Definition of Sravana

1. Noun. The fifth month of the Hindu calendar.

Exact synonyms: Sawan
Group relationships: Hindu Calendar
Generic synonyms: Hindu Calendar Month

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sravana

Squadron Leaders
Squalidae
Squalus
Squalus acanthias
Squalus suckleyi
Square Mile
Squaresville
Squariel
Squatina
Squatina squatina
Squatinidae
Squillidae
Sr
Sranan
Sranan Tongo
Sravana (current term)
Srbija
Srebrenica
Sri Frederick Handley Page
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka rupee
Sri Lankan
Sri Lankan Sign Language
Sri Lankan monetary unit
Sri Lankans
Srikakulam
Srimati
Srinagar
Sseses

Literary usage of Sravana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Rites of the Twice-born by Sinclair Stevenson (1920)
"TENTH MONTH (Sravana) : Hollow-of-the-hand Worship — The Four Moon-days — Worship of the Smallpox Goddess — Full-moon Day (Change of Thread — Baleva ..."

2. Through Town and Jungle: Fourteen Thousand Miles A-wheel Among the Temples by William Hunter Workman, Fanny Bullock Workman (1904)
"... Chamundi Bull—The Chalukyan Temple at Somnathpur — The Babu in Government Employ — Relation of the Chicken to the Bungalow Dietary — Sravana ..."

3. The Tribes and Castes of the North-western Provinces and Oudh by William Crooke (1896)
"So when he came of age Sravana refused to marry ; but his parents ... One day the food was changed by accident, and Sravana discovered her deception. ..."

4. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"... returned on the day (the last day of the war) on which thestar was Sravana. ... Sravana; now I have come again back to you.' According to him, the third ..."

5. Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit by David Edwin Pingree (1994)
"paksa of Sravana in Sarri. 1828, Saka 1693 = 23 August 1771. With a tika in bhasa. ... of Sravana in Sam. 1839, Saka 1704 = ca. 23 August-6 September 1782. ..."

6. Yoga's Forgotten Foundation: Twenty Timeless Keys to Your Divine Destiny by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (2004)
"Siddhanta sravana is a discipline, an ancient traditional practice in satguru lineages, to carry the devotee from one chakra in consciousness to another. ..."

7. An Inglorious Columbus: Or, Evidence that Hwui Shan and a Party of Buddhist by Edward Payson Vining (1885)
"210, is remarkable from the analogy which it offers in appearance with sravana, or " the Three Foot-prints of Vishnu," one of the mansions of the lunar ..."

8. An Inglorious Columbus: Or, Evidence that Hwui Shan and a Party of Buddhist by Edward Payson Vining (1885)
"210, is remarkable from the analogy which it offers in appearance with sravana, or " the Three Foot-prints of Vishnu," one of the mansions of the lunar ..."

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