Sruti
Sign in to saveŚruti or shruti (, , ) in Sanskrit means "that which is heard" and refers to the body of most authoritative, ancient religious texts comprising the central canon of Hinduism. Manusmriti states: Śrutistu vedo vijñeyaḥ (Devanagari: श्रुतिस्तु वेदो विज्ञेयः) meaning, "Know that Vedas are Śruti". Thus, it includes the four Vedas including its four types of embedded texts—the Samhitas, the Upanishads, the Brahmanas and the Aranyakas.
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- Instance of
- revelation
- Subclass of
- Hindu text
- Has part
- Upanishads
- Religion
- Hinduism
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- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
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Los Śruti (sánscrito: ‘lo oído’) o Shruti se refiere al conjunto de textos revelados de la religión hinduista. Estos textos se contraponen a los textos creados a partir de la tradición o Smṛti (‘lo recordado’).
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