श्रयति

See also: श्रायति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

শ্ৰয়তি (Assamese script)
ᬰ᭄ᬭᬬᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
শ্রয়তি (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰧𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀬𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ၐြယတိ (Burmese script)
શ્રયતિ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼੍ਰਯਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦿꦪꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂨𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಶ್ರಯತಿ (Kannada script)
ឝ្រយតិ (Khmer script)
ຨ຺ຣຍຕິ (Lao script)
ശ്രയതി (Malayalam script)
ᡧᡵᠠᠶᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘧𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠱᠷᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧇𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐫𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଶ୍ରଯତି (Odia script)
ꢯ꣄ꢬꢫꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆪𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖧𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ශ්‍රයති (Sinhalese script)
𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩻𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚣𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
ஶ்ரயதி (Tamil script)
శ్రయతి (Telugu script)
ศฺรยติ (Thai script)
ཤྲ་ཡ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒨𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨪𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śráyati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćráyati, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to lean”). Cognate with English lean and Latin clīnō.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɾɐ́.jɐ.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɾɐ.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

श्रयति • (śráyati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type UP, root श्रि)

to cause to lean or rest on, lay on or in, fix on, fasten to, direct or turn towards, (especially) spread or diffuse (light or radiance or beauty) over (+ locative)
to lean on, rest on, recline against (+ accusative), cling to (+ locative), be supported or fixed or depend on, abide in or on (+ accusative, locative or adverb)
to go to, approach, resort or have recourse to (for help or refuge), tend towards (+ accusative)
to go into, enter, fall to the lot or take possession of (+ accusative or locative)
to attain, undergo, get into any state or condition (+ accusative)
to assume
to show, betray (heroism)
to honour, worship

Conjugation

Present: श्रयति (śráyati), श्रयते (śráyate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	श्रयति śráyati	श्रयतः śráyataḥ	श्रयन्ति śráyanti	श्रयते śráyate	श्रयेते śráyete	श्रयन्ते śráyante
Second	श्रयसि śráyasi	श्रयथः śráyathaḥ	श्रयथ śráyatha	श्रयसे śráyase	श्रयेथे śráyethe	श्रयध्वे śráyadhve
First	श्रयामि śráyāmi	श्रयावः śráyāvaḥ	श्रयामः / श्रयामसि¹ śráyāmaḥ / śráyāmasi¹	श्रये śráye	श्रयावहे śráyāvahe	श्रयामहे śráyāmahe
Imperative
Third	श्रयतु śráyatu	श्रयताम् śráyatām	श्रयन्तु śráyantu	श्रयताम् śráyatām	श्रयेताम् śráyetām	श्रयन्ताम् śráyantām
Second	श्रय śráya	श्रयतम् śráyatam	श्रयत śráyata	श्रयस्व śráyasva	श्रयेथाम् śráyethām	श्रयध्वम् śráyadhvam
First	श्रयाणि śráyāṇi	श्रयाव śráyāva	श्रयाम śráyāma	श्रयै śráyai	श्रयावहै śráyāvahai	श्रयामहै śráyāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	श्रयेत् śráyet	श्रयेताम् śráyetām	श्रयेयुः śráyeyuḥ	श्रयेत śráyeta	श्रयेयाताम् śráyeyātām	श्रयेरन् śráyeran
Second	श्रयेः śráyeḥ	श्रयेतम् śráyetam	श्रयेत śráyeta	श्रयेथाः śráyethāḥ	श्रयेयाथाम् śráyeyāthām	श्रयेध्वम् śráyedhvam
First	श्रयेयम् śráyeyam	श्रयेव śráyeva	श्रयेम śráyema	श्रयेय śráyeya	श्रयेवहि śráyevahi	श्रयेमहि śráyemahi
Subjunctive
Third	श्रयात् / श्रयाति śráyāt / śráyāti	श्रयातः śráyātaḥ	श्रयान् śráyān	श्रयाते / श्रयातै śráyāte / śráyātai	श्रयैते śráyaite	श्रयन्त / श्रयान्तै śráyanta / śráyāntai
Second	श्रयाः / श्रयासि śráyāḥ / śráyāsi	श्रयाथः śráyāthaḥ	श्रयाथ śráyātha	श्रयासे / श्रयासै śráyāse / śráyāsai	श्रयैथे śráyaithe	श्रयाध्वै śráyādhvai
First	श्रयाणि śráyāṇi	श्रयाव śráyāva	श्रयाम śráyāma	श्रयै śráyai	श्रयावहै śráyāvahai	श्रयामहै śráyāmahai
Participles
	श्रयत् śráyat			श्रयमाण śráyamāṇa
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit. ¹Vedic

Imperfect: अश्रयत् (áśrayat), अश्रयत (áśrayata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	अश्रयत् áśrayat	अश्रयताम् áśrayatām	अश्रयन् áśrayan	अश्रयत áśrayata	अश्रयेताम् áśrayetām	अश्रयन्त áśrayanta
Second	अश्रयः áśrayaḥ	अश्रयतम् áśrayatam	अश्रयत áśrayata	अश्रयथाः áśrayathāḥ	अश्रयेथाम् áśrayethām	अश्रयध्वम् áśrayadhvam
First	अश्रयम् áśrayam	अश्रयाव áśrayāva	अश्रयाम áśrayāma	अश्रये áśraye	अश्रयावहि áśrayāvahi	अश्रयामहि áśrayāmahi

References

Monier Williams (1899) “श्रयति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1098, column 2.