सरित्

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 2 February 2022

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সৰিত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬭᬶᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• সরিত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰨𑰰𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀭𑀺𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သရိတ် (Burmese script)
• સરિત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਰਿਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌰𑌿𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦫꦶꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂩𑂱𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸರಿತ್ (Kannada script)
• សរិត៑ (Khmer script)
• ສຣິຕ຺ (Lao script)
• സരിത് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᡵᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘨𑘱𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠷᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧈𑧒𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐬𑐶𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସରିତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢬꢶꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆫𑆴𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖨𑖰𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• සරිත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩼𑩑𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚤𑚮𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸரித் (Tamil script)
• సరిత్ (Telugu script)
• สริตฺ (Thai script)
• ས་རི་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒩𑒱𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨫𑨁𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root सृ (sṛ, “to flow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- or possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *sélos and related to सलिल (salila).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ.ɾít/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐ.ɾit̪/

Noun

सरित् • (sarít) stem, f

1. river; stream

   Synonym: नदी (nadī)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.58.6:

     स॒म्यक्स्र॑वन्ति स॒रितो॒ न धेना॑ अ॒न्तर्हृ॒दा मन॑सा पू॒यमा॑नाः ।
     ए॒ते अ॑र्षन्त्यू॒र्मयो॑ घृ॒तस्य॑ मृ॒गा इ॑व क्षिप॒णोरीष॑माणाः ॥

     samyáksravanti saríto ná dhénā antárhṛdā́ mánasā pūyámānāḥ.
     eté arṣantyūrmáyo ghṛtásya mṛgā́ iva kṣipaṇórī́ṣamāṇāḥ.

     Like rivers our libations flow together, cleansing themselves in inmost heart and spirit.
     The streams of holy oil pour swiftly downward like the wild beasts that fly before the bowman.

   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.2.36:

     यावत् स्थास्यन्ति गिरयस् सरितश् च महीतले ।
     तावद् रामायणकथा लोकेषु प्रचरिष्यति ॥

     yāvat sthāsyanti girayas saritaś ca mahītale.
     tāvad rāmāyaṇakathā lokeṣu pracariṣyati.

     As long as hills and rivers remain on the surface of the Earth,
     The story of Rāmāyaṇa shall spread among the humankind.

Declension

Feminine root-stem declension of सरित् (sarít)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सरित् sarít	सरितौ / सरिता¹ sarítau / sarítā¹	सरितः sarítaḥ
Vocative	सरित् sárit	सरितौ / सरिता¹ sáritau / sáritā¹	सरितः sáritaḥ
Accusative	सरितम् sarítam	सरितौ / सरिता¹ sarítau / sarítā¹	सरितः sarítaḥ
Instrumental	सरिता sarítā	सरिद्भ्याम् sarídbhyām	सरिद्भिः sarídbhiḥ
Dative	सरिते saríte	सरिद्भ्याम् sarídbhyām	सरिद्भ्यः sarídbhyaḥ
Ablative	सरितः sarítaḥ	सरिद्भ्याम् sarídbhyām	सरिद्भ्यः sarídbhyaḥ
Genitive	सरितः sarítaḥ	सरितोः sarítoḥ	सरिताम् sarítām
Locative	सरिति saríti	सरितोः sarítoḥ	सरित्सु sarítsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: saritā

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “सरित्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899) “Sarít”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1182, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 708