श्रवस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শ্ৰৱস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬰ᭄ᬭᬯᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• শ্রবস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰪𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀯𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ၐြဝသ် (Burmese script)
• શ્રવસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼੍ਰਵਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌵𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦿꦮꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂫𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಶ್ರವಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ឝ្រវស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຨ຺ຣວສ຺ (Lao script)
• ശ്രവസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡵᠠᠸᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘪𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠷᠠᠸᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧊𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐰𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଶ୍ରଵସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢯ꣄ꢬꢮꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆮𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖪𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ශ්‍රවස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩾𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚦𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஶ்ரவஸ் (Tamil script)
• శ్రవస్ (Telugu script)
• ศฺรวสฺ (Thai script)
• ཤྲ་ཝ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒫𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨭𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćráwas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwos (“fame, glory”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬢𐬵 (srauuaŋh, “word”), Ancient Greek κλέος (kléos, “fame”), Russian сла́ва (sláva), Persian سروب (sarūb).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɾɐ́.ʋɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɾɐ.ʋɐs̪/

Noun

श्रवस् • (śrávas) stem, n

1. fame, glory, renown
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.18.24:

     यस्य॒ श्रवो॒ रोद॑सी अ॒न्तरु॒र्वी शी॒र्ष्णेशी॑र्ष्णे विब॒भाजा॑ विभ॒क्ता।
     स॒प्तेदिन्द्रं॒ न स्र॒वतो॑ गृणन्ति॒ नि यु॑ध्याम॒धिम॑शिशाद॒भीके॑॥

     yásya śrávo ródasī antárurvī́ śīrṣṇéśīrṣṇe vibabhā́jā vibhaktā́.
     saptédíndraṃ ná sraváto gṛṇanti ní yudhyāmadhímaśiśādabhī́ke.

     Him (Indra) whose fame is spread across the wide earth and heavens, who, as dispenser, gives each chief his portion, seven following rivers glorify like Indra.
     He slew Yudhyamadhi in close encounter.

2. sound, shout, loud praise
3. (anatomy) the ear

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:कर्ण

4. wealth
5. a stream, flow, gush
6. swift course, rapid motion, flight

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of श्रवस्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	श्रवः (śrávaḥ)	श्रवसी (śrávasī)	श्रवांसि (śrávāṃsi)
accusative	श्रवः (śrávaḥ)	श्रवसी (śrávasī)	श्रवांसि (śrávāṃsi)
instrumental	श्रवसा (śrávasā)	श्रवोभ्याम् (śrávobhyām)	श्रवोभिः (śrávobhiḥ)
dative	श्रवसे (śrávase)	श्रवोभ्याम् (śrávobhyām)	श्रवोभ्यः (śrávobhyaḥ)
ablative	श्रवसः (śrávasaḥ)	श्रवोभ्याम् (śrávobhyām)	श्रवोभ्यः (śrávobhyaḥ)
genitive	श्रवसः (śrávasaḥ)	श्रवसोः (śrávasoḥ)	श्रवसाम् (śrávasām)
locative	श्रवसि (śrávasi)	श्रवसोः (śrávasoḥ)	श्रवःसु (śrávaḥsu)
vocative	श्रवः (śrávaḥ)	श्रवसी (śrávasī)	श्रवांसि (śrávāṃsi)

Derived terms

• उच्चैःश्रवस् (uccaiḥśrávas, “long-ears or neighing aloud”)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀯 (sava)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “श्रवस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1097.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śrávas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “श्रवस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “श्रवस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “śravas”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.