श्रावक

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• শ্ৰাৱক (Assamese script)
• ᬰ᭄ᬭᬵᬯᬓ (Balinese script)
• শ্রাবক (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰪𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀯𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ၐြာဝက (Burmese script)
• શ્રાવક (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼੍ਰਾਵਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌵𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦿꦴꦮꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂫𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಶ್ರಾವಕ (Kannada script)
• ឝ្រាវក (Khmer script)
• ຨ຺ຣາວກ (Lao script)
• ശ്രാവക (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠸᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘪𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠷᠠᢗᠸᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧠𑧈𑧑𑧊𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐰𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଶ୍ରାଵକ (Odia script)
• ꢯ꣄ꢬꢵꢮꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆮𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖪𑖎 (Siddham script)
• ශ්‍රාවක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑩾𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚦𑚊 (Takri script)
• ஶ்ராவக (Tamil script)
• శ్రావక (Telugu script)
• ศฺราวก (Thai script)
• ཤྲཱ་ཝ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒫𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨭𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɾɑː.ʋɐ.kɐ/

Noun

श्रावक • (śrāvaka) stem, m (feminine श्राविका) (Classical Sanskrit)

1. disciple

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of श्रावक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	श्रावकः (śrāvakaḥ)	श्रावकौ (śrāvakau)	श्रावकाः (śrāvakāḥ)
vocative	श्रावक (śrāvaka)	श्रावकौ (śrāvakau)	श्रावकाः (śrāvakāḥ)
accusative	श्रावकम् (śrāvakam)	श्रावकौ (śrāvakau)	श्रावकान् (śrāvakān)
instrumental	श्रावकेण (śrāvakeṇa)	श्रावकाभ्याम् (śrāvakābhyām)	श्रावकैः (śrāvakaiḥ)
dative	श्रावकाय (śrāvakāya)	श्रावकाभ्याम् (śrāvakābhyām)	श्रावकेभ्यः (śrāvakebhyaḥ)
ablative	श्रावकात् (śrāvakāt)	श्रावकाभ्याम् (śrāvakābhyām)	श्रावकेभ्यः (śrāvakebhyaḥ)
genitive	श्रावकस्य (śrāvakasya)	श्रावकयोः (śrāvakayoḥ)	श्रावकाणाम् (śrāvakāṇām)
locative	श्रावके (śrāvake)	श्रावकयोः (śrāvakayoḥ)	श्रावकेषु (śrāvakeṣu)

Descendants

• Pali: sāvaka
  • → Khmer: សាវក (savkâ)
  • → Northern Thai: ᩈᩣᩅᨠ
  • → Northern Thai: สาวก
  • → Thai: สาวก (sǎa-wók)
  • → Burmese: သာဝက (sawa.ka.)
  • → Shan: သႃႇဝၵႃႉ (sàa wǎ kâ̰a)

Further reading

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “śrāvaka”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “श्रावक”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Monier Williams (1899) “श्रावक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1097, column 1.