sruti

[ shroot-ee ]

noun

, Hinduism.

1. the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sruti¹

From the Sanskrit word śruti

Example Sentences

Order ornaments from the Court Jeweller for Sruti-bhushan's wife immediately.

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A similar etymology of the word 'hridaya' is given by sruti, 'That Self abides in the heart.

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The permanent identity of names and forms is declared in Sruti as well as Smriti; compare, for instance, Rik.

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On the other hand, we have a Sruti-passage which proclaims the excellence of Manu259, viz.

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So the sruti—Greater than the greatest and smaller than the smallest.

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