Shriti, Śriti, Sṛti: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Śriti and Sṛti can be transliterated into English as Sriti or Shriti or Srti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚriti (श्रिति).—f. Resort, recourse, approach.
Derivable forms: śritiḥ (श्रितिः).
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Sṛti (सृति).—f.
1) Going, gliding; योनिकोटिसहस्रेषु सृतीश्चास्यान्तरात्मनः (yonikoṭisahasreṣu sṛtīścāsyāntarātmanaḥ) Manusmṛti 6.63.
2) A way, road, path (fig. also); नैते सृती पार्थ जानन् योगी मुह्यति कश्चन (naite sṛtī pārtha jānan yogī muhyati kaścana) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 8.27.
3) Hurting, injuring.
4) Conduct; कस्माद्वयं कुसृतयः खलयोनयस्ते दाक्षिण्यदृष्टिपदवीं भवतः प्रणीताः (kasmādvayaṃ kusṛtayaḥ khalayonayaste dākṣiṇyadṛṣṭipadavīṃ bhavataḥ praṇītāḥ) Bhāgavata 8.23.7.
5) Transmigration; स्यान्मे तवाङ्घ्रिशरणं सृतिभिर्भ्रमन्त्याः (syānme tavāṅghriśaraṇaṃ sṛtibhirbhramantyāḥ) Bhāgavata 1.6. 43.
6) Creation; कार्त्स्न्येन चाद्येह गतं विधातुरर्वाक्सृतौ कौशल- मित्यमन्यत (kārtsnyena cādyeha gataṃ vidhāturarvāksṛtau kauśala- mityamanyata) Bhāgavata 3.2.13.
Derivable forms: sṛtiḥ (सृतिः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚriti (श्रिति).—f.
(-tiḥ) Approach, recourse.
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Sṛti (सृति).—f.
(-tiḥ) 1. A road, a path, a way. 2. Going, gliding, proceeding. 3. Hurting, injuring. E. sṛ to go, aff. ktin .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySṛti (सृति).—[sṛ + ti], f. 1. Gliding, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 6, 63. 2. Going, procceding. 3. A road, [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 8, 27. 4. Hurting. See ku-.
— Cf. [Latin] sors.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚriti (श्रिति).—[feminine] way, path.
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Sṛti (सृति).—[feminine] road, path, way, course, wandering ([especially] of the soul).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śriti (श्रिति):—[from śri] f. approach, recourse, entering (See ucchriti)
2) [v.s. ...] (ī) = śṛtyai, śrayaṇārtham (?), [Ṛg-veda ix, 14, 6.]
3) Sṛti (सृति):—[from sṛ] f. a road, path (kha-sṛtyā, ‘through the atmosphere’), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
4) [v.s. ...] wandering, transmigration, [Manu-smṛti; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
5) [v.s. ...] aiming at, producing, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySṛti (सृति):—(tiḥ) 2. f. A road; going; hurting.
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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.
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Starts with: Shritilaka, Shritirtha.
Ends with: Samsriti.
Full-text: Kusriti, Kasriti, Prasriti, Prasritimpaca, Samsriticakra, Samsriticakravala, Samsruti, Prasritiyavaka, Anusritineya, Apasriti, Asamsriti, Kausritika, Anusriti, Samsriti, Kasara, Ku.
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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.3.46 < [Chapter 3 - Bhajana (loving service)]
Verse 2.3.108-111 < [Chapter 3 - Bhajana (loving service)]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 4.19.45 < [Chapter 19 - A Thousand Names of Srī Yamunā]
Verse 6.3.10 < [Chapter 3 - Lord Balarāma’s Wedding]
Brahma Sutras (Shankara Bhashya) (by Swami Vireshwarananda)
Chapter IV, Section II, Adhikarana IV < [Section II]
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 14.20 < [Chapter 14 - Guṇa-traya-vibhāga-yoga]
Verse 12.5 < [Chapter 12 - Bhakti-yoga (Yoga through Pure Devotional Service)]
Verse 18.55 < [Chapter 18 - Mokṣa-yoga (the Yoga of Liberation)]
Bhajana-Rahasya (by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura Mahasaya)
Text 15 < [Chapter 1 - Prathama-yāma-sādhana (Niśānta-bhajana–śraddhā)]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 30 - Description of Creation < [Section 5 - Umā-Saṃhitā]