úpa-śruti f. giving ear to, listening attentively, [RV. i, 10, 3]; [viii, 8, 5]; [34, 11]; [AV. ii, 16, 2]; [xvi, 2, 5]
range of hearing, [ŚBr.]; [ŚāṅkhŚr.]
hearing, [BhP.]
rumour, report, [MBh. v, 30, 5] (ed. Bomb.; apa-śruti, [ed. Calc. v, 871])
a kind of supernatural oracular voice (answering questions about future events, and supposed to be uttered by an idol after mystic invocations, Vidhāna-pārijāta, [T.]), [MBh.]; [Kād.] &c., (cf. śakunopa°)
úpa-śruti m. N. of an evil spirit, [PārGṛ. i, 16, 23.]