śruta

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] p. p. [śru-kta] 1 Heard, listen- ed to. --2 Reported, heard of. --3 Learnt, ascertained, understood. --4 Well-known, famous, celebrated, renowned; śrutasya kiṃ tatsadṛśaṃ kulasya R. 14. 61, 3. 40. --5 Named, called. --taṃ 1 The object of hearing. --2 That which was heard by revela- tion; i. e. the Veda, holy learning, sacred knowledge; śrutaprakāśaṃ R. 5. 2. --3 Learning in general (vidyā); śrotraṃ śrutenaiba na...

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p. p. [śru-kta] 1 Heard, listen- ed to. --2 Reported, heard of. --3 Learnt, ascertained, understood. --4 Well-known, famous, celebrated, renowned; śrutasya kiṃ tatsadṛśaṃ kulasya...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

314

Texts Appeared In

53

DCS: name of a mythical weapon

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 150 47.8%
2. Carakasaṃhitā 14 4.5%
3. Rāmāyaṇa 9 2.9%
4. Liṅgapurāṇa 8 2.5%
5. Vasiṣṭhadharmasūtra 8 2.5%

Concordance (Sample)

• Yogasūtra surface: _

  śrutānumānaprajñābhyām anyaviṣayā viśeṣārthatvāt

• Pañcārthabhāṣya surface: śrutam

  vāgeva hi manuṣyasya śrutamākhyāti bhāṣitā

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: śruta

  puruṣasyāñjasābhyeti śrutamātraguṇaṃ hi mām