sruti
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sruti
From the Sanskrit word śruti
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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 George Thibaut
In the first line of 4, drishtam refers to pratyaksham, and srutam to sruti or agama.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
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 George Thibaut
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 John Rudd
The ancients have declared that virtue dependeth on sruti.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
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