The word "ṣṛṇvanti" in Devanagari script is
written as: षृण्वन्ति
“ṣṛṇvanti” is a Sanskrit verb form meaning “they hear”
or “they listen,” derived from the root √śru (‘to hear’),
in the present tense, third person plural, indicative mood,
and active voice.
Root and Formation
- Root (dhātu): śru (शृ) – meaning to hear or to listen.
- Verb Class: Parasmaipada, belonging to the first class
- of Sanskrit verbs.
- Voice (pāda): Parasmaipada (active voice directed to others).
Grammatical Details
- Tense (kāla): Present (vartamāna kāla)
- Person: Third person (he/she/they)
- Number: Plural, indicating ‘they’
- Mood: Indicative (the form is used to state facts)
- Form Analysis:
- ṣṛṇvanti = √śru + present tense affix -nva- + third person
- plural ending -nti
- This pattern indicates ongoing action: “they hear” or “they
- are listening.”
Usage Examples
- Literary Sanskrit often employs ṣṛṇvanti in epic texts or Vedic
- Sanskrit sentence: जनाः प्रार्थनां ṣṛṇvanti
- Translation: “People hear the prayer.”
- context to indicate attentive listening:
- It conveys the sense of active reception of sound or knowledge,
- fitting for both literal and metaphorical use in scriptures or
- philosophical texts.
Notes
- Synonymous forms may appear in classical Sanskrit with slight
- phonetic or sandhi adjustments depending on context.
- In conjugation charts, ṣṛṇvanti is paired with its singular
- (śṛṇoti) and dual (śṛṇvate) forms to reflect all numbers in third
- person present tense.
which provide full verb paradigms, roots, and examples.
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