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‖ Shri, Sri|ʃriː|
[Skr. Srī, the name of Lakshmī (goddess of prosperity or beauty and the wife of Vishnu); hence, as an honorific title.]
In India, a title prefixed to the names of deities and distinguished persons (and to the titles of sacred books, etc.) as a mark of respect; also, more recently, used as the Indian equivalent of Mr.
1799Asiatick Researches VI. 475 Sitá was an incarnation of Deví: for Srí-De'ví the wife of Daisha, and daughter of Adima and Iva, entreated the Goddess, to give her one daughter exactly like herself. 1832Ibid. XVII. 178 The Kerala Utpatti..calls him [sc. Sankara] the offspring of adultery, for which his mother Sri Mahádeví was expelled her caste. 1924E. M. Forster Passage to India xxxiii. 289 Infinite love took upon itself the form of Shri Krishna, and saved the world. 1938M. K. Gandhi in D. G. Tendulkar Mahatma (1952) IV. 348 The readers will remember that in the heyday of non-co-operation, the terms ‘Mr.’ and ‘Esquire’, were dropped by Congressmen and the nationalist press, and ‘Shri’ was the title largely used for all, irrespective of religion. 1969‘E. Peters’ Mourning Raga iii. 44 ‘We are looking for the house of Shri Satyavan Kumar.’.. ‘Yes, this is house of Mr Kumar.’ 1981S. Rushdie Midnight's Children i. 77 My cousin, Shri Ramram Seth, is a great seer. |