sruti
[shroo t-ee]
- the Vedas and some of the Upanishads, regarded as divinely revealed.
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Origin of sruti
From the Sanskrit word śruti
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So the sruti—Greater than the greatest and smaller than the smallest.
(The sruti says: it is the life of life, and mind of the mind).
Sruti, the name given to sacred and revealed tradition, or revelation generally, among the Hindus.
The Nuttall EncyclopaediaEdited by Rev. James Wood
Listen now to the mysteries of charity as expounded in the sruti and the smritis!
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 2Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
But, O foremost of regenerate ones, virtue as exposed in sruti appears to be of various kinds.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 2Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli