As a deity name
Name 854 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
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
having ears
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śrutimate" is the dative of "śrutimat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "śrutimat" is derived from "śruti" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
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.
śruti—mat mfn. having ears, ŚvetUp.
possessed of knowledge, learned (often v.l. for the more correct śruta-vat), Kāv.; VarBṛS.; Kathās.
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Dictionary citations
śruti—mat mfn. having ears, ŚvetUp.
possessed of knowledge, learned (often v.l. for the more correct śruta-vat), Kāv.; VarBṛS.; Kathās.
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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