श्रवस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শ্ৰৱস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬰ᭄ᬭᬯᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- শ্রবস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰪𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀯𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၐြဝသ် (Burmese script)
- શ્રવસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼੍ਰਵਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦿꦮꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂫𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಶ್ರವಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ឝ្រវស៑ (Khmer script)
- ຨ຺ຣວສ຺ (Lao script)
- ശ്രവസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡵᠠᠸᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘪𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠷᠠᠸᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧊𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐰𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଶ୍ରଵସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢯ꣄ꢬꢮꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆮𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖪𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ශ්රවස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩾𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚦𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஶ்ரவஸ் (Tamil script)
- శ్రవస్ (Telugu script)
- ศฺรวสฺ (Thai script)
- ཤྲ་ཝ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒫𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨭𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćráwas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwos (“fame, glory”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬵 (srauuah, “word; fame”), Ancient Greek κλέος (kléos, “fame”), Russian сла́ва (sláva), Persian سروب (sarūb).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɾɐ́.ʋɐs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɾɐ.ʋɐs̪/
Noun
श्रव॑स् • (śrávas) stem, n
- fame, glory, renown
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.18.24:
- यस्य॒ श्रवो॒ रोद॑सी अ॒न्तरु॒र्वी शी॒र्ष्णेशी॑र्ष्णे विब॒भाजा॑ विभ॒क्ता।
स॒प्तेदिन्द्रं॒ न स्र॒वतो॑ गृणन्ति॒ नि यु॑ध्याम॒धिम॑शिशाद॒भीके॑॥- yásya śrávo ródasī antárurvī́ śīrṣṇéśīrṣṇe vibabhā́jā vibhaktā́.
saptédíndraṃ ná sraváto gṛṇanti ní yudhyāmadhímaśiśādabhī́ke. - Him (Indra) whose fame is spread across the wide earth and heavens, who, as dispenser, gives each chief his portion, seven following rivers glorify like Indra.
He slew Yudhyamadhi in close encounter.
- yásya śrávo ródasī antárurvī́ śīrṣṇéśīrṣṇe vibabhā́jā vibhaktā́.
- यस्य॒ श्रवो॒ रोद॑सी अ॒न्तरु॒र्वी शी॒र्ष्णेशी॑र्ष्णे विब॒भाजा॑ विभ॒क्ता।
- sound, shout, loud praise
- (anatomy) the ear
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:कर्ण
- wealth
- a stream, flow, gush
- swift course, rapid motion, flight
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | श्रवः॑ (śrávaḥ) | श्रव॑सी (śrávasī) | श्रवां॑सि (śrávāṃsi) |
| accusative | श्रवः॑ (śrávaḥ) | श्रव॑सी (śrávasī) | श्रवां॑सि (śrávāṃsi) |
| instrumental | श्रव॑सा (śrávasā) | श्रवो॑भ्याम् (śrávobhyām) | श्रवो॑भिः (śrávobhiḥ) |
| dative | श्रव॑से (śrávase) | श्रवो॑भ्याम् (śrávobhyām) | श्रवो॑भ्यः (śrávobhyaḥ) |
| ablative | श्रव॑सः (śrávasaḥ) | श्रवो॑भ्याम् (śrávobhyām) | श्रवो॑भ्यः (śrávobhyaḥ) |
| genitive | श्रव॑सः (śrávasaḥ) | श्रव॑सोः (śrávasoḥ) | श्रव॑साम् (śrávasām) |
| locative | श्रव॑सि (śrávasi) | श्रव॑सोः (śrávasoḥ) | श्रवः॑सु (śrávaḥsu) |
| vocative | श्रवः॑ (śrávaḥ) | श्रव॑सी (śrávasī) | श्रवां॑सि (śrávāṃsi) |
Derived terms
- उच्चैःश्रवस् (uccaiḥśrávas, “long-ears or neighing aloud”)
Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀲𑀯 (sava)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “श्रवस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1097.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śrávas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “श्रवस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “श्रवस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “śravas”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.