# विश्राव (viśrāva)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vishrava

विश्राव (viśrāva) is a Sanskrit word meaning flowing forth, dropping, noise, sound, great fame or celebrity, flowing forth or away, flowing or dropping, liquefaction or flowing. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Multiple Meanings: Fame and Flowing, Fame or Celebrity, Flowing or Dropping.

- **Root:** 2. श्रु (2. śru)
- **Etymology:** E. वि before श्रु to hear or drop, aff. घञ् । — E. vi before śru to hear or drop, aff. ghañ
- **SLP1:** `viSrAva`  **IAST:** viśrāva  **Devanagari:** विश्राव
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishrava
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vishrava/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Multiple Meanings: Fame and Flowing (4 definitions)
- 1. Fame or celebrity. 2. Flowing or dropping.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वि (vi) श्राव (viśrāva) [Printed book page 788 ] वि (vi) श्राव (viśrāva) m. ( - वः (-vaḥ) ) 1 Fame, celebrity. 2 Flowing, dropping. E. वि (vi) before श्रु (śru) to hear or to drop, aff. घञ् (ghañ). [ ID=35922 ]
- 1. Fame. 2. Liquefaction or flowing.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विश्राव (viśrāva) [Printed book page 706-b ] वि - श्राव (vi-śrāva) ( वः ) ((vaḥ)) 1. m. Fame; liquefaction; flowing. [ ID=35528 ]
- 1. Flowing. 2. Great fame.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विश्राव (viśrāva) [Printed book page 678-25 ] विश्राव (viśrāva) m. 1. Flowing; 2. great fame. [ ID=35622 ]
- 1. Fame or celebrity. 2. Flowing or dropping.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वि (vi) श्राव (viśrāva) [Printed book page 673-b ] वि (vi) श्राव (viśrāva) m. ( - वः (-vaḥ) ) 1. Fame, celebrity. 2. Flowing, dropping. E. वि (vi) before श्रु (śru) to hear or drop, aff. घञ् । (ghañ.) [ ID=37600 ]

### Fame or Celebrity (3 definitions)
- great fame or celebrity  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > great fame or celebrity, L. [ ID=200945 ]
- Fame or celebrity  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > विश्राव (viśrāva) [Printed book page 0875-b ] विश्राव (viśrāva) viśrāva, i. e. vi-śru + a, m., and विश्रुति (viśruti) vi-śru + ti, f. Fame, cele- brity, notoriety. — Comp. Loka-viśruti, f. 1. fame. 2. unfounded rumour. [ ID=13666 ]
- Great fame or celebrity  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > विश्राव (viśrāva) [Printed book page 0943-c ] 1. vi-śrāva, as, m. great fame or celebrity. [ ID=44192 ]

### Flowing or Dropping (2 definitions)
- flowing forth, dropping  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 992,1] 1. वि - श्राव (vi-śrāva) m. ( fr. √ 2. श्रु (śru) = स्रु (sru); for 2. See col. 2) flowing forth, dropping, W. [ ID=200929 ]
- flowing forth or away  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > 2. vi-śrāva, as, m. flowing forth or away, drop- ping. [ ID=44198 ]

### Noise or Sound (1 definition)
- noise, sound  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 992,2] 2. वि - श्राव (vi-śrāva) m. (for 1. See s.v., col. 1) noise, sound, Bhaṭṭ. [ ID=200944 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; 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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