श्रावक (zrAvaka)

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शब्दसागरः

English

 श्रावक m.
  (-कः)
	 1. The lay votary of a Buddha or Jina.
	 2. A crow.
	 3.
A hearer.
	 4. A pupil.
 E.
  श्रु to hear,  causal form,  ण्वुल् aff.
  

Capeller Eng

English

 श्रावक a.
  listening to (—°)
 audible far and wide. m.
 
hearer,  pupil,  follower,  esp.
    of Buddha. 

Yates

English

 श्रावक (कः) 1.
m.
  The pupil of a
Jaina
 a crow.

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Spoken Sanskrit

English

श्रावक 	-	 zrAvaka 	-	 adj.
  	-	  hearing
श्रावक 	-	 zrAvaka 	-	 adj.
  	-	  listening to
श्रावक 	-	 zrAvaka 	-	 adj.
  	-	  audible from afar
श्रावक 	-	 zrAvaka 	-	 m.
  	-	  sound audible from afar
श्रावक 	-	 zrAvaka 	-	 m.
  	-	  disciple of the buddha
श्रावक 	-	 zrAvaka 	-	 m.
  	-	  pupil
श्रावक 	-	 zrAvaka 	-	 m.
  	-	  disciple
श्रावक 	-	 zrAvaka 	-	 m.
  	-	  crow
श्रावक 	-	 zrAvaka 	-	 m.
  	-	  jaina disciple
श्रावक 	-	 zrAvaka 	-	 m.
  	-	  that faculty of the voice which makes a sound audible to a distance

Wilson

English

 श्रावक
m.
  (-कः)
1 The lay votary of a Buddha or Jina.
2 A crow.
E.
  श्रु to hear,  causal form,  ण्वुल् aff.
  

Apte

English

श्रावकः [śrāvakḥ],  [श्रि-ण्वुल्]

A hearer.

A pupil,  disciple
 श्रावकावस्थायाम् Māl.
 1 'in their pupilage'.

A class of Buddhist saints or votaries.

A Buddhist votary in general.

A heretic.

A crow.

A sound audible from afar.

Apte 1890

English

 श्रावकः [श्रि-ण्बुल्] 1 A hearer. 
A pupil,  disciple
 श्राबकावस्यायां Māl. 10 ‘in their pupilage’. 
A class of Buddhist saints or votaries. 
A Buddhist votary in general. 
A heretic. 
A crow. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 श्रावक a mf(इका)n.  hearing,  listening to (comp. ),  Vās.
 

 audible from afar,  Śiś.
 

 श्रावक m.
  a pupil,  disciple,  Mālatīm.
  

 a disciple of the Buddha (the disciples of the Hīna-yāna school are sometimes so called in contradistinction to the disciples of the Mahā-yāna school
 properly only those who heard the law from the Buddha's own lips have the name श्रावक,  and of these two,  viz. Sāriputta and Moggallāna,  were Agra-śrāvakas,  ‘chief disciples’,  while eighty,  including Kāśyapa,  Upāli,  and Ānanda,  were Mahā-śrāvakas or ‘great disciples’),  MWB.
  47,  75

 a Jaina disciple (regarded by orthodox Hindūs as a heretic),  MW.
  

 a crow,  L.
 

 a sound audible from afar,  Śiś.
 

 that faculty of the voice which makes a sound audible to a distance,  L.
 

 श्रावक b &c.
   See p.
  1097,  col. 1.

Monier Williams 1872

English

 श्रावक,  अस्,  इका,  अम्,  hearing,  a hearer
 (अस्), 
m. a pupil,  disciple
 a particular class of Buddhist
saints or ascetics,  (properly one who by adhering to
the teaching of the Buddha and practising the four
great truths becomes eventually qualified to be ranked
as an Arhat and to be addressed as Āyuṣ-mat
eighty of the disciples of the great Buddha are called
Mahā-śrāvakas or Great Śrāvakas)
 a Bauddha or
Buddhist votary (in general)
 a heretic
 a crow.
—श्रावक-व्रत,  N. of a Jaina treatise.

Macdonell

English

 श्रावक śrāv-aka,  a.
  [√ 1. śru] listening to 🞄(—°)
 audible afar
 m.
  hearer,  pupil
 disciple 🞄of Buddha or Jina. 

Benfey

English

 श्रावक श्रावक,  i. e. श्रु,  Caus.,  +
अक,  m.
 
 1. The name of a class of the
Bauddha votaries
 a lay votary of the
Bauddha religion,  Pañc. 236,  19.
 2. A
pupil,  Mālat,  174,  4.

