स्रोतस् (srotas) is a Sanskrit word meaning the current or bed of a river, stream, or torrent, water, a rush or violent onset, an aperture in the human or animal body, the spout of a jar, an organ of sense. Its 30 recorded definitions are grouped into 11 contexts, among them Stream, River, Current, Flow of Water, Definitions of Compounds Involving 'srotas', Bodily Channels and Apertures.
Root
स्रु(sru)
Etymology
E. स्नु- तसि aff.; or स्नु to flow, Unādi aff. असुन्, and तुट् augment; also with a final vowel स्रोत, and palatial sibilant श्रोतस् ।
1. A stream, current, or flow of water. 2. A torrent or rapid stream.
स्रोतस् (srotas) [Printed book page 1158-a] स्रोतस् (srotas)n. [स्रु-तसि (sru-tasi)] 1 (a) A stream, current, flow or course of water; पुरा यत्र स्रोतः पुलिनमधुना तत्र सरितां (purā yatra srotaḥ pulinamadhunā tatra saritāṃ)Uttararāmacarita 2. 27 , Manusmṛti 3. 163. (b) A torrent, rapid stream; नदत्याकाशगंगायाः (nadatyākāśagaṃgāyāḥ)स्रोतस् (srotas)युद्दामदिग्गजे (srotasyuddāmadiggaje)Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 1. 78 ; स्रोतसेवोह्यमानस्य प्रतीपतरणं हि तत् (srotasevohyamānasya pratīpataraṇaṃ hi tat)Vikramorvaśīyam (Bombay) 2. 5.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
A stream or river
स्रोतस् (srotas) [Printed book page 1158-a] स्रोतस् (srotas)n. [स्रु-तसि (sru-tasi)] 2 A stream, river (in general); (pb) स्रोतसामस्मि जाह्नवी (srotasāmasmi jāhnavī)Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 10. 31.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A current, stream, or river.
2. A riverbed.
3. A rush or violent onset.
4. A body canal or aperture.
5. A sense organ.
स्रोतस् (srotas) [Printed book page 369-3] स्रोतस् (srotas) sró-tas, n. [√sru] current; riverbed; stream, river; rush, violent onset of (desire, —°); canal (in the body); aperture (of the body); organ of sense (rare): -tā,f. nature of a stream: in. gradually; -vin-ī,f. (having a current), river. [ID=20150]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A current or rapid stream. 2. A river. 3. The flow of water. 4. Water. 5. A spring. 6. An organ of sense.
स्रोत (srota)स् (srotas) [Printed book page 960] स्रोत (srota)स् (srotas) n. (-तः (-taḥ))
1 A current, a natural or rapid stream.
2 A river in general.
3 The flow or course of water.
4 Water.
5 A spring.
6 An organ of sense.
E. स्रु (sru) to flow, Uṇādi aff. असुन् (asun), and तुट् (tuṭ) augment; also with a final vowel स्रोत (srota), and palatial sibilant श्रोतस् (śrotas).
[ID=43531]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A current, river, spring, or water. 2. An organ of sense.
स्रोतस् (srotas) [Printed book page 884-a] स्रोतस् (srotas)(तः) ((taḥ)) 5. m. A current, river, spring, water; organ of sense. [ID=43329]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A stream or course of water.
2. A torrent or rapid stream.
3. A wave.
4. A spring.
5. Water.
6. An organ of sense.
7. The trunk of an elephant.
स्रोतस् (srotas) [Printed book page 819-11] स्रोतस् (srotas)n. 1. A current, a stream, a course of water, पुरा यत्र स्रोतः पुलिनमधुना तत्र सरिताम् (purā yatra srotaḥ pulinamadhunā tatra saritām)Ut. ii.; 2. a torrent, a rapid stream, स्रोतसेवोह्यमानस्य प्रतीपतरणं महत् (srotasevohyamānasya pratīpataraṇaṃ mahat)Vikr. ii.; 3. a wave; 4. a spring; 5. water; 6. an organ of sense; 7. the trunk of an elephant, स्रोतोरंध्रध्वनितसुभगं दंतिभिः पीयमानः (srotoraṃdhradhvanitasubhagaṃ daṃtibhiḥ pīyamānaḥ)Megh. i.42 (where Mall. observes- स्रोतः शब्देनेंद्रियवाचिना तद्विशेषो घ्राणं लक्ष्यते (srotaḥ śabdeneṃdriyavācinā tadviśeṣo ghrāṇaṃ lakṣyate)). [ID=42581]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A rapid stream. 2. A river. 3. Water. 4. A spring. 5. A wave. 6. An organ of sense. 7. The trunk of an elephant.
स्रोतस् (srotas) [Printed book page 820-a] स्रोतस् (srotas)
n. (-तः (-taḥ))
1. A current, a natural or rapid stream.
2. A river in general.
3. The flow or course of water.
4. Water.
5. A spring.
6. A wave.
7. An organ of sense.
8. The trunk of an elephant.
E. स्नु (snu)- (snu-)तसि (tasi) aff.; or स्नु (snu) to flow, Unādi aff. असुन्, (asun,) and तुट् (tuṭ) augment; also with a final vowel स्रोत, (srota,) and palatial sibilant श्रोतस् । (śrotas .)
[ID=46065]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A current, stream, torrent, or river. 2. A course of water or wave. 3. A spring or water. 4. An organ of sense.
1. A current, stream, river, or channel. 2. An aperture of the body. 3. An organ of sense.
स्रोतस् (srotas) [Printed book page 649] स्रोतस् (srotas)n. current, stream, river, channel; aperture of the body (as eyes, ears, etc.); organ of sense. [ID=38813]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
stream
स्रोतस् (srotas) [Printed book page 282-a] srótas,n. stream. [√sru,1152a.] [ID=4798]
— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary
1. A natural stream, current, or flow of water, torrent, river, spring, or wave.
2. Water.
3. The course of nutriment in the body or stream of life.
4. An organ of sense.
स्रोतस् (srotas) [Printed book page 1156-a] Srotas, as, n. a natural stream of water, current, flow or course of water; a rapid stream, torrent; a stream or river or spring (in general); a wave; water, (in Naigh. I. 12. enumerated among the udaka-nāmāni); the course or current of nutriment in the body, stream of life, (see ūrdhva-s°, tir-yak-s°); an organ of sense; [cf. 1. śrotas.] —Srota-īśa, as, m. ‘lord of streams,’ the ocean. —Srotas-vat, ān, atī, at, possessing a stream or current; (atī), f. a river. —Srotas-vin, ī, inī, i, having a stream or current; (inī), f. a river. —Sroto-java, as, m. rapidity of current. —Sroto-'ñjana,am, n. ‘stream-collyrium,’ antimony (especially as a collyrium for the eyes, said to be produced in the river Yamunā, cf. yāmuna). —Sroto-vah, vāṭ, f. a river (= sroto-vahā below). —Sroto-vaha, as, ā,am, flowing like a stream or river; (ā), m. a river in general. [ID=53622]
an aperture of the trunk of an elephant, a nostril
—रंध्रं (raṃdhraṃ) an aperture of the proboscis or trunk of an elephant, a nostril; स्रोतोंरध्रध्वनितसुभगं दांतीभिः (srotoṃradhradhvanitasubhagaṃ dāṃtībhiḥ)पीयमानः (pīyamānaḥ)Meghadūta (Bombay) 42 (see Malli. thereon); (written श्रोतोरंध्र (śrotoraṃdhra) also q. v.).
the course or current of nutriment in the body, or a channel for conveying food
the course or current of nutriment in the body, channel or course for conveying food (see ऊर्ध्व- (ūrdhva-) and तिर्यक्-स्र् (tiryak-sr)° (°)) [ID=257702]
स्रोतस् (srotas) [Printed book page 1158-a] स्रोतस् (srotas)n. [स्रु-तसि (sru-tasi)] 6 An organ of sense; निगृह्य सर्वस्रोतांसि (nigṛhya sarvasrotāṃsi)Rām.
— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary
Water (as a substance)
2 definitions2
water
water, Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska (subtitle) i, 12 [ID=257700]
