श्रवस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬰ᭄ᬭᬯᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- শ্ৰৱস্ (Assamese script)
- শ্রবস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰪𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀯𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- શ્રવસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ੑਰਵਸੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦯꦿꦮꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ឝ្រវស៑ (Khmer script)
- ಶ್ರವಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ຨ຺ຣວສ຺ (Lao script)
- ശ്രവസ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘪𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠷᠠᠸᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- ᡧᡵᠠᠸᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- ၐြဝသ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧊𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐰𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଶ୍ରଵସ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢯ꣄ꢬꢮꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆮𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖪𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ශ්රවස් (Sinhalese script)
- శ్రవస్ (Telugu script)
- ศฺรวสฺ (Thai script)
- ཤྲ་ཝ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒫𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćráwas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwos (“fame, glory”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬢𐬵 (srauuaŋh, “word”), Ancient Greek κλέος (kléos, “fame”), Russian сло́во (slóvo).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɾɐ́.ʋɐs/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɕɾɐ.ʋɐs̪/
Noun
श्रवस् • (śrávas) n
- fame, glory, renown
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.18.24:
- यस्य श्रवो रोदसी अन्तरुर्वी शीर्ष्णेशीर्ष्णे विबभाजा विभक्ता ।
- yasya śravo rodasī antarurvī śīrṣṇeśīrṣṇe vibabhājā vibhaktā .
- [Indra,] whose fame is spread across the wide earth and heavens, who, as dispenser, gives each chief his portion...
- यस्य श्रवो रोदसी अन्तरुर्वी शीर्ष्णेशीर्ष्णे विबभाजा विभक्ता ।
- sound, shout, loud praise
- (anatomy) the ear
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:कर्ण
- wealth
- a stream, flow, gush
- swift course, rapid motion, flight
Declension
| Neuter as-stem declension of श्रवस् (śrávas) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | श्रवः śrávaḥ | श्रवसी śrávasī | श्रवांसि śrávāṃsi |
| Vocative | श्रवः śrávaḥ | श्रवसी śrávasī | श्रवांसि śrávāṃsi |
| Accusative | श्रवः śrávaḥ | श्रवसी śrávasī | श्रवांसि śrávāṃsi |
| Instrumental | श्रवसा śrávasā | श्रवोभ्याम् śrávobhyām | श्रवोभिः śrávobhiḥ |
| Dative | श्रवसे śrávase | श्रवोभ्याम् śrávobhyām | श्रवोभ्यः śrávobhyaḥ |
| Ablative | श्रवसः śrávasaḥ | श्रवोभ्याम् śrávobhyām | श्रवोभ्यः śrávobhyaḥ |
| Genitive | श्रवसः śrávasaḥ | श्रवसोः śrávasoḥ | श्रवसाम् śrávasām |
| Locative | श्रवसि śrávasi | श्रवसोः śrávasoḥ | श्रवःसु śrávaḥsu |
Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀲𑀯 (sava)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “श्रवस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1097.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śrávas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “श्रवस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “श्रवस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2023), “śravas”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.