Vishtarashravas, Viṣṭaraśravas, Vishtarashrava, Viṣṭaraśrava, Vishtara-shravas, Vishtara-shrava: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Viṣṭaraśravas and Viṣṭaraśrava can be transliterated into English as Vistarasravas or Vishtarashravas or Vistarasrava or Vishtarashrava, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English TranslationViṣṭaraśravas (विष्टरश्रवस्) refers to the “glory-seated” and is used to describe Śiva, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.2 (“The Prayer of the gods).—Accordingly, as the Gods eulogized Śiva: “[...] Obeisance to Thee the glory-seated (viṣṭaraśravas); to the Truthful, beloved of truth, to the truth. Obeisance to Thee knowable through the truth. Obeisance to Thee possessed of magic-power, obeisance to the lord of magic; Obeisance to Thee (knowable through the Vedas), to Brahman, to the one born of Brahmā. [...]”.
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 dictionaryViṣṭaraśravas (विष्टरश्रवस्).—m. an epithet of Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa; तं वदन्तमिति विष्टरश्रवाः श्रावयन्नथ समस्तभूभृतः (taṃ vadantamiti viṣṭaraśravāḥ śrāvayannatha samastabhūbhṛtaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 14.12; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 14.14.2.
Viṣṭaraśravas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viṣṭara and śravas (श्रवस्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣṭaraśravas (विष्टरश्रवस्).—m.
(-vāḥ) Vishnu. E. viṣṭara a tree, śru to hear, aff. asun .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣṭaraśravas (विष्टरश्रवस्).—m. Viṣṇu.
Viṣṭaraśravas is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms viṣṭara and śravas (श्रवस्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣṭaraśrava (विष्टरश्रव):—[=vi-ṣṭara-śrava] [from vi-ṣṭara] m. = next, [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Viṣṭaraśravas (विष्टरश्रवस्):—[=vi-ṣṭara-śravas] [from vi-ṣṭara] m. ‘broad-eared’ or ‘far-famed’, Name of Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Śiśupāla-vadha]
2) [v.s. ...] of Śiva, [Śivagītā, ascribed to the padma-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryViṣṭaraśravas (विष्टरश्रवस्):—[viṣṭara-śravas] (vāḥ) 5. m. Krishna or Vishnu.
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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 corpusViṣṭaraśrava (ವಿಷ್ಟರಶ್ರವ):—[noun] Viṣṇu.
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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