# श्रवणा (śravaṇā)

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श्रवणा (śravaṇā) is a Sanskrit word meaning the act of hearing, acquiring knowledge by hearing, learning, or study, fame, reputation, wealth, the ear, a Buddhist or Jain monk. Its 23 recorded definitions are grouped into 12 contexts, among them Personal Names, Hearing, Learning, Revelation, Names of Plants.

- **Root:** 2. श्रु (2. śru)
- **SLP1:** `SravaRA`  **IAST:** śravaṇā  **Devanagari:** श्रवणा
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shravana_%28nakshatra%29
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/shravana/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** श्रावण (śrāvaṇa), श्रवण (śravaṇa)

## Meanings by context

### Personal Names (4 definitions)
- Name of a son of Naraka  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a son of Naraka, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=222630 ]
- a teacher  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (with भट्ट (bhaṭṭa) ) N. of a teacher, Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=222631 ]
- daughter of Citraka or Rajadhideva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a daughter of Citraka or Rājādhideva ( cf. श्रविष्ठा (śraviṣṭhā) ), Harivaṃśa (Title) [ ID=222641 ]
- a daughter of Citraka  
  *The Purana Index*
  > श्रवणा (śravaṇā) [Printed book page 3-475 ] Śravaṇā — a daughter of Citraka. Br. III. 71. 115; Vā. 96. 114. [ ID=14871 ]

### Hearing, Learning, Revelation (3 definitions)
- the act of hearing  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1096,3] 1. श्रवण (śravaṇa) n. the act of hearing (also ‘that which is heard’ = श्रुति (śruti), q.v.; इति श्रवण (śravaṇa) ात् (iti śravaṇāt), ‘because it is so heard or revealed’ i.e. ‘according to a Vedic text’), Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (Title); Manu-smṛti (Title); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=222496 ]
- acquiring knowledge by hearing, learning, or study  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > acquiring knowledge by hearing, learning, study ( cf. अ - श्रवणात् (a-śravaṇāt) ), Kāmandakīya-nītisāra (Title); Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha (Title) [ ID=222497 ]
- determining the true doctrine of the Vedanta through six signs  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (in phil. ) the determining by means of the six signs the true doctrine of the Vedānta (in regard to the only really existing Being), Vedāntasāra (Title) [ ID=222498 ]

### Names of Plants (3 definitions)
- feminine form  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 1097,2] श्रवणा (śravaṇā) b ( आ (ā) ), f., see below [ ID=222632 ]
- a kind of plant used for coloring white  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 1097,2] 3. श्रवण (śravaṇa) m. a kind of plant used for colouring white, Suśruta (Title) [ ID=222678 ]
- mundirika  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1B) [Printed book page 1097,2] श्रवणा (śravaṇā) d f. = मुण्डीरिका (muṇḍīrikā), Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=222679 ]

### Śravaṇa Nakshatra (3 definitions)
- the twentieth or twenty-third lunar mansion  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > श्रवण (śravaṇa) m. N. of the 20th (or 23rd) Nakṣatra (presided over by Viṣṇu, and containing the three stars, α, β, and γ Aquilae, supposed to represent three footsteps; cf. त्रि - विक्रम (tri-vikrama) ), Atharva-veda (Title); Gṛhya-sūtra (Literary category); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=222628 ]
- the name of a lunar mansion  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1097,2] श्रवण (śravaṇa) ा (śravaṇā) c f. N. of a Nakṣatra (= 2. श्रवण (śravaṇa) ), Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā (Title); Purāṇas (Literary category) [ ID=222639 ]
- Name of a lunar asterism  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > श्रवण (śravaṇa) ा (śravaṇā) [Printed book page 731-21 ] श्रवण (śravaṇa) ा (śravaṇā) f. Name of a lunar asterism, (the same as श्रवण (śravaṇa) II q.v.). [ ID=38509 ]

### Monk or Ascetic (2 definitions)
- a Buddhist or Jain monk  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > श्रवण (śravaṇa) m. (= श्रमण (śramaṇa) ) a Buddhist or Jain monk ( cf. श्रावक (śrāvaka) ), Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan (Title) [ ID=222502 ]
- a female monk, nun, or ascetic  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 1096,3] श्रवणा (śravaṇā) a ( आ (ā) ), f. a female monk or nun or ascetic, Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan (Title) [ ID=222504 ]

### Specific Time or Ritual (2 definitions)
- ear-operation  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > श्रवण (śravaṇa) n. = श्रवण (śravaṇa) ा - कर्मन् (śravaṇā-karman), Śāṅkhāyana-gṛhya-sūtra (Title) [ ID=222633 ]
- the night of the full moon in the month of Shravana  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the night of full-moon in the month Śrāvaṇa, Gṛhya-sūtra and Śrauta-sūtra (Literary category) ( cf. Pāṇini (Author) iv, 2, 5 ) [ ID=222640 ]

### A Type of Disease (1 definition)
- a sort of disease  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a sort of disease (= श्रोण (śroṇa) ), Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1st edition with marginal notes (Title) [ ID=222629 ]

### Fame, Reputation (1 definition)
- fame, reputation  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > fame, reputation, Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra (Title); Nirukta, by Yāska (Title) [ ID=222499 ]

### Geometrical Term (Hypotenuse/Diagonal) (1 definition)
- the hypotenuse of a triangle or the diagonal of a tetragon  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the hypotenuse of a triangle or the diagonal of a tetragon &c., Golādhyāya (subtitle) [ ID=222503 ]

### Lame, Limping (1 definition)
- limping, lame  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 1097,2] 2. श्रवण (śravaṇa) mfn. ( fr. √ 2. श्रु (śru); for 1. श्रवण (śravaṇa) See p. 1096; cf. स्रवण (sravaṇa) ) limping, lame, Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra (Title) [ ID=222627 ]

### The Ear (1 definition)
- the ear  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > श्रवण (śravaṇa) m. (rarely n. ) the ear, Maitrī-upaniṣad (Title); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=222501 ]

### Wealth (1 definition)
- wealth  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > wealth, Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1st edition with marginal notes (Title) [ ID=222500 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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