Word history

Monier-Williams (1899) records śrīvāsa with the sense “abode of beauty”. The Sanskrit compound śrīvāsa joins śrī with vāsa, an abode. Monier-Williams gives the compound as an abode of Śrī or beauty, and also records it as a literary epithet. The word history concerns the compound itself. श्रीवास retains both parts without requiring a separate meaning for each English letter. The second element names a place of dwelling.

Sources: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword śrīvāsa, page 1100, column 1, entry L223261

Literal dictionary sense

śrīvāsa: Abode of beauty.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword śrīvāsa, page 1100, column 1, entry L223261

Native-script forms

श्रीवास · Devanagari

Related words and meanings

śrī: radiance

Sources and attribution

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