श्रयति

See also: श्रायति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

শ্ৰয়তি (Assamese script)
ᬰ᭄ᬭᬬᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
শ্রয়তি (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰧𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀬𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ၐြယတိ (Burmese script)
શ્રયતિ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼੍ਰਯਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦿꦪꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂨𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಶ್ರಯತಿ (Kannada script)
ឝ្រយតិ (Khmer script)
ຨ຺ຣຍຕິ (Lao script)
ശ്രയതി (Malayalam script)
ᡧᡵᠠᠶᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘧𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠱᠷᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧇𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐫𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଶ୍ରଯତି (Odia script)
ꢯ꣄ꢬꢫꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆪𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖧𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ශ්‍රයති (Sinhalese script)
𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩻𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚣𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
ஶ்ரயதி (Tamil script)
శ్రయతి (Telugu script)
ศฺรยติ (Thai script)
ཤྲ་ཡ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒨𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨪𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śráyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćráyati, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”). Cognate with English lean and Latin clīnō.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɾɐ́.jɐ.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɾɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

श्रय॑ति • (śráyati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root श्रि)

to cause to lean or rest on, lay on or in, fix on, fasten to, direct or turn towards, (especially) spread or diffuse (light or radiance or beauty) over (+ locative)
to lean on, rest on, recline against (+ accusative), cling to (+ locative), be supported or fixed or depend on, abide in or on (+ accusative, locative or adverb)
to go to, approach, resort or have recourse to (for help or refuge), tend towards (+ accusative)
to go into, enter, fall to the lot or take possession of (+ accusative or locative)
to attain, undergo, get into any state or condition (+ accusative)
to assume
to show, betray (heroism)
to honour, worship

Conjugation

Present: श्रय॑ति (śráyati), श्रय॑ते (śráyate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	श्रय॑ति śráyati	श्रय॑तः śráyataḥ	श्रय॑न्ति śráyanti	श्रय॑ते śráyate	श्रये॑ते śráyete	श्रय॑न्ते śráyante
Second	श्रय॑सि śráyasi	श्रय॑थः śráyathaḥ	श्रय॑थ śráyatha	श्रय॑से śráyase	श्रये॑थे śráyethe	श्रय॑ध्वे śráyadhve
First	श्रया॑मि śráyāmi	श्रया॑वः śráyāvaḥ	श्रया॑मः / श्रया॑मसि¹ śráyāmaḥ / śráyāmasi¹	श्रये॑ śráye	श्रया॑वहे śráyāvahe	श्रया॑महे śráyāmahe
Imperative
Third	श्रय॑तु śráyatu	श्रय॑ताम् śráyatām	श्रय॑न्तु śráyantu	श्रय॑ताम् śráyatām	श्रये॑ताम् śráyetām	श्रय॑न्ताम् śráyantām
Second	श्रय॑ śráya	श्रय॑तम् śráyatam	श्रय॑त śráyata	श्रय॑स्व śráyasva	श्रये॑थाम् śráyethām	श्रय॑ध्वम् śráyadhvam
First	श्रया॑णि śráyāṇi	श्रया॑व śráyāva	श्रया॑म śráyāma	श्रयै॑ śráyai	श्रया॑वहै śráyāvahai	श्रया॑महै śráyāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	श्रये॑त् śráyet	श्रये॑ताम् śráyetām	श्रये॑युः śráyeyuḥ	श्रये॑त śráyeta	श्रये॑याताम् śráyeyātām	श्रये॑रन् śráyeran
Second	श्रयेः॑ śráyeḥ	श्रये॑तम् śráyetam	श्रये॑त śráyeta	श्रये॑थाः śráyethāḥ	श्रये॑याथाम् śráyeyāthām	श्रये॑ध्वम् śráyedhvam
First	श्रये॑यम् śráyeyam	श्रये॑व śráyeva	श्रये॑म śráyema	श्रये॑य śráyeya	श्रये॑वहि śráyevahi	श्रये॑महि śráyemahi
Subjunctive
Third	श्रया॑त् / श्रया॑ति śráyāt / śráyāti	श्रया॑तः śráyātaḥ	श्रया॑न् śráyān	श्रया॑ते / श्रया॑तै śráyāte / śráyātai	श्रयै॑ते śráyaite	श्रय॑न्त / श्रया॑न्तै śráyanta / śráyāntai
Second	श्रयाः॑ / श्रया॑सि śráyāḥ / śráyāsi	श्रया॑थः śráyāthaḥ	श्रया॑थ śráyātha	श्रया॑से / श्रया॑सै śráyāse / śráyāsai	श्रयै॑थे śráyaithe	श्रया॑ध्वै śráyādhvai
First	श्रया॑णि śráyāṇi	श्रया॑व śráyāva	श्रया॑म śráyāma	श्रयै॑ śráyai	श्रया॑वहै śráyāvahai	श्रया॑महै śráyāmahai
Participles
	श्रय॑त् śráyat			श्रय॑माण śráyamāṇa
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अश्र॑यत् (áśrayat), अश्र॑यत (áśrayata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अश्र॑यत् áśrayat	अश्र॑यताम् áśrayatām	अश्र॑यन् áśrayan	अश्र॑यत áśrayata	अश्र॑येताम् áśrayetām	अश्र॑यन्त áśrayanta
Second	अश्र॑यः áśrayaḥ	अश्र॑यतम् áśrayatam	अश्र॑यत áśrayata	अश्र॑यथाः áśrayathāḥ	अश्र॑येथाम् áśrayethām	अश्र॑यध्वम् áśrayadhvam
First	अश्र॑यम् áśrayam	अश्र॑याव áśrayāva	अश्र॑याम áśrayāma	अश्र॑ये áśraye	अश्र॑यावहि áśrayāvahi	अश्र॑यामहि áśrayāmahi

References

Monier Williams (1899), “श्रयति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1098, column 2.