The Sanskrit term Śrutadhāraṇa can be transliterated into English as Srutadharana or Shrutadharana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

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

Śrutadhāraṇa (श्रुतधारण) refers to the “retention of learning”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Son of good family, these are eight pure vigours of bodhisatvas. What are the eight? To wit, [...] (5) vigour to attain all dharmas that are wings of awakening although the awakening is not perceived since it is distinguished as the essential character; (6) vigour to purify Buddha-fields although the fields are not perceived since they are distinguished as open space; (7) vigour to retain all learning (sarvaśruta-dhāraṇa) while regarding the sound (śabda) as an echo (pratiśrutkā); (8) vigour to accomplish all qualities of the Buddha although they are not the objective support since they are distinguished as the homogeneity of absolute reality by nature. Son of good family, those eight are the pure vigours of the Bodhisattvas”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Śrutadhāraṇa (श्रुतधारण):—[=śruta-dhāraṇa] [from śruta > śru] mfn. = -dhara, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shrutadharana 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shruta, Dharana, Tarana.

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