Vishruta, ³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹: 19 definitions
Introduction:
Vishruta means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
The Sanskrit term ³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ can be transliterated into English as Visruta or Vishruta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Visrut.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Bhagavata Purana³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ (विशà¥à¤°à¥à¤�):—Son of DevamÄ«á¸ha (son of Ká¹›taratha). He had a son named MahÄdhá¹›ti. (see BhÄgavata PurÄṇa 9.13.16)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) ³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ (विशà¥à¤°à¥à¤�).â€�(ViÅ›ruti, BrahmÄṇá¸a-purÄṇa): a YÄmadeva.*
- * BrahmÄṇá¸a-purÄṇa II. 13. 92. VÄyu-purÄṇa 62. 12.
1b) One of the twenty AmitÄbha gaṇas.*
- * VÄyu-purÄṇa 100. 17.
³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ (विशà¥à¤°à¥à¤�) is the son of Vitihotra (VÄ«tihotra?) who was born in the line of Jayadhvaja, according to the ³Õ²¹á¹ƒÅ›Än³Ü³¦²¹°ù¾±³Ù²¹ section of the 10th century ³§²¹³Ü°ù²¹±è³Ü°ùÄåṇa: one of the various UpapurÄṇas depicting Åšaivism.—Accordingly, [...] Jayadhvaja was very intelligent and was devoted to NÄrÄyaṇa. The progeny of Jayadhvaja are called TÄlajaṃghas (TÄlajaá¹…ghas). Vitihotra was the eldest of them and they were Yadavas. Vitihotra’s son was ³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ whose wife was PativratÄ (“very chasteâ€�). [...] From ³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ through Urvaśī were born seven illustrious sons.

The Purana (पà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤�, purÄṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: ISKCON Press: Glossary³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ (विशà¥à¤°à¥à¤�).—The son begotten by the PracetÄs through MÄriá¹£Ä�.

Vaishnava (वैषà¥à¤£à¤µ, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnuâ€�).
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ (विशà¥à¤°à¥à¤�) refers to “being famous (in the world)â€� according to the ṬīkÄ (commentary) on the ManthÄnabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess KubjikÄ.—Accordingly, “[...] Åšiva, that is, ÅšrÄ«nÄtha has entered the four sacred seats (i.e., Oá¸á¸iyÄṇa, JÄlandhara, PÅ«rṇagiri and KÄmarÅ«pa) along with UmÄ, the goddess. [...] Thus that Siddha has attained repose in knowledge. He has acquired knowledge and is famous (±¹¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹) in the world. His body has come down into the Lineage of the Youngest. Who is he? He is said to be the sun, the husband of the dawn. The other name he has assumed is Mitra and so (this Siddha) is called Mitrīśa. [...]â€�.

Shakta (शाकà¥à¤�, Å›Äkta) or Shaktism (Å›Äktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the Hindus³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ (विशà¥à¤°à¥à¤�) refers to “one who is famousâ€�, according to the 15th century ²ÑÄå³Ù²¹á¹…g²¹±ôÄ«±ôÄå composed by NÄ«lakaṇá¹ha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.—[Cf. chapter 1, “on the origin of elephantsâ€]: “[...] 4. There was an overlord of Aá¹…ga, like unto the king of the gods, famed [±¹¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹] under the name of RomapÄda. Once he was seated on a jeweled throne on the bank of the Ganges in the city of CampÄ, surrounded by his retinue, when some people reported to him that all the crops of grain, etc., were being destroyed by wild elephants. The king reflected: ‘Now what can I do?’â€�.

Ä€yurveda (आयà¥à¤°à¥à¤µà¥‡à¤¦, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Ä€yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ (विशà¥à¤°à¥à¤�) is the name of a Pratyekabuddha mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century MañjuÅ›rÄ«mÅ«lakalpa: one of the largest KriyÄ Tantras devoted to MañjuÅ›rÄ« (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from MañjuÅ›rÄ« and were taught to and by Buddha ÅšÄkyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including ³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹).

