Anushru, Anuśru: 3 definitions

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Anushru means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Anuśru can be transliterated into English as Anusru or Anushru, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Anuśru (अनुश्रु).—5 P.

1) To hear (=śru) नानुशुश्रुम जात्वेतत् (nānuśuśruma jātvetat) Ms. 9.1; तद्यथानुश्रूयते (tadyathānuśrūyate) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1 heard, related.

2) To hear repeatedly as from a sacred authority, hand down as by Vedic tradition.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Anuśru (अनुश्रु).—hear or learn (again); [Causative] relate, tell (2 [accusative]); D.[Middle] obey.

Anuśru is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anu and śru (श्रु).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Anuśru (अनुश्रु):—[=anu-√śru] [class] 5. [Parasmaipada] -śṛṇoti, to hear repeatedly (especially what is handed down in the Veda) :—[Desiderative] [Ātmanepada] -śuśrūṣate, to obey.

2) [v.s. ...] ([Causal] -śrāvayati), to announce, [Divyāvadāna]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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