Sanskrit

Adjective

सूत • ‎(sūta)

1. urged, impelled

Etymology 2

Adjective

सूत • ‎(sūta)

1. born, engendered
2. one that has, brought forth (young)

Noun

सूत • ‎(sūta) m

1. quicksilver
2. the sun
3. a young quadruped
4. written for सुता ‎(sutā).

Etymology 3

Noun

सूत • ‎(sūta) m

1. charioteer, driver, groom, equerry, master of the horse (especially an attendant on a king who in earlier literature is often mentioned together with the ग्रामणी ‎(grāma-ṇī́); in the epics also a royal herald or bard, whose business was to proclaim the heroic actions of the king and his ancestors, while he drove his chariot to battle , or on state occasions , and who had therefore to know by heart portions of the epic poems and ancient ballads; he is the son of a क्षत्रिय ‎(kṣatriya) by a ब्राह्मणी ‎(brāhmaṇī) or of a Brahman [accord. to शाश्वत ‎(śāśvata) also of a शूद्र ‎(śūdra)] and a क्षत्रिया ‎(kṣatriyā); the most celebrated sūta was लोमहर्षण ‎(loma-harṣaṇa) who was a pupil of व्यास ‎(vyāsa))
2. carpenter, wheelwright
3. name of a son of विश्वामित्र ‎(viśvāmitra)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1239