sruti

[ shroot-ee ]

/ ˈʃrʊt i /

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

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From the Sanskrit word śruti

Order ornaments from the Court Jeweller for Sruti-bhushan's wife immediately.
The Cycle of Spring|Rabindranath Tagore
A similar etymology of the word 'hridaya' is given by sruti, 'That Self abides in the heart.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya|Translator: George Thibaut
The permanent identity of names and forms is declared in Sruti as well as Smriti; compare, for instance, Rik.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya|Translator: George Thibaut
On the other hand, we have a Sruti-passage which proclaims the excellence of Manu259, viz.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya|Translator: George Thibaut

So the sruti—Greater than the greatest and smaller than the smallest.
The Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana of Valmiki, vol. 3 (of 4) part 2 (of 2)|Valmiki