श्रावक

{ śrāvakḥ }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : बौद्ध भिक्षु, जैनी

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   A pupil or follower of a Jina; one of a sect or distinction amongst the Jyn-people.

मराठी (Marathi) WN

   See : जैन

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  पु. जैनधर्मी गृहस्थ ; जैनमतानुयायी . [ सं . ]

नेपाली (Nepali) WN

   See : बौद्ध भिक्षु

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

श्रावक  mfn.  a mf( इका)n. hearing, listening to ( comp.), [Vās.]
   audible from afar, [Śiś.]
श्रावक  m.  m. a pupil, disciple, [Mālatīm.]
श्रावक   a disciple of the बुद्ध (the disciples of the हीन-यान school are sometimes so called in contradistinction to the disciples of the महा-यान school; properly only those who heard the law from the बुद्ध's own lips have the name , and of these two, viz. Sāriputta and Moggallāna, were अग्र-श्रावकs, ‘chief disciples’, while eighty, including काश्यप, उपालि, and आनन्द, were महा-श्रावकs or ‘great disciples’), [MWB. 47, 75]
   a जैन disciple (regarded by orthodox Hindūs as a heretic), [MW.]
   a crow, [L.]
   a sound audible from afar, [Śiś.]
   that faculty of the voice which makes a sound audible to a distance, [L.]
श्रावक    b &c. See p. 1097, col. 1.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

श्रावकः [śrāvakḥ]   [श्रि-ण्वुल्]
   A hearer.
   A pupil, disciple; श्रावकावस्थायाम् Māl.1 'in their pupilage'.
   A class of Buddhist saints or votaries.
   A Buddhist votary in general.
   A heretic.
   A crow.
   A sound audible from afar.

Shabda-Sagara

श्रावक  m.  ( -कः)
   1. The lay votary of a Buddha or Jina.
   2. A crow.
   3. A hearer.
   4. A pupil.
    E. श्रु to hear, causal form, ण्वुल् aff.

ROOTS:

श्रु ण्वुल्