1. Sru cl. 5. P. ( Dhātup. xxii, 44 ) SfRo/ti ( Ved. and ep. also Ā. SfRute , and in RV. 3. sg. SfRve/ , 2. sg. °vize/ , 3. pl. °vire/ [ cf. below]; Impv. SfRu , °RuDI/ or °RuDi/ and °RuhI/ or °Ruhi/ pl. SfRutA/ or SfRuta/ , °Rota and °Rotana , RV. ; pf. SuSrA/va [once in R. with pass. sense], SuSruve [2. sg. SuSroTa , 1. pl. SuSruma , in Up. also °mas ; SuSravat , SuSrUyA/s , RV. , p. SuSruva/s , q.v. ]; aor. Ved. a/Sravam , a/Srot , 2. sg. Sro/zi ; Subj. Sra/vat , °vaTaH ; [?] Sruvam , TĀr. ; Impv. SruDI/ or SruDi/ , Sro/tu , RV. ; aSrOzIt , Br. &c.; Subj. Srozan , Impv. Srozantu , RV. [ cf. Sro/zamARa ]; Prec. SrUyA/sam , AV. &c.; fut. SrotA , MBh. ; Srozyati , °te , Br. &c.; inf. Srotum , MBh. &c.; ind.p. SrutvA/ , RV. &c.; -Sru/tya , AV. &c.; SrAvam , GṛŚrS. &c.), to hear, listen or attend to anything ( acc. ), give ear to any one ( acc. or gen. ), hear or learn anything about ( acc. ) or from ( abl. gen. instr. , muKAt or SakASAt ), or that anything is (two acc. ), RV. &c. &c.; to hear (from a teacher), study, learn, ŚrS. ; MBh. &c.; to be attentive, be obedient, obey, MBh. ; R. &c.: Pass. SrUya/te ( ep. also °ti ; and in RV. SfRve &c. [ cf. above] with pass. meaning; aor. aSrAvi , SrAvi ), to be heard or perceived or learnt about ( acc. ) or from ( gen. abl. or muKAt ; in later language often 3. sg. SrUyate impers. ‘it is heard’, ‘one hears or learns or reads in a book’, = ‘it is said’, ‘it is written in (with loc. )’; Impv. SrUyatAm , ‘let it be heard’ = ‘listen!’), RV. &c. &c.; to be celebrated or renowned, be known as, pass for, be called ( nom. ), RV. ; to be heard or learnt (from a teacher), Pañcat. ; to be taught or stated (in a book), Sarvad. ; to be heard i.e. pronounced or employed (as a sound or word), TPrāt. , Sch. : Caus. SrAva/yati ( ep. also °te , in RV. also Srava/yati ; aor. aSuSravi , °vuH , RV. ; aSuSruvat , Br. ; aSiSravat Gr. ; Pass. SrAvyate See below), to cause to be heard or learnt, announce, proclaim, declare, RV. &c. &c.; to cause to hear, inform, instruct, communicate, relate, tell (with acc. of thing, and acc. gen. , or dat. of pers. , or with instr. in sense of ‘through’), Mn. ; MBh. &c.: Pass. of Caus. SrAvyate , to be informed of ( acc. ), MBh. &c.: Desid. Su/SrUzate ( Pāṇ. i, 3, 57 ; ep. or mc. also °ti ; Pass. SuSrUzyate ), to wish or like to hear ( acc. ), desire to attend or listen to ( dat. ), RV. &c. &c.; to attend upon, serve, obey ( acc. , rarely gen. ), Mn. ; MBh. &c.: Caus. of Desid. SuSrUzayati , to wait upon, be at the service of ( acc. ), Kull. on Mn. ii, 243 : Desid. of Caus. SiSrAvayizati or SuSrAvayizati Gr. : Intens. SoSrUyate , SoSravIti , SoSroti Gr.
2. Sru (only in Sru/vat ; generally an incorrect form of √ sru ), to dissolve into parts, burst asunder, RV. i, 127, 3.
Sru I. 1 P. ( Sravati ) To go, move; cf. Su . II. 5 P. ( SfRoti, SuSrAva , aSrOzIt, Srozyati, SrotuM, Sruta ) 1 To hear, listen to, give ear to; SfRu me sAvaSezaM vacaH V. 2 ; rutAni cASrIzata zawpadAnAM Bk. 2. 10 ; saMdeSaM me tadanu jalada Srozyasi SrotrapeyaM Me. 13. 2 To learn, study; dvAdaSavarzaBirvyAkaraRaM SrUyate Pt. 1. 3 To be attentive, to obey. ( iti SrUyate ‘it is so heard’, i. e. is enjoined in the scriptures, such is the sacred precept). — Caus. ( SrAvayati-te ) To cause to hear, communicate, tell, relate, inform; SrAvito'mAtyasaMdeSaM stanakalasaH Mu. 4. — Desid. ( SuSrUzate ) 1 To wish to hear. 2 To be attentive, or obedient, obey; bAkyaM nEva karoti bAMDavajano patnI na SuSrUzate Pt. 4. 78 (where the word may have the next sense also). 3 To serve, wait or attend upon; SuSrUzasva gurUn Ś. 4. 17 ; Ku. 1. 59 ; Ms. 2. 244.