![]() Whatever the translitertion may be, its pronunciation remains the same. Hence this word श्री may be rendered in English as Shri (the standard spelling), Shree, Sri or Sree Some other transliterations used are Shri, Shiri, Shrii. Similarly, री ( rī र् + ई) is also transliterated to English in two different ways as ri and ree, although the latter is non-standard in Hindi. There are two conventions in India to transliterate the consonant श् ( ISO: ś) to English: some use s (which in narrower transcription represents only स्) as in Sri Lanka and Srinagar, while others use sh as in Shimla and Shimoga. In Devanagari script for Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi and other languages, the word ⟨ श्री⟩ is combination of three sounds: श् ( ś), र् ( r) and ई ( ī, long i). This is used in modern vernacular as form of address Shrimati (abbreviated Smt) for married women, while Sushri, (with "su", "good", added to the beginning), can be used for women in general ( regardless of marital status). From the noun, is derived the Sanskrit adjective "śrīmat" (śrimān in the masculine nominative singular, śrīmatī in the feminine), by adding the suffix indicating possession, literally "radiance-having" (person, god, etc.). The word śrī may also be used as an adjective in Sanskrit, which is the origin of the modern use of shri as a title. Monier-Williams Dictionary gives the meaning of the root verb śrī as "to cook, boil, to burn, diffuse light", but as a feminine abstract noun, it has received a general meaning of "grace, splendour, beauty wealth, affluence, prosperity". "Great King, Lord Gupta"in the Gupta script, on the Allahabad pillar inscription of Samudragupta (4th century CE). Shri is also an epithet for Hindu goddesses - Lakshmi and Radha while a yantra or a mystical diagram popularly used to worship her is called Shri Yantra. "Shri" is also used as a title of veneration for deities or as honorific title for individuals. The term is used in Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia as a polite form of address equivalent to the English "Mr." in written and spoken language. It is usually transliterated as Sri, Sree, Shri, Shiri, Shree, Si, or Seri based on the local convention for transliteration. The word is widely used in South and Southeast Asian languages such as Assamese, Marathi, Malay (including Indonesian and Malaysian), Javanese, Balinese, Sundanese, Sinhala, Thai, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Bengali, Nepali, Malayalam, Kannada, Sanskrit, Pali, Khmer, and also among Philippine languages. Shri ( / ʃ r iː/ Sanskrit: श्री, romanized: Śrī, pronounced ) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific. Shri in Devanagari script used for Sanskrit
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