The Sanskrit term Śrotukāma can be transliterated into English as Srotukama or Shrotukama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Śrotukāma (श्रोतुकाम) refers to “desiring to hear (about the exposition of the dharma)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Gaganagañja said to the Buddha, “[...] Lord, the Tathāgata Ekaratnavyūha asked after your health—[...] And he said that the Bodhisattva, the great being Gaganagañja and the twelve koṭis of Bodhisattvas had wanted to hear about (śrotukāma) the exposition of the dharma (dharmaparyāya), ‘A Chapter of the Great Collection’, so please be kind to let them thus return when they are empowered by all such dharmas and equipped with the words of dharma”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Śrotukāma (श्रोतुकाम):—[(maḥ-mā-maṃ) a.] Wishing to hear.

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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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