The Sanskrit term Śrutikaṭu can be transliterated into English as Srutikatu or Shrutikatu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavyashastra (science of poetry)

Source: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical study

Śrutikaṭu (श्रुतिकटु) refers to “words that are unpleasant to the ear” and represents a type of Padadoṣa (‘defects of words’) which is one of the five Kāvya-doṣas (‘poetic defects’), according to the Kāvyaprakāśa, VII.50-51 and employed in the Bhīṣmacarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.—Śrutikaṭu refers to words consisting of harsh letters are found in some verses of the poem. An example is Bhīṣmacarita IV.42.—Here the letter ‘śra’ in “śravaṇendriyaṃ” and the letters “ghrā” and “dhai” in “ghrāṇamanekagandhaiḥ” are harsh and hence the verse becomes unpleasant to the ear while sung. The other examples are IV.37, V.48, VII.57, VIII.22, IX.6, IX.17, IX.31, XI.34, XIV.41, etc.

Source: Shodhganga: Mālatīmādhava of Bhavabhūti (kavya-shastra)

Śrutikaṭu (श्रुतिकटु) (Cf. Śrutikaṭutva) refers to “(words that are) unpleasant to ear”, according to Mammaṭa-Bhaṭṭa’s Kāvyaprakāśa verse 7.50-51.—The doṣas (or “poetic defects”) are regarded as undesirable elements [of a composition]. Any element which tends to detract the poetic composition is a demerit in general terms. In other words, doṣas are the opposites of the guṇālaṃkāras. [...] In the Sāhityadarpaṇa, Viśvanātha says doṣas are five fold. [...] Mammaṭabhaṭṭa says that padadoṣa (or “defects of word”) are of sixteen types [i.e., śrutikaṭu (unpleasant to ear)].

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Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śrutikaṭu (श्रुतिकटु).—a S Harsh to the ear; dissonant, grating. This is among the śabdadōṣa.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śrutikaṭu (श्रुतिकटु).—a. harsh to hear.

-ṭuḥ a harsh or unmelodious sound, regarded as a fault of composition.

Śrutikaṭu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śruti and kaṭu (कटु).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śrutikaṭu (श्रुतिकटु).—m.

(-ṭuḥ) A Harsh sound, (regarded as a fault in rhetoric.)

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

Śrutikaṭu (श्रुतिकटु).—[adjective] sounding harsh.

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

1) Śrutikaṭu (श्रुतिकटु):—[=śruti-kaṭu] [from śruti > śru] mfn. harsh to the ear, unmelodious

2) [v.s. ...] m. (in [rhetoric]) a harsh or unm° sound, cacophony, [Kāvyaprakāśa]

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śrutikaṭu (ಶ್ರುತಿಕಟು):—[noun] = ಶ್ರುತದುಷ್ಟ [shrutadushta].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Katu, Shruti.

Starts with: Shrutikatutva.

Full-text: Shrutikatutva, Shabdadosha.

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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)

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Malatimadhava (study) (by Jintu Moni Dutta)

Part 5.3a - Pada-doṣa (defects of word) < [Chapter 2 - Literary Study of the Mālatīmādhava]

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