○śruta (sú-), mfn. very famous RV
• well or correctly heard Naish
• gladly heard Mn. iii, 254
• N. of the author of a system of medicine (reputed son of Viśvā-mitra and descendant of Dhanvantari
• his work with that of Caraka, another older medical authority, is held in great esteem
• it consists of six books)
• of a son of Su-bhāsa VP
• of a son of Padmôbhava Daś
• (am), n. N. of the above medical work
• also of the work of Caraka Naish. iv, 116
• 'well heard', an exclamation at a Srāddha (cf. śrauṣat) Mn. iii, 254
• -pāṭha-śuddhi f. N. of wk
• -saṃhitā f. Suśruta's medical work
• -sāra m. N. of wk

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William