• 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • sources. Theologically the most important source for dharma was from the śruti or Veda, because it was acknowledged to be of divine origin. If one could...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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 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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  • theories, is the oldest and the most widely studied tertiary Smriti. Smarta Śruti Shastra Sutra Yuga dharma Śāstra pramāṇam in Hinduism Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty...
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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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  • Vaisheshika, Mimāmsā, and Vedānta. Hindu texts have been classified into Śruti ("heard") and Smṛti ("remembered"). The major Hindu scriptures are the Vedas...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    Classification Śruti Smriti Vedas Upavedas Ayurveda Dhanurveda Natyaveda Sthapatyaveda Vedanga Shiksha Chandas Vyākaraṇa Nirukta Kalpa Jyotisha Other...
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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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    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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  • Tamil Nadu) and nephew of Venkatraman Ramnarayan (Who was an editor of Sruti magazine). Vidyut has a sibling named Nikhil. Vidyut is married to Sharanya...
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    Kala Menon (November 2004). "Classical Dance Art Forms of Kerala" (PDF). Sruti Ranjini. 14 (1): 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved...
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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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    Classification Śruti Smriti Vedas Upavedas Ayurveda Dhanurveda Natyaveda Sthapatyaveda Vedanga Shiksha Chandas Vyākaraṇa Nirukta Kalpa Jyotisha Other...
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  • ancient texts are of two kinds: (1) the Śrautasūtras, which are based on the śruti, and (2) the Smārtasūtras, or rules based on the smriti or tradition. The...
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