c. &c.
the ear, organ or power of hearing, Kāv.; VarBṛS.; Kathās.
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