Apte Hindi

Hindi

श्रावकः
पुं*
  - श्रु + ण्वुल्
श्रोता

श्रावकः
पुं*
  - श्रु + ण्वुल्
"छात्र,  शिष्य"

श्रावकः
पुं*
  - श्रु + ण्वुल्
"बौद्धभिक्षु,  बौद्ध सन्त,  महात्मा"

श्रावकः
पुं*
  - श्रु + ण्वुल्
बौद्ध भक्त

श्रावकः
पुं*
  - श्रु + ण्वुल्
पाखण्डी

श्रावकः
पुं*
  - श्रु + ण्वुल्
कौवा

श्रावकः
पुं*
  - श्रु+ण्वुल्
वह ध्वनि जो दूर से सुनी जाय

L R Vaidya

English

 SrAvaka {% m. %} 1. A hearer
a pupil,  a disciple
a Buddhist votary
a particular class of Buddhist votaries
a crow.

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 śrāvaka (so in Skt.,  and Pali sāvaka,  in Skt. also of Jains and other sects),  a (Buddhist) disciple,  in Mahāyāna texts regularly used of followers of the Hīnayāna,  passim: technical description,  sarveṣām arhatāṃ kṣīṇāśravāṇām uṣitavratānāṃ samyagājñāsuvimuktacittānāṃ parikṣīṇabhavasaṃyojanānām anuprāptasvakārthānām Mv 〔i.248.10 f.〕,  repeated below
 a similar formula in Pali,  Vin. 〔i.183.24〕 etc.
 stages and types of śr° Mvy 〔1008—1028〕
 names of well-known śr° ib. 〔1029—1073〕
 their qualities 〔1075—1126〕. PTSD says a sāvaka is ‘never an Arahant’,  but see CPD s.v. araha(t) 2.

Indian Epigraphical Glossary

English

 Śrāvaka (EI 7,  8,  24
 ML
 LL
 HA),  a lay follower of
Jainism or Buddhism
 cf. the feminine form Śrāvikā,  sometimes
called Śrāvikā bhaginī in Jain records.

 śrāvaka (CII 1),  ‘a matter relating to a declaration’.

Kridanta Forms

Sanskrit

श्रु (श्रु॒ श्रवणे - भ्वादिः - अनिट्)
ल्युट् =  श्रवणम्
अनीयर् =  श्रवणीयः - श्रवणीया
ण्वुल् =  श्रावकः - श्राविका
तुमुँन् =  श्रोतुम्
तव्य =  श्रोतव्यः - श्रोतव्या
तृच् =  श्रोता - श्रोत्री
क्त्वा =  श्रुत्वा
ल्यप् =  प्रश्रुत्य
क्तवतुँ =  श्रुतवान् - श्रुतवती
क्त =  श्रुतः - श्रुता
शतृँ =  शृण्वन् - शृण्वती

Sanskrit Tibetan

Tibetan

nyan thos
१) शिष्य २) श्रावक ३) श्र्य्वकत्व

nyan thos pa
श्रावक

शब्दकल्पद्रुमः

Sanskrit

 श्रावकः,  पुं,
   (शृणोतीति । श्रु + ण्वुल् ।) शाक्य-मुनिशिष्यविशेषः । काकः । इति त्रिकाण्ड-शेषः ॥
 (श्रावयतीति । श्रु + णिच् + ण्वुल् ।दूरध्वनिः । यथा,  माघे । ११ । १ ।“प्रणिजगदुरकाकुश्रावकस्निग्धकण्ठाःपरिणतिमिति रात्रे र्मागधा मागधाय ॥
”)श्रोतरि,  त्रि । (यथा,  पुराणम् ।“ऋग्वेदश्रावकं पैलं जग्राह विधिवद्द्विजम् ।यजुर्वेदप्रवक्तारं वैशम्पायनमेव च ॥
”)

वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 श्रावक पु०
  त्रि०
  श्रु--ण्वुल् । १ श्रवणकर्त्तरि २ शाक्यमुनि-शिव्ये मुनिभेदे ३ काके पुंरवी० त्रिका० ।

Capeller

German

 श्रावक horchend auf (—°). m.
  Hörer, 
Schüler.

Burnouf

French

 श्रावक श्रावक m.
  auditeur
 catéchumène,  Bd.
Corneille.

Stchoupak

French

 श्रावक-
 -इका- a. qu'on peut entendre de loin 
 ifc. qui écoute 
 m.
 
élève,  disciple (not. du Bouddha) 
 son qu'on entend de loin. 

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