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श्रावक

   { śrāvakḥ }
Script: Devanagari

श्रावक

हिन्दी (hindi) WN | Hindi  Hindi |   | 

श्रावक

A dictionary, Marathi and English | Marathi  English |   | 
   A pupil or follower of a Jina; one of a sect or distinction amongst the Jyn-people.

श्रावक

मराठी (Marathi) WN | Marathi  Marathi |   | 
   see : जैन

श्रावक

  पु. जैनधर्मी गृहस्थ ; जैनमतानुयायी . [ सं . ]

श्रावक

नेपाली (Nepali) WN | Nepali  Nepali |   | 

श्रावक

A Sanskrit English Dictionary | Sanskrit  English |   | 
श्रावक  mfn. amf(इका)n. hearing, listening to (comp.), [Vās.]
   audible from afar, [Śiś.]
श्रावक  m. m. a pupil, disciple, [Mālatīm.]
श्रावक   a disciple of the बुद्ध (the disciples of the हीन-यान school are sometimes so called in contradistinction to the disciples of the महा-यान school; properly only those who heard the law from the बुद्ध's own lips have the name , and of these two, viz.Sāriputta and Moggallāna, were अग्र-श्रावकs, ‘chief disciples’, while eighty, including काश्यप, उपालि, and आनन्द, were महा-श्रावकs or ‘great disciples’), 47, 75">[MWB. 47, 75]
   a जैन 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 col. 1: p. 1097, col. 1">p. 1097, col. 1.

श्रावक

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary | Sanskrit  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.

श्रावक

Shabda-Sagara | Sanskrit  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.
ROOTS:
श्रु ण्वुल्

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