इक्ष्वाकु

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

इक्ष्वाकु (ikṣvākú) stemm

  1. (Hinduism) The first king of Ayodhya, one of the sons of Vaivasvata Manu, ancestor of Rāma.
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.60.4:
      यस्य॑इ॒क्ष्वा॒कुरुप॑ व्र॒ते रे॒वान्म॑रा॒य्येध॑ते।
      दि॒वी॑व॒ पञ्च॑ कृ॒ष्टय॑:॥
      yásyaikṣvākúrúpa vraté revā́nmarāyyédhate.
      divī̀va páñca kṛṣṭáya:.
      Him in whose service flourishes Ikṣvāku rich and dazzling bright.
      As the Five Tribes that are in heaven.

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of इक्ष्वाकु (ikṣvākú)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative इक्ष्वाकुः
ikṣvākúḥ
इक्ष्वाकू
ikṣvākū́
इक्ष्वाकवः
ikṣvākávaḥ
Vocative इक्ष्वाको
íkṣvāko
इक्ष्वाकू
íkṣvākū
इक्ष्वाकवः
íkṣvākavaḥ
Accusative इक्ष्वाकुम्
ikṣvākúm
इक्ष्वाकू
ikṣvākū́
इक्ष्वाकून्
ikṣvākū́n
Instrumental इक्ष्वाकुणा / इक्ष्वाक्वा¹
ikṣvākúṇā / ikṣvākvā́¹
इक्ष्वाकुभ्याम्
ikṣvākúbhyām
इक्ष्वाकुभिः
ikṣvākúbhiḥ
Dative इक्ष्वाकवे / इक्ष्वाक्वे¹
ikṣvākáve / ikṣvākvé¹
इक्ष्वाकुभ्याम्
ikṣvākúbhyām
इक्ष्वाकुभ्यः
ikṣvākúbhyaḥ
Ablative इक्ष्वाकोः / इक्ष्वाक्वः¹
ikṣvākóḥ / ikṣvākváḥ¹
इक्ष्वाकुभ्याम्
ikṣvākúbhyām
इक्ष्वाकुभ्यः
ikṣvākúbhyaḥ
Genitive इक्ष्वाकोः / इक्ष्वाक्वः¹
ikṣvākóḥ / ikṣvākváḥ¹
इक्ष्वाक्वोः
ikṣvākvóḥ
इक्ष्वाकूणाम्
ikṣvākūṇā́m
Locative इक्ष्वाकौ
ikṣvākaú
इक्ष्वाक्वोः
ikṣvākvóḥ
इक्ष्वाकुषु
ikṣvākúṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Noun

इक्ष्वाकु (ikṣvāku) stemf

  1. a bitter gourd, according to some the colocynth

Declension

Feminine u-stem declension of इक्ष्वाकु (ikṣvāku)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative इक्ष्वाकुः
ikṣvākuḥ
इक्ष्वाकू
ikṣvākū
इक्ष्वाकवः
ikṣvākavaḥ
Vocative इक्ष्वाको
ikṣvāko
इक्ष्वाकू
ikṣvākū
इक्ष्वाकवः
ikṣvākavaḥ
Accusative इक्ष्वाकुम्
ikṣvākum
इक्ष्वाकू
ikṣvākū
इक्ष्वाकूः
ikṣvākūḥ
Instrumental इक्ष्वाक्वा
ikṣvākvā
इक्ष्वाकुभ्याम्
ikṣvākubhyām
इक्ष्वाकुभिः
ikṣvākubhiḥ
Dative इक्ष्वाकवे / इक्ष्वाक्वै¹
ikṣvākave / ikṣvākvai¹
इक्ष्वाकुभ्याम्
ikṣvākubhyām
इक्ष्वाकुभ्यः
ikṣvākubhyaḥ
Ablative इक्ष्वाकोः / इक्ष्वाक्वाः¹ / इक्ष्वाक्वै²
ikṣvākoḥ / ikṣvākvāḥ¹ / ikṣvākvai²
इक्ष्वाकुभ्याम्
ikṣvākubhyām
इक्ष्वाकुभ्यः
ikṣvākubhyaḥ
Genitive इक्ष्वाकोः / इक्ष्वाक्वाः¹ / इक्ष्वाक्वै²
ikṣvākoḥ / ikṣvākvāḥ¹ / ikṣvākvai²
इक्ष्वाक्वोः
ikṣvākvoḥ
इक्ष्वाकूणाम्
ikṣvākūṇām
Locative इक्ष्वाकौ / इक्ष्वाक्वाम्¹
ikṣvākau / ikṣvākvām¹
इक्ष्वाक्वोः
ikṣvākvoḥ
इक्ष्वाकुषु
ikṣvākuṣu
Notes
  • ¹Later Sanskrit
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

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