सरित्
Sanskrit
FWOTD – 2 February 2022
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সৰিত্ (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬭᬶᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
- সরিত্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰨𑰰𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀭𑀺𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- သရိတ် (Burmese script)
- સરિત્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸਰਿਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌰𑌿𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦫꦶꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂩𑂱𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಸರಿತ್ (Kannada script)
- សរិត៑ (Khmer script)
- ສຣິຕ຺ (Lao script)
- സരിത് (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠠᡵᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘨𑘱𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᠷᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧈𑧒𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐬𑐶𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
- ସରିତ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢬꢶꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆫𑆴𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖨𑖰𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
- සරිත් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩼𑩑𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚤𑚮𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஸரித் (Tamil script)
- సరిత్ (Telugu script)
- สริตฺ (Thai script)
- ས་རི་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒩𑒱𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨫𑨁𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root सृ (sṛ, “to flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- or possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *sélos and related to सलिल (salila).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɐ.ɾít/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ɐ.ɾit̪/
Noun
स॒रित् • (sarít) stem, f
- river; stream
- Synonym: नदी (nadī)
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.58.6:
- स॒म्यक्स्र॑वन्ति स॒रितो॒ न धेना॑ अ॒न्तर्हृ॒दा मन॑सा पू॒यमा॑नाः ।
ए॒ते अ॑र्षन्त्यू॒र्मयो॑ घृ॒तस्य॑ मृ॒गा इ॑व क्षिप॒णोरीष॑माणाः ॥- samyáksravanti saríto ná dhénā antárhṛdā́ mánasā pūyámānāḥ.
eté arṣantyūrmáyo ghṛtásya mṛgā́ iva kṣipaṇórī́ṣamāṇāḥ. - Like rivers our libations flow together, cleansing themselves in inmost heart and spirit.
The streams of holy oil pour swiftly downward like the wild beasts that fly before the bowman.
- samyáksravanti saríto ná dhénā antárhṛdā́ mánasā pūyámānāḥ.
- स॒म्यक्स्र॑वन्ति स॒रितो॒ न धेना॑ अ॒न्तर्हृ॒दा मन॑सा पू॒यमा॑नाः ।
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.2.36:
- यावत् स्थास्यन्ति गिरयस् सरितश् च महीतले ।
तावद् रामायणकथा लोकेषु प्रचरिष्यति ॥- yāvat sthāsyanti girayas saritaś ca mahītale.
tāvad rāmāyaṇakathā lokeṣu pracariṣyati. - As long as hills and rivers remain on the surface of the Earth,
The story of Rāmāyaṇa shall spread among the humankind.
- yāvat sthāsyanti girayas saritaś ca mahītale.
- यावत् स्थास्यन्ति गिरयस् सरितश् च महीतले ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | स॒रित् (sarít) | स॒रितौ॑ (sarítau) स॒रिता॑¹ (sarítā¹) |
स॒रितः॑ (sarítaḥ) |
| accusative | स॒रित॑म् (sarítam) | स॒रितौ॑ (sarítau) स॒रिता॑¹ (sarítā¹) |
स॒रितः॑ (sarítaḥ) |
| instrumental | स॒रिता॑ (sarítā) | स॒रिद्भ्या॑म् (sarídbhyām) | स॒रिद्भिः॑ (sarídbhiḥ) |
| dative | स॒रिते॑ (saríte) | स॒रिद्भ्या॑म् (sarídbhyām) | स॒रिद्भ्यः॑ (sarídbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | स॒रितः॑ (sarítaḥ) | स॒रिद्भ्या॑म् (sarídbhyām) | स॒रिद्भ्यः॑ (sarídbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | स॒रितः॑ (sarítaḥ) | स॒रितोः॑ (sarítoḥ) | स॒रिता॑म् (sarítām) |
| locative | स॒रिति॑ (saríti) | स॒रितोः॑ (sarítoḥ) | स॒रित्सु॑ (sarítsu) |
| vocative | सरि॑त् (sárit) | सरि॑तौ (sáritau) सरि॑ता¹ (sáritā¹) |
सरि॑तः (sáritaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Pali: saritā
References
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “सरित्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Monier Williams (1899), “Sarít”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1182, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 708