Srak, Srāk, Shrak: 7 definitions
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Srak 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.
In Hinduism
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literatureSrak (स्रक्) is the alternative name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) mentioned by Hemacandra (1088-1173 C.E.) in his auto-commentary on the second chapter of the Chandonuśāsana. Srak corresponds to Mālā (according to Piṅgala). Hemacandra gives these alternative names for the metres by other authorities (like Bharata), even though the number of gaṇas or letters do not differ.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySrāk (स्राक्).—ind. Quickly, speedily.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚrak (श्रक्).—[(i)śraki] r. 1st cl. (śraṅkati) To go, to creep.
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Srak (स्रक्).—[(i) sraki] r. 1st cl. (mraṅkate) To go.
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Srāk (स्राक्).—Ind. Quickly, instantly. E. srai to cook or ripen, kvip aff.; or srā maturity, ak to obtain, kvip aff.; or sru-ḍāku aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySrāk (स्राक्).—vb. sṛ, probably sara -añc, cf. drāk, acc. sing. n., adv. Quickly.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySrāk (स्राक्):—ind. = drāk, quickly, speedily, instantly, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Srak (स्रक्):—(i, ṅa) sraṃkate 1. d. To go.
2) Srāk (स्राक्):—adv. Quickly, instantly.
[Sanskrit to German]
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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Starts with: Shraka, Sragiccha, Sraka niek, Srakku, Srakpuga, Srakti, Sraktya, Srakva.
Full-text: Sraj, Carukkenal, Vanasraj, Underakasraj, Pushkarasraj, Cukkai, Catakku, Mala.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 5.7.3 < [Chapter 7 - The Killing of Kuvalayāpīḍa]
Verse 5.19.21 < [Chapter 19 - The Festival on Śrī Kṛṣṇa Return]
Vivekachudamani (by Shankara)
Dvisahasri of Tembesvami (Summary and Study) (by Upadhyay Mihirkumar Sudhirbhai)
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.1.169 < [Chapter 1 - Vairāgya (renunciation)]
Verse 2.4.66 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]
Verse 1.4.116 < [Chapter 4 - Bhakta (the devotee)]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Avyayas or Indeclinables < [Chapter 6 - Grammatical Aspects]