सरित्

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 2 February 2022

Etymology

Probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *ser-. Doublet of सिरा (sirā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ.ɾít/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐ.ɾit̪/

Noun

सरित् • (sarít) stem, f

1. river; stream

   Synonym: नदी (nadī)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.58.6:

     स॒म्यक्स्र॑वन्ति स॒रितो॒ न धेना॑ अ॒न्तर्हृ॒दा मन॑सा पू॒यमा॑नाः ।
     ए॒ते अ॑र्षन्त्यू॒र्मयो॑ घृ॒तस्य॑ मृ॒गा इ॑व क्षिप॒णोरीष॑माणाः ॥

     samyáksravanti saríto ná dhénā antárhṛdā́ mánasā pūyámānāḥ .
     eté arṣantyūrmáyo ghṛtásya mṛgā́ iva kṣipaṇórī́ṣamāṇāḥ .

     Like rivers our libations flow together, cleansing themselves in inmost heart and spirit.
     The streams of holy oil pour swiftly downward like the wild beasts that fly before the bowman.

   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.2.36:

     यावत् स्थास्यन्ति गिरयस् सरितश् च महीतले ।
     तावद् रामायणकथा लोकेषु प्रचरिष्यति ॥

     yāvat sthāsyanti girayas saritaś ca mahītale .
     tāvad rāmāyaṇakathā lokeṣu pracariṣyati .

     As long as hills and rivers remain on the surface of the Earth,
     The story of Rāmāyaṇa shall spread among the humankind.

Declension

Feminine it-stem declension of सरित् (sarit)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सरित् sarit	सरितौ / सरिता¹ saritau / saritā¹	सरितः saritaḥ
Vocative	सरित् sarit	सरितौ / सरिता¹ saritau / saritā¹	सरितः saritaḥ
Accusative	सरितम् saritam	सरितौ / सरिता¹ saritau / saritā¹	सरितः saritaḥ
Instrumental	सरिता saritā	सरिद्भ्याम् saridbhyām	सरिद्भिः saridbhiḥ
Dative	सरिते sarite	सरिद्भ्याम् saridbhyām	सरिद्भ्यः saridbhyaḥ
Ablative	सरितः saritaḥ	सरिद्भ्याम् saridbhyām	सरिद्भ्यः saridbhyaḥ
Genitive	सरितः saritaḥ	सरितोः saritoḥ	सरिताम् saritām
Locative	सरिति sariti	सरितोः saritoḥ	सरित्सु saritsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: saritā

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “सरित्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899) “Sarít”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1182/3.