Śruti or shruti (Sanskrit: श्रुति, IAST: Śruti, IPA: [ɕruti]) in Sanskrit means "that which is heard" and refers to the body of most authoritative, ancient...
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to śruti", that is, anything based on the Vedas of Hinduism. It is an adjective and prefix for texts, ceremonies or person associated with śruti. The...
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The sruti upanga ("drone bagpipe", or bhazana-śruti, druthi, or nosbug) is a type of bagpipe played in Tamil Nadu, southern India. The instrument was...
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Svara (section Relationship to śruti)
There are 22 śruti or microtones in a saptaka of Hindustani music but Carnatic music assumes 24 śruti. A svara is a selected pitch from 22 śrutis, using several...
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Carnatic music (section Śruti)
style. Although there are stylistic differences, the basic elements of śruti (the relative musical pitch), svara (the musical sound of a single note)...
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Śāstra pramāṇam in Hinduism (section Śruti)
In Hinduism, Śāstra pramāṇam refers to the authority of the scriptures (śruti, Vedas) with regard to puruṣārtha, the objects of human pursuit, namely...
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Classical Hindu law (section Śruti)
particular instance is not found within śruti and smṛti literature. Although theologically the Vedas or śruti literature should be the primary source...
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Graha bhedam (redirect from Śruti bhedam)
position of the śruti is changed (pitch of the base note or drone), it is also sometimes called Swara Bhedam or Śruti Bhedam though Śruti Bhedam and Graha...
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Vedas (section Śruti and smriti)
meant for the Vānaprastha and Sannyasa stages, respectively. Vedas are śruti ("what is heard"), distinguishing them from other religious texts, which...
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Shruthi (redirect from Śruti (disambiguation))
Look up Sruti in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shruthi or variations may refer to: Śruti, an ancient religious texts comprising the central canon of...
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Shruti Haasan (redirect from Sruti Haasan)
Shruti Haasan (born 28 January 1986) is an Indian actress and singer who works in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil films. She is the recipient of various accolades...
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Shruti (music) (redirect from Śruti (music))
The shruti or śruti [ɕrʊtɪ] is the smallest interval of pitch that the human ear can detect and a singer or musical instrument can produce. The concept...
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Sruti Mohapatra (born c. 1963) is a disability inclusion expert. Her expertise is in inclusive education and inclusive disaster management and planning...
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widely studied tertiary Smṛti. Śānkarasmṛti (Laghudharmaprakrāśikā) Smarta Śruti Shastra Sutra Yuga dharma Śāstra pramāṇam in Hinduism Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty...
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Princess Shruti of Nepal (redirect from Princess Sruti)
Princess Shruti Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah of Nepal (Nepali: श्रुती राज्य लक्ष्मी देवी शाह) (15 October 1976 – 1 June 2001) was the daughter of King Birendra...
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the"Navnath pothi" narrates the Navnaths' births, their lives and deeds. Śruti (श्रुति): A canon of Hindu scriptures. Shruti is believed to have no author;...
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other topics, in textual sources. Hindu texts have been classified into Śruti ("heard") and Smṛti ("remembered"). The major Hindu scriptures are the Vedas...
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Sruti Harihara Subramanian is a director, entrepreneur, theater actor and former Miss Chennai in 2002. Her debut feature documentary A Far Afternoon about...
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Maharishi Vivekananda Yogananda Texts Sources and classification of scripture Śruti Smṛti Ācāra Ātmatuṣṭi Scriptures Timeline of Hindu texts Vedas Rigveda Yajurveda...
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Kulasarvasva Tantra states that she is supreme (paramā) and indeed Durga, Śruti, Smriti, Mahalakshmi, Saraswati, Ātman Vidya and Brahmavidya. In the Mahanirvana...
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Classification Śruti Smriti Vedas Upavedas Ayurveda Dhanurveda Natyaveda Sthapatyaveda Vedanga Shiksha Chandas Vyākaraṇa Nirukta Kalpa Jyotisha Other...
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Glossary of Carnatic music (section Śruti)
instruments. Example: Flute, nadaswaram etc... 4.Charmaja 5. Lohaja 6.Nakhaja Śruti is musical pitch. It is considered to be equivalent to tonic of western...
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Bhagavata Purana spoken directly by Svayam bhagavan and considered by some Śruti. Sanskrit grammar Gupta, Ravi M. (2007). Caitanya Vaisnava Vedanta of Jiva...
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Classification Śruti Smriti Vedas Upavedas Ayurveda Dhanurveda Natyaveda Sthapatyaveda Vedanga Shiksha Chandas Vyākaraṇa Nirukta Kalpa Jyotisha Other...
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Benjamin (2007). "Untydras ealle: Grendel, Cain, and V̥rtra: Indo-European śruti and Christian sm̥rti in Beowulf". In Geardagum. 27: 1–32. Simek, Rudolf...
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Hindu scriptures are traditionally classified into two parts: śruti, meaning "what has been heard" (originally transmitted orally) and Smriti, meaning...
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several components - primordial sound (nāda), tonal system (swara), pitch (śruti), scale, ornaments (gamaka) and important tones. Janaka ragas or Sampoorna...
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Sruti is an English language monthly magazine on the performing arts and Indian music and dance, published from Chennai, India. Sruti was founded in 1983...
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Shruti box (redirect from Sruti box)
A shruti box (sruti box, shrutibox, srutibox or surpeti) is a musical instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, that traditionally works on...
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Guru–shishya tradition (section Śruti sampradaya)
a ceremony called samavartana. The word Śrauta is derived from the word Śruti meaning that which is heard. The Śrauta tradition is a purely oral handing...
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