sruti
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sruti
From the Sanskrit word śruti
Example Sentences
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The ancients have declared that virtue dependeth on sruti.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
From sruti as well as smriti we are acquainted with the way of him who has heard the Upanishads or the secret knowledge, i.e. who knows Brahman.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by Thibaut, George
The Vedas and the Brahmanas form the revealed Scriptures of the Hindus—the sruti, literally "Things heard from God."
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John
Sabda, the text remarks, here means sruti, i.e. direct enunciation, and sruti ranks, as a means of proof, higher than li@nga.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by Thibaut, George
A similar etymology of the word 'hridaya' is given by sruti, 'That Self abides in the heart.
From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by Thibaut, George
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