बुध्न

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”) (whence the name of the country Honduras), Old English botm, bodan (whence English bottom).

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

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

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

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

बुध्न • (budhná)

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

बुध्न • (budhná)

1. Alternative form of बुध्न्य (budhnyá)

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