बुध्न

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰudʰnás (“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-nó-s (“bottom”).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬏𐬥𐬀 (būna), Persian بن (bon, “bottom”), Ancient Greek πυθμήν (puthmḗn, “bottom”), Latin fundus (“bottom”), Old English botm, bodan (whence English bottom).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /budʱ.nɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbud̪ʱ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

बुध्न • (budhná) stem, m or n

1. bottom, ground, base, depth, lowest part of anything (as the root of a tree etc.)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.17.14:

     आ कृष्ण ईं जुहुराणो जिघर्ति त्वचो बुध्ने रजसो अस्य योनौ ॥

     ā kṛṣṇa īṃ juhurāṇo jigharti tvaco budhne rajaso asya yonau .

     The black undulating cloud sprinkles water on him, in this mid-air's depth, at the base of darkness

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

Declension

Derived terms

• बुध्नरोग (budhnaroga)
• बुध्नवत् (budhnávat)
• बुध्न्य (budhnyá), बुध्निय (budhníya)

Descendants

• Gujarati: બૂધું (būdhũ)
• → Telugu: బుధ్నము (budhnamu)

Proper noun

बुध्न • (budhná)

1. name of a son of the 14th Manu (VP.)

Declension

Adjective

बुध्न • (budhná)

1. Alternative form of बुध्न्य (budhnyá)

Declension

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “बुध्न”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 735/1.