रङ्गकार

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ৰঙ্গকাৰ (Assamese script)
ᬭᬗ᭄ᬕᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
রঙ্গকার (Bengali script)
𑰨𑰒𑰿𑰐𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀭𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
ရင်္ဂကာရ (Burmese script)
રઙ્ગકાર (Gujarati script)
ਰਙ੍ਗਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌰𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦫꦔ꧀ꦒꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
𑂩𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ರಙ್ಗಕಾರ (Kannada script)
រង្គការ (Khmer script)
ຣງ຺ຄກາຣ (Lao script)
രങ്ഗകാര (Malayalam script)
ᡵᠠᢛᡤᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘨𑘒𑘿𑘐𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
ᠷᠠᢊᠺᠠᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧈𑦲𑧠𑦰𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐬𑐒𑑂𑐐𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
ରଙ୍ଗକାର (Odia script)
ꢬꢖ꣄ꢔꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆫𑆕𑇀𑆓𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖨𑖒𑖿𑖐𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
රඞ‍්ගකාර (Sinhalese script)
𑩼𑩠 𑪙𑩞𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚤𑚎𑚶𑚌𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
ரங்க³கார (Tamil script)
రఙ్గకార (Telugu script)
รงฺคการ (Thai script)
ར་ངྒ་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒩𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨫𑨏𑩇𑨍𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit रङ्ग (raṅga)

Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-der.

Sanskrit -कार (-kāra)

Sanskrit रङ्गकार (raṅgakāra)

Tatpuruṣa compound of रङ्ग (raṅga, “colour”) +‎ -कार (-kāra).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐŋ.ɡɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾɐŋ.ɡɐˈkɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

रङ्गकार • (raṅgakāra) stem, m

painter; dyer
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.41.32:
  रजकं कं चिद् आयान्तं रङ्गकारं गदाग्रजः ।
  दृष्ट्वा ऽयाचत वासांसि धौतान्य् अत्युत्तमानि च ॥
  rajakaṃ kaṃ cid āyāntaṃ raṅgakāraṃ gadāgrajaḥ.
  dṛṣṭvā ʼyācata vāsāṃsi dhautāny atyuttamāni ca.
  Seeing a washerman-dyer approaching, Kṛṣṇa asked him for the finest washed garments he had.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of रङ्गकार (raṅgakāra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रङ्गकारः raṅgakāraḥ	रङ्गकारौ / रङ्गकारा¹ raṅgakārau / raṅgakārā¹	रङ्गकाराः / रङ्गकारासः¹ raṅgakārāḥ / raṅgakārāsaḥ¹
Vocative	रङ्गकार raṅgakāra	रङ्गकारौ / रङ्गकारा¹ raṅgakārau / raṅgakārā¹	रङ्गकाराः / रङ्गकारासः¹ raṅgakārāḥ / raṅgakārāsaḥ¹
Accusative	रङ्गकारम् raṅgakāram	रङ्गकारौ / रङ्गकारा¹ raṅgakārau / raṅgakārