# स्रोतस् (srotas)

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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 । — E. snu- tasi aff.; or snu to flow, Unādi aff. asun, and tuṭ augment; also with a final vowel srota, and palatial sibilant śrotas
- **SLP1:** `srotas`  **IAST:** srotas  **Devanagari:** स्रोतस्
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/srotas/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Stream, River, Current, Flow of Water (12 definitions)
- the current or bed of a river, stream, or torrent  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1274,3] स्रोतस् (srotas) n. the current or bed of a river, a river, stream, torrent, RV. &c. &c. [ ID=257699 ]
- 1. A stream, current, or flow of water. 2. A torrent or rapid stream.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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
- A stream or river  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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
- 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.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 1. A current or rapid stream. 2. A river. 3. The flow of water. 4. Water. 5. A spring. 6. An organ of sense.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 1. A current, river, spring, or water. 2. An organ of sense.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्रोतस् (srotas) [Printed book page 884-a ] स्रोतस् (srotas) ( तः ) ((taḥ)) 5. m. A current, river, spring, water; organ of sense. [ ID=43329 ]
- 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.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 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.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 1. A current, stream, torrent, or river. 2. A course of water or wave. 3. A spring or water. 4. An organ of sense.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्रोतस् (srotas) [Printed book page 1094-a ] स्रोतस् (srotas) srotas, i. e. sru + tas, n. 1. A current, stream, Vikr. d. 24. 2. The course of water, Mālat. 79, 18. 3. A torrent, Mālat. 60, 11; a river. 4. A wave, Śāk. d. 50. 5. A spring. 6. Water. 7. An organ of sense (? cf. śrotas and Mallinātha ad Megh. 43), MBh. 1, 814. — Comp. Ud-, and Ūr- dhva-, adj. the course (of life) of which is going upwards, Bhāg. P. 3, 10, 18; MBh. 14, 1054. Garga-, n. the name of a place of pilgrimage, MBh. 9, 2132. Tiryaksrotas, i. e. tiryañc-, m. the course (of life) of which is going athwart, the animals, Mārk. P. 47, 18. Trī-, adj. having three courses, epithet of the Gaṅgā, Śāk. d. 165. Mūla-, n. principal current, Rājat. 5, 96. [ ID=16822 ]
- 1. A current, stream, river, or channel. 2. An aperture of the body. 3. An organ of sense.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- stream  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > स्रोतस् (srotas) [Printed book page 282-a ] srótas, n. stream. [ √sru, 1152a.] [ ID=4798 ]
- 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.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > 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 ]

### Definitions of Compounds Involving 'srotas' (5 definitions)
- antimony  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — अंजनं (aṃjanaṃ) ( स्रोतोंजनं (srotoṃjanaṃ) ) antimony
- the ocean  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — ईशः (īśaḥ) the ocean
- an aperture of the trunk of an elephant, a nostril  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — 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. )
- carrying, bearing  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — वह् (vah) f
- a river  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — वहा (vahā) a river; स्रोतोवहा (vahā) ं पथि (srotovahāṃ pathi) निकामजलामतीत्य जातः सखे प्रणयवान् (nikāmajalāmatītya jātaḥ sakhe praṇayavān) मृगतृष्णिकायां (mṛgatṛṣṇikāyāṃ) Śakuntalā (Bombay) 6. 15; 2. 17; कार्या (kāryā) सैकतलीनहंसमिथुना स्रोतोवहा (vahā) मालिनी (saikatalīnahaṃsamithunā srotovahā mālinī) 6. 16; Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 6. 52. [ ID=31118 ]

### Bodily Channels and Apertures (3 definitions)
- the course or current of nutriment in the body, or a channel for conveying food  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > 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 ]
- an aperture in the human or animal body  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > an aperture in the human or animal body (reckoned to be 9 in men and 11 in women), Suśr. [ ID=257703 ]
- The canal of nutriment in the body  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्रोतस् (srotas) [Printed book page 1158-a ] स्रोतस् (srotas) n. [ स्रु - तसि (sru-tasi) ] 5 The canal of nutriment in the body

### Organ of Sense (2 definitions)
- an organ of sense  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > an organ of sense, ŚvetUp.; R. &c. [ ID=257705 ]
- An organ of sense  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्रोतस् (srotas) [Printed book page 1158-a ] स्रोतस् (srotas) n. [ स्रु - तसि (sru-tasi) ] 6 An organ of sense; निगृह्य सर्वस्रोतांसि (nigṛhya sarvasrotāṃsi) Rām

### Water (as a substance) (2 definitions)
- water  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > water, Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska (subtitle) i, 12 [ ID=257700 ]
- Water  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्रोतस् (srotas) [Printed book page 1158-a ] स्रोतस् (srotas) n. [ स्रु - तसि (sru-tasi) ] 4 Water

### Elephant's Trunk (1 definition)
- The trunk of an elephant  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्रोतस् (srotas) [Printed book page 1158-a ] स्रोतस् (srotas) n. [ स्रु - तसि (sru-tasi) ] 7 The trunk of an elephant

### Lineage, Pedigree (1 definition)
- lineage or pedigree  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > lineage, pedigree (?), MBh. [ ID=257706 ]

### Proper Noun (Name of a Rākṣasa) (1 definition)
- a Rakshasa residing in the sun's chariot in the month of Nabha  
  *The Purana Index*
  > स्रोतस् (srotas) [Printed book page 3-724 ] Srotas — a Rākṣasa residing in the sun's chariot in the month of Nabha. Vi. II. 10. 9. [ ID=16998 ]

### Rush, Violent Motion, Onset (1 definition)
- a rush or violent onset  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > rush, violent motion or onset of ( comp. ), Kāv.; Pur.; Sarvad. [ ID=257701 ]

### Spout of a Jar (1 definition)
- the spout of a jar  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the spout of a jar, Suśr. [ ID=257704 ]

### Wave (1 definition)
- A wave  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > स्रोतस् (srotas) [Printed book page 1158-a ] स्रोतस् (srotas) n. [ स्रु - तसि (sru-tasi) ] 3 A wave

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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