# सृज्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* सर्ज् (sarj)

### Alternative scripts

* সৃজ্ (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬺᬚ᭄ (Balinese script)
* সৃজ্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰴𑰕𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀾𑀚𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* သၖဇ် (Burmese script)
* સૃજ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਸ੍ਰਜ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑍃𑌜𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦽꦗ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑃂𑂔𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಸೃಜ್ (Kannada script)
* ស្ឫជ៑ (Khmer script)
* ສ຺ຣິຊ຺ (Lao script)
* സൃജ് (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᡵᡳᡯ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘵𑘕𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠷᠢᠽ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧖𑦵𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐺𑐖𑑂 (Newa script)
* ସୃଜ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢱꢺꢙ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆸𑆘𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖴𑖕𑖿 (Siddham script)
* සෘජ් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩙𑩣 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚑𑚶 (Takri script)
* ஸ்ரிஜ் (Tamil script)
* సృజ్ (Telugu script)
* สฺฤชฺ (Thai script)
* སྲྀ་ཛ྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒵𑒖𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨼𑨉𑨥𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### 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.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sr̩d͡ʑ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /s̪r̩d͡ʑ/

### Root

सृज् • (sṛj)
* to let go, discharge, throw, cast, hurl
* to emit, pour forth
* to let loose

#### Derived terms
##### 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

* सर्ग (sárga)
* सर्ज (sarja)
* सर्जन (sárjana)
* सिसृक्षा (sisṛkṣā)
* सृज् (sṛj)
* सृष्टि (sṛ́ṣṭi)
* स्रष्टृ (sraṣṭṛ)

##### 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

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

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “सृज्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1245, columns 1-2.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 189
* 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
* Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 393
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 528
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “900”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 900