सरित्
Sanskrit
FWOTD – 2 February 2022
Etymology
Probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *ser-. Doublet of सिरा (sirā).
Noun
सरित् • (sarít) stem, f
- river; stream
- Synonym: नदी (nadī)
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.58.6:
- स॒म्यक्स्र॑वन्ति स॒रितो॒ न धेना॑ अ॒न्तर्हृ॒दा मन॑सा पू॒यमा॑नाः ।
ए॒ते अ॑र्षन्त्यू॒र्मयो॑ घृ॒तस्य॑ मृ॒गा इ॑व क्षिप॒णोरीष॑माणाः ॥- samyáksravanti saríto ná dhénā antárhṛdā́ mánasā pūyámānāḥ.
eté arṣantyūrmáyo ghṛtásya mṛgā́ iva kṣipaṇórī́ṣamāṇāḥ. - Like rivers our libations flow together, cleansing themselves in inmost heart and spirit.
The streams of holy oil pour swiftly downward like the wild beasts that fly before the bowman.
- samyáksravanti saríto ná dhénā antárhṛdā́ mánasā pūyámānāḥ.
- स॒म्यक्स्र॑वन्ति स॒रितो॒ न धेना॑ अ॒न्तर्हृ॒दा मन॑सा पू॒यमा॑नाः ।
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.2.36:
- यावत् स्थास्यन्ति गिरयस् सरितश् च महीतले ।
तावद् रामायणकथा लोकेषु प्रचरिष्यति ॥- yāvat sthāsyanti girayas saritaś ca mahītale.
tāvad rāmāyaṇakathā lokeṣu pracariṣyati. - As long as hills and rivers remain on the surface of the Earth,
The story of Rāmāyaṇa shall spread among the humankind.
- yāvat sthāsyanti girayas saritaś ca mahītale.
- यावत् स्थास्यन्ति गिरयस् सरितश् च महीतले ।
Declension
| Feminine it-stem declension of सरित् (sarit) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | सरित् sarit |
सरितौ / सरिता¹ saritau / saritā¹ |
सरितः saritaḥ |
| Vocative | सरित् sarit |
सरितौ / सरिता¹ saritau / saritā¹ |
सरितः saritaḥ |
| Accusative | सरितम् saritam |
सरितौ / सरिता¹ saritau / saritā¹ |
सरितः saritaḥ |
| Instrumental | सरिता saritā |
सरिद्भ्याम् saridbhyām |
सरिद्भिः saridbhiḥ |
| Dative | सरिते sarite |
सरिद्भ्याम् saridbhyām |
सरिद्भ्यः saridbhyaḥ |
| Ablative | सरितः saritaḥ |
सरिद्भ्याम् saridbhyām |
सरिद्भ्यः saridbhyaḥ |
| Genitive | सरितः saritaḥ |
सरितोः saritoḥ |
सरिताम् saritām |
| Locative | सरिति sariti |
सरितोः saritoḥ |
सरित्सु saritsu |
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Descendants
- Pali: saritā
References
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “सरित्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Monier Williams (1899) “Sarít”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1182/3.
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