The Sanskrit term Saṃśruta can be transliterated into English as Samsruta or Samshruta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Saṃśruta (संश्रुत).—A Trayārṣeya.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 198. 4.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saṃśruta (संश्रुत).—p. p.

1) Promised, agreed to; देवानां समयस्त्वेष वसूनां संश्रुतो मया (devānāṃ samayastveṣa vasūnāṃ saṃśruto mayā) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.98.22; द्विजस्य संश्रुतोऽर्थो मे जीव- यिष्यामि ते सुतम् (dvijasya saṃśruto'rtho me jīva- yiṣyāmi te sutam) Rām.7.76.12.

2) Well-heard.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃśruta (संश्रुत).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1. Promised, agreed, assented. 2. Well-heard. E. sam before śru to hear, aff. kta .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃśruta (संश्रुत).—[adjective] heard, learnt, read in ([locative]); agreed, promised.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Saṃśruta (संश्रुत):—[=saṃ-śruta] [from saṃ-śru] mfn. well heard, learnt, [Yājñavalkya; Mahābhārata] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] read about in ([locative case]), [Mahābhārata]

3) [v.s. ...] agreed, promised to ([genitive case]), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

4) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a man, [Pāṇini 6-2, 148 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Saṃśruta (संश्रुत):—[saṃ-śruta] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Promised, agreed.

[Sanskrit to German]

Samshruta in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Saṃśruta (ಸಂಶ್ರುತ):—

1) [adjective] listened carefully or attentively.

2) [adjective] promised; pledged; sworn; vowed.

3) [adjective] agreed; consented; accepted.

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Saṃśruta (ಸಂಶ್ರುತ):—[noun] the act or fact of agreeing; an agreement; a consent; acceptance.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Shruta, Sam.

Full-text: Samshrutya.

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