sruti

[ shroot-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Hinduism.

Origin of sruti¹

From the Sanskrit word śruti

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

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

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

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

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

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