Shrautasutra, Śrautasūtra, Shrauta-sutra, Śrauta-sutra: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Śrautasūtra and Śrauta-sutra can be transliterated into English as Srautasutra or Shrautasutra or Srauta-sutra or Shrauta-sutra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚrautasūtra (श्रौतसूत्र).—Name of a class of Sūtra works based on the Veda (ascribed to āśvalāyana, sāṃkhyāyana, kātyāyana &c.).
Derivable forms: śrautasūtram (श्रौतसूत्रम्).
Śrautasūtra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śrauta and sūtra (सूत्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚrautasūtra (श्रौतसूत्र).—n.
(-traṃ) Name of a class of Sutra writings based on the Veda.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚrautasūtra (श्रौतसूत्र).—[neuter] a Sūtra work based upon sacred tradition.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Śrautasūtra (श्रौतसूत्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Āpastamba, Āśvalāyana, Kātyāyana, Drāhyāyaṇa, Baudhāyana, Bhāradvāja, Maśaka, Mānava, Lāṭyāyana, Vaikhānasa, Śāṅkhāyana, Hiraṇyakeśin.
Śrautasūtra has the following synonyms: Kalpasūtra.
2) Śrautasūtra (श्रौतसूत्र):—[anonymous] Rice. 46. Peters. 3, 386.
—[commentary] Oppert. 2214.
3) Śrautasūtra (श्रौतसूत्र):—(which?). Treats of Agniṣṭoma and Paśubandha. Śg. 2, 61.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚrautasūtra (श्रौतसूत्र):—[=śrauta-sūtra] [from śrauta > śrotavya] n. Name of [particular] Sūtras or Sūtra works based on Śruti or the Veda (ascribed to various authors, such as Āpastamba, Āśvalāyana, Kātyāyana, Drāhyāyaṇa etc.; cf. [Indian Wisdom, by Sir M. Monier-Williams 146])
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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 corpusŚrautasūtra (ಶ್ರೌತಸೂತ್ರ):—[noun] any of several treatises, attached to each of the vedic samhitas, which deal with the codes for the religious sacrifices and related observations.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryŚrauta-sutra (श्रौत-सुत्र):—n. name of class of sutra works based on the Veda;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Shrauta, Sutra.
Starts with: Shrautasutravidhi, Shrautasutravyakhya.
Ends with: Ashvalayana-shrauta-sutra, Baudhayana-shrauta-sutra, Drahyayanashrautasutra, Hiranyakeshishrautasutra, Jaiminishrautasutra, Katyayanashrautasutra, Ladyayanashrautasutra, Latyayanashrautasutra, Manavashrautasutra, Pashushrautasutra, Prayashcittashrautasutra, Punaradhanashrautasutra, Samashrautasutra, Shankhayanashrautasutra, Vaikhanasashrautasutra.
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