स्रेधति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

স্ৰেধতি (Assamese script)
ᬲ᭄ᬭᬾᬥᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
স্রেধতি (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰿𑰨𑰸𑰠𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑁆𑀭𑁂𑀥𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
သြေဓတိ (Burmese script)
સ્રેધતિ (Gujarati script)
ਸ੍ਰੇਧਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑍍𑌰𑍇𑌧𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦱꦿꦺꦣꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂹𑂩𑂵𑂡𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಸ್ರೇಧತಿ (Kannada script)
ស្រេធតិ (Khmer script)
ສ຺ເຣຘຕິ (Lao script)
സ്രേധതി (Malayalam script)
ᠰᡵᡝᢡᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘿𑘨𑘹𑘠𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠰᠷᠧᢑᠾᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑧠𑧈𑧚𑧀𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑑂𑐬𑐾𑐢𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ସ୍ରେଧତି (Odia script)
ꢱ꣄ꢬꢾꢤꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑇀𑆫𑆼𑆣𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖿𑖨𑖸𑖠𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ස්‍රෙධති (Sinhalese script)
𑪁 𑪙𑩼𑩔𑩮𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚶𑚤𑚲𑚜𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
ஸ்ரேத⁴தி (Tamil script)
స్రేధతి (Telugu script)
สฺเรธติ (Thai script)
སྲེ་དྷ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑓂𑒩𑒹𑒡𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑩇𑨫𑨄𑨜𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sráydʰati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sráydʰati, from Proto-Indo-European *sléydʰ-e-ti, from *sleydʰ- (“slippery”). Cognate with Old English slīdan (whence English slide).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɾɐ́j.dʱɐ.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɾeː.d̪ʱɐ.t̪i/

Verb

स्रेधति • (srédhati) third-singular indicative (class 1, type P, root स्रिध्) (Vedic) (pronounced sráidhati)

to err, make a mistake, blunder
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.54.7:
  न स जीयते मरुतो न हन्यते न स्रेधति न व्यथते न रिष्यति।
  नास्य राय उप दस्यन्ति नोतय ऋषिं वा यं राजानं वा सुषूदथ॥
  na sa jīyate maruto na hanyate na sredhati na vyathate na riṣyati.
  nāsya rāya upa dasyanti notaya ṛṣiṃ vā yaṃ rājānaṃ vā suṣūdatha.
  Never is he, O Maruts, slain or overcome, never doth he decay ne' er is distressed or harmed;
  His treasures, his resources, never waste away, whom. whether he be prince or Rsi, ye direct.
to fail