cl. 4. P. ([Dhātup. xxvi, 95]) śrāmyati (in later language also śramati, te; pf. śaśrama, 3. pl. śaśramuḥ or [[ŚāṅkhBr.]] śremuḥ, p. śaśramāṇá, [RV.]; [MBh.]; aor. āśramat, [AV.], Subj. śramat, [RV.]; śramiṣma, [ib.]; [Br.]; fut. śramitā, [MBh.]; śramiṣyati Gr.; inf. śramitum, [ib.]; ind.p. -śrámya, [Br.]), to be or become weary or tired, be tired of doing anything (with inf.; also impers. ná mā śramat, ‘may I not become weary!’), [RV.] &c. &c.; to make effort, exert one's self (esp. in performing acts of austerity), labour in vain, [ib.] : Pass. śramyate (aor. aśrāmi or aśrami, Gr.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (cf. vi-√ śraṃ) : Caus. śrāmayati or śramayati (aor. aśiśramat), to make weary, fatigue, tire, [Kām.]; [Hariv.]; [Subh.]; to overcome, conquer, subdue, [R.]; (śrāmayati), to speak to, address, invite (āmantraṇe), [Dhātup. xxxv, 40] (v.l. for grām° cf. grāmaya) : Desid. See vi-śiśramiṣu.
(also written srambh; generally found with the prefix vi; see vi-√ śrambh, and cf. also ni-śṛmbhá, pra-śrabdhi) cl. 1. Ā. śrambhate (Gr. also pf. śaśrambhe fut. śrambhitā &c.), to be careless or negligent, [Dhātup. x, 33]; to trust, confide, [xviii, 18.]
exertion, labour, toil, exercise, effort either bodily or mental, hard work of any kind (as in performing acts of bodily mortification, religious exercises and austerity; śramaṃ-√ kṛ, ‘to work hard at one's studies’), pains or trouble bestowed on (loc. or comp.), [AV.] &c. &c.
śramaṇá mf(A or I)n. making effort or exertion, toiling, labouring, (esp.) following a toilsome or menial business, [W.]
base, vile, bad, [ib.]
naked, [L.]
śramaṇá m. one who performs acts of mortification or austerity, an ascetic, monk, devotee, religious mendicant, [ŚBr.] &c. &c.
a Buddhist monk or mendicant (also applied to Buddha himself, cf. [MWB. 23] &c.; also applied to a Jain ascetic now commonly called Yati), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.