# सृ
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* सर् (sar)

### Alternative scripts

* সৃ (Assamese script)
* ᬲᬺ (Balinese script)
* সৃ (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑀾 (Brahmi script)
* သၖ (Burmese script)
* સૃ (Gujarati script)
* ਸ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑍃 (Grantha script)
* ꦱꦽ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑃂 (Kaithi script)
* ಸೃ (Kannada script)
* ស្ឫ (Khmer script)
* ສ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
* സൃ (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘵 (Modi script)
* ᠰᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑐺 (Newa script)
* ସୃ (Odia script)
* ꢱꢺ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑆸 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖴 (Siddham script)
* සෘ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁𑩙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨 (Takri script)
* ஸ்ரி (Tamil script)
* సృ (Telugu script)
* สฺฤ (Thai script)
* སྲྀ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *sar-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sar-, from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to spring, jump”) and *ser- (“to flow”).
Not to be confused with स्रु (sru, “to flow, leak”) from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow, stream”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /sr̩/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /s̪r̩/

### Root

सृ • (sṛ)
* to spring, run
* to flow, speed, glide, move

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* सिसर्ति (sísarti, Present)
* सरति (sárati, Present)
* सरिष्यति (sariṣyáti, Future)
* सर्ता (sartā, Periphrastic Future)
* असरत् (ásarat, Aorist)
* असार्षीत् (asārṣīt, Aorist)
* स्रियात् (sriyāt, Benedictive)
* ससार (sasā́ra, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* स्रियते (sriyate, Passive)
* असारि (ásāri, Passive Aorist)
* सारयति (sārayati, Causative)
* सार्यते (sāryate, Passive of Causative)
* सिसीर्षति (sisīrṣati, Desiderative)
* सर्सृते (sársṛte, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* सृत (sṛtá, Past Participle)
* सर्तुम् (sartum, Infinitive)
* सर्तवे (sártave, Infinitive)
* सर्तवै (sártavái, Infinitive)
* सृत्वा (sṛtvā́, Gerund)
* सर्तव्य (sartavya, Gerundive)
* सार्य (sārya, Causative Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* सर (sará)
* सरक (saraka)
* सरण (saraṇa)
* सरणि (saraṇi)
* सरण्यु (saraṇyú)
* सरमा (sarámā)
* सरयु (saráyu)
* सर्तृ (sártṛ)
* सर्म (sárma)
* सार (sā́ra)
* सारक (sāraka)
* सारण (sā́raṇa)
* सारिन् (sārin)
* सरीमन् (sárīman)
* सस्र (sasrá)
* सस्रि (sásri)
* सृत् (sṛt)
* सृति (sṛtí)
* सृत्वन् (sṛ́tvan)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अनुसृ (anusṛ)
* अपसृ (apasṛ)
* अभिसृ (abhisṛ)
* आसृ (āsṛ)
* उत्सृ (utsṛ)
* उपसृ (upasṛ)
* निःसृ (niḥsṛ)
* परिसृ (parisṛ)
* प्रतिसृ (pratisṛ)
* प्रसृ (prasṛ)
* विसृ (visṛ)
* संसृ (saṃsṛ)

### References

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