श्रु [ śru ] [ śru ]1 Root cl. [5] P. ( Lit. Dhātup. xxii , 44) [ śṛṇóti ] ( Ved. and ep. also Ā. [ śṛṇute ] , and in Lit. RV. 3. sg. [ śṛṇvé ] , 2. sg. [ °viṣé ] , 3. pl. [ °viré ] ( cf. below ) ; Impv. [ śṛṇu ] , [ °ṇudhī́ ] and [ °ṇuhī́ ] pl. [ śṛṇutā́ ] , [ °ṇota ] and [ °ṇotana ] Lit. RV. ; pf. [ śuśrā́va ] ( once in Lit. R. with pass. sense ) , [ śuśruve ] ( 2. sg. [ śuśrotha ] , 1. pl. [ śuśruma ] , in Lit. Up. also [ °mas ] ; [ śuśravat ] , [ śuśrūyā́s ] Lit. RV. , p. [ śuśruvás ] q.v. ) ; aor. Ved. [ áśravam ] , [ áśrot ] , 2. sg. [ śróṣi ] ; Subj. [ śrávat ] , [ °vathaḥ ] ; ( ? ) [ śruvam ] Lit. TĀr. ; Impv. [ śrudhī́ ] , [ śrótu ] Lit. RV. ; [ aśrauṣīt ] Lit. Br. ; Subj. [ śroṣan ] Impv. [ śroṣantu ] Lit. RV. ( cf. [ śróṣamāṇa ] ) ; Prec. [ śrūyā́sam ] Lit. AV. ; fut. [ śrotā ] Lit. MBh. ; [ śroṣyati ] , [ °te ] Lit. Br. ; inf. [ śrotum ] Lit. MBh. ; ind.p. [ śrutvā́ ] Lit. RV. ; [ -śrútya ] Lit. AV. ; [ śrāvam ] Lit. GṛŚrS. ) , to hear , listen or attend to anything (acc.) , give ear to any one (acc. or gen.) , hear or learn anything about (acc.) or from (abl. gen. instr. , [ mukhāt ] or [ śakāśāt ] ) , or that anything is ( two acc.) Lit. RV. ; to hear (from a teacher) , study , learn Lit. ŚrS. Lit. MBh. ; to be attentive , be obedient , obey Lit. MBh. Lit. R. : Pass. [ śrūyáte ] ( ep. also [ °ti ] ; and in Lit. RV. [ śṛṇve ] ( cf. above ) with pass. meaning ; aor. [ aśrāvi ] , [ śrāvi ] ) , to be heard or perceived or learnt about (acc.) or from (gen. abl. or [ mukhāt ] ; in later language often 3. sg. [ śrūyate ] impers. " it is heard " , " one hears or learns or reads in a book " , = " it is said " , " it is written in (with loc.) " ; Impv. [ śrūyatām ] , " let it be heard " = " listen! " ) Lit. RV. ; to be celebrated or renowned , be known as , pass for , be called (nom.) Lit. RV. ; to be heard or learnt (from a teacher) Lit. Pañcat. ; to be taught or stated (in a book) Lit. Sarvad. ; to be heard i.e. pronounced or employed (as a sound or word) Lit. TPrāt. Sch.: Caus. [ śrāváyati ] ( ep. also [ °te ] , in Lit. RV. also [ śraváyati ] ; aor. [ aśuśravi ] , [ °vuḥ ] Lit. RV. ; [ aśuśruvat ] Lit. Br. ; [ aśiśravat ] Gr. ; Pass. [ śrāvyate ] see below) , to cause to be heard or learnt , announce , proclaim , declare Lit. RV. ; to cause to hear , inform , instruct , communicate , relate , tell (with acc. of thing , and acc. gen. , or dat. of pers. , or with instr. in sense of " through " ) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. : Pass. of Caus. [ śrāvyate ] , to be informed of (acc.) Lit. MBh. : Desid. [ śúśrūṣate ] ( Lit. Pāṇ. 1-3 , 57 ; ep. or mc. also [ °ti ] ; Pass. [ śuśrūṣyate ] ) , to wish or like to hear (acc.) , desire to attend or listen to (dat.) Lit. RV. ; to attend upon , serve , obey (acc. , rarely gen.) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. : Caus. of Desid. [ śuśrūṣayati ] , to wait upon , be at the service of (acc.) Lit. Kull. on Lit. Mn. ii , 243 : Desid. of Caus. [ śiśrāvayiṣati ] or [ śuśrāvayiṣati ] Gr.: Intens. [ śośrūyate ] , [ śośravīti ] , [ śośroti ] Gr. ( ( cf. Gk. 1 , 2 = [ śrudhí ] , 3 = [ śrutá ] ; Lat. (cluo) , (in-clutus) ; Slav. (sluti) ; Germ. (laut) ; Eng. (loud) . ) ) ( 1100,3 )