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (±¹²¹Âá°ù²¹²âÄå²Ô²¹) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary±¹¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ (विशà¥à¤°à¥à¤�).—a S Famous. ±¹¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù¾± f S Fame or celebrity.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English±¹¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ (विशà¥à¤°à¥à¤�).â€�a Famous. ±¹¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù¾± f Fame or celebrity.
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
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ (विशà¥à¤°à¥à¤�).â€�p. p.
1) Well-known, renowned, celebrated.
2) Pleased, delighted, happy.
3) Flowing forth.
-tam 1 Fame, celebrity; तà¥à¤µà¤®à¤ªà¥à¤¯à¤¦à¤à¥à¤°à¤¶à¥à¤°à¥à¤¤à¤µà¤¿à¤¶à¥à¤°à¥à¤¤à¤‚ विà¤à¥‹à¤� (tvamapyadabhraÅ›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹±¹¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹á¹� vibhoá¸�) BhÄgavata 1.5.4.
2) Learning.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ (विशà¥à¤°à¥à¤�).—mfn.
(-³Ù²¹á¸�-³ÙÄå-³Ù²¹á¹�) 1. Famous, celebrated, renowned. 2. Known. 3. Pleased, happy. 4. Dropped, flowing. E. vi before Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ heard.
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Visruta (विसà¥à¤°à¥à¤�).—mfn.
(-³Ù²¹á¸�-³ÙÄå-³Ù²¹á¹�) Spread, stretched. 2. Dropped, flowing. E. vi apart, sru to go, kta aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ (विशà¥à¤°à¥à¤�).—[adjective] heard, learnt, understood, known as ([nominative]); famous, renowned.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ (विशà¥à¤°à¥à¤�):—[=vi-Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹] [from ±¹¾±-Å›°ùÄå±¹²¹] 1. vi-Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ mfn. (for 2. See [column]2) flowed away, flowing forth, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [=vi-Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹] [from ±¹¾±-Å›°ù³Ü] 2. vi-Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ mfn. heard of far and wide, heard, noted, notorious, famous, celebrated, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
3) [v.s. ...] known as, passing for, named ([nominative case]), [Harivaṃśa]
4) [v.s. ...] pleased, delighted, happy, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halÄyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a man, [DaÅ›akumÄra-carita]
6) [v.s. ...] of a son of Vasu-deva, [BhÄgavata-purÄṇa]
7) [v.s. ...] of Bhava-bhūti, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]
8) [v.s. ...] n. fame, celebrity, [BhÄgavata-purÄṇa]
9) [v.s. ...] learning (See [compound])
10) Visruta (विसà¥à¤°à¥à¤�):—[=vi-sruta] [from vi-sru] mfn. flowed forth, dropped, flowing, [Horace H. Wilson]
11) [v.s. ...] spread, diffused, stretched, [ib.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ (विशà¥à¤°à¥à¤�):—[vi-Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹] (taá¸�-tÄ-taá¹�) a. Famous, known; dissolved; flowing; delighted.
2) Visruta (विसà¥à¤°à¥à¤�):—[vi-sruta] (taá¸�-tÄ-taá¹�) a. Spread; flowing.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ (विशà¥à¤°à¥à¤�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vissua.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संसà¥à¤•ृतमà¥� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìá¹›t²¹³¾), 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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ (विशà¥à¤°à¥à¤�) [Also spelled visrut]:â€�(a) renowned, reputed, famous, well-known; hence ~[ti] (nf).
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ (ವಿಶà³à²°à³à²�):—[adjective] famous; reputed; renowned.
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³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ (ವಿಶà³à²°à³à²�):—[noun] a man who is famous, reputed; a renowned man; a celebrity.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary³Õ¾±Å›°ù³Ü³Ù²¹ (विशà¥à¤°à¥à¤�):—adj. 1. well-known; renowned; celebrated; 2. pleased; delighted; happy; 3. educated;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Vishrutabhijana, Vishrutacarita, Vishrutadeva, Vishrutashri, Vishrutavant, Vishrutavat.
Full-text (+18): Lokavishruta, Abhivishruta, Puruvishruta, Vishvavishruta, Vishrutadeva, Vishrutavat, Mahadhriti, Vishruti, Bibhatsu, Vishrutacarita, Ativishruta, Nakshatramarga, Vishvatra, Vissua, Pativrata, Vishrut, Gauna, Visrut, Vishrutabhijana, Vistrita.
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