Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. [sṛ-iti] 1 A river; a- [Page1108-b+ 54] nyasaritāṃ śatāni hi samudraṇāḥ prāpayaṃtya- bdhiṃ M. 5. 19.
2 A thread, string. Comp. nāthaḥ, patiḥ (also saritāṃpa- tiḥ), bhartṛ m. the ocean. varā (also saritāṃvarā) N. of the Ganges. sutaḥ an epithet of Bhīṣma.