As a deity name
Name 588 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
स्रष्टा · noun · masculine
सृष्टि या विश्व की रचना करनेवाले, ब्रह्मा · विष्णु · शिव — Śabdasāgara
स्रष्टा · adj
सृष्टि करनेवाला । निर्माता । रचयिता । टपकने या चूनेवाला · स्राव करनेवाला (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
स्रष्टा · masculine
creator, maker
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्रष्टृ (sraṣṭṛ).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a creator, the creator of the universe (applied to Brahmā, Śiva &c.), &c.
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sraṣṭā" is the nominative of "sraṣṭṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
sraṣṭṛ m. one who emits or discharges (water &c.), MBh.
a maker, author, Nir.; Rājat.
Alternative readings
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