shrotriya
śrotriyaA brahmin learned in the Veda, one who has studied a recension and can recite it. The Natyashastra assigns Sanskrit on stage to shrotriyas, alongside sages and Buddhist monks.
Where this term appears
- What is a Guru? Lineages
The verse names two marks. The first is shrotriya .
- What is a Sampradaya? Philosophy
And the teacher must be two things at once: shrotriya , learned in the scriptures, and brahma-nishtha , actually established in the reality the scriptures describe.
- The Mundaka Upanishad: two birds, and the lower knowledge Treatise
…ix seekers carried to Pippalada's door, the examined seeker goes to a shrotriya brahmanishtha , a teacher learned in scripture and settled in Brahman.
- The Taittiriya Upanishad: the ladder of selves, from food to bliss Treatise
Shrotriya akamahata , the man learned in the Veda whom desire has not struck.
- Who was allowed to learn Sanskrit? Journal
The Natyashastra assigns Prakrit to women in feminine roles, to persons of low birth, to children and to the deranged, and Sanskrit to sages, to shrotriyas learned in the Veda, and to Buddhist monks.