सृज्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

  • सर्ज् (sarj)

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *selǵ- (to throw away, pour out, release, set free). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *selkaną (to trickle, drip; languish) whence probably English sulk.[1]

    Pronunciation

    Root

    सृज् • (sṛj)

    1. to let go, discharge, throw, cast, hurl
    2. to emit, pour forth
    3. to let loose

    Derived terms

    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root सृज् (0 c, 8 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root सृज् (9 c, 0 e)
    Primary Verbal Forms
    • सृजति (sṛjáti) (Present)
    • स्रक्ष्यति (srakṣyáti) (Future)
    • स्रष्टा (sraṣṭā́) (Periphrastic Future)
    • अस्राक्षीत् (ásrākṣīt) (Aorist)
    • ससर्ज (sasárja) (Perfect)
    Secondary Forms
    • सृज्यते (sṛjyáte) (Passive)
    • असर्जि (ásarji) (Passive Aorist)
    • सर्जयति (sarjáyati) (Causative)
    • असीसृजत् (ásīsṛjat) (Causative Aorist)
    • अससर्जत् (ásasarjat) (Causative Aorist)
    • सिसृक्षति (sisṛkṣati) (Desiderative)
    • सरीसृज्यते (sarīsṛjyate) (Intensive)
    • सरीसृष्टि (sarīsṛṣṭi) (Intensive)
    Non-Finite Forms
    • सृष्ट (sṛṣṭá) (Past Participle)
    • स्रष्टुम् (sraṣṭum) (Infinitive)
    • सृष्ट्वा (sṛṣṭvā́) (Gerund)
    • सृज्य (sṛ́jya) (Gerund)
    • सृज्य (sṛjya) (Gerundive)
    • स्रष्टव्य (sraṣṭavya) (Gerundive)
    • सिसृक्षु (sisṛkṣu) (Desiderative Participle)
    Derived Nominal Forms
    Prefixed Root Forms
    • अतिसृज् (atisṛj)
    • अनुसृज् (anusṛj)
    • अपिसृज् (apisṛj)
    • अभिसृज् (abhisṛj)
    • अवसृज् (avasṛj)
    • आसृज् (āsṛj)
    • उत्सृज् (utsṛj)
    • उपसृज् (upasṛj)
    • निःसृज् (niḥsṛj)
    • परासृज् (parāsṛj)
    • प्रतिसृज् (pratisṛj)
    • प्रसृज् (prasṛj)
    • विसृज् (visṛj)
    • संसृज् (saṃsṛj)

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “SARJ¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 709

    Further reading

    • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “सृज्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
    • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “सृज्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press