(incorrectly written śru; cf. √ 2. śru) cl. 1. P. ([Dhātup. xxii, 42]) srávati (ep. and mc. also °te; pf. susrāva, susruvuḥ, [AV.] &c.; susruve, [MBh.] &c.; aor. ásusrot, [AV.]; [Br.]; asrāvīt, [JaimBr.]; asrauṣīt [?] [ŚBr.]; fut. srotā Gr.; sroṣyati, [ib.]; sraviṣyati, [MBh.]; inf. srotum Gr.; srávitave, srávitavaí, [RV.]), to flow, stream, gush forth, issue from (abl., rarely instr.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to flow with, shed, emit, drop, distil (acc.), [ChUp.]; [MBh.] &c.; to leak, trickle, [RV.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.]; [Kathās.]; to fail, not turn out well, [TS.]; [Br.]; to waste away, perish, disappear, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to slip or issue out before the right time (said of a fetus), [TBr.]; [MBh.]; [BhP.]; (with garbham) to bring forth prematurely, miscarry, [ĀpŚr.]; to issue, arise or come from (abl.); to come in, accrue (as interest), [Nār.] : Caus. srāvayati (in later language also sravayati; aor. asusravat, or asisravat), to cause to flow, shed, spill, [AV.]; [Mn.]; [Suśr.]; to set in motion, stir up, arouse, [Kāṭh.] : Desid. of Caus. susrāvayiṣati or sisrāvayiṣati Gr.: Desid. susrūṣati, [ib.] : Intens. sosrūyate, sosroti, [ib.]
[cf. Gk. ῥέω (for σρεϝω), ῥύσις &c.; Lith. sravė́ti; Germ. stroum, Strom; Angl.Sax. streám; Eng. stream.]