An examination of the early usage of the word śruti is needed to clarify how it came to refer to the Veda. This paper reveals that śruti did not assume this meaning as the result of a belief in the aural revelation of the Vedic hymns. The śrautasūtras use the word śruti to cite brāhmaṇa texts and to indicate “hearing” a unit of speech in a Vedic passage. The second of these meanings was probably the historically original one, and this paper argues that it emerged out of early attempts to theorize how people drew information from the Veda. Śruti was placed in contrast with other modes of textual engagement that were understood to go beyond the literal words of the text.

需要检查śruti一词的早期用法，以阐明它是如何指代吠陀的。这篇论文揭示了śruti并没有因为相信吠陀赞美诗的听觉启示而假设这个含义。该śrautasūtras用这个词śruti举婆罗门文本，并注明“听证”的演讲中的一个单元吠陀通道。这些含义中的第二个含义可能是历史上的原始含义，本文认为它起源于对人们如何从吠陀中提取信息进行理论化的早期尝试。Śruti与其他被理解为超出文本字面意义的文本参与模式形成对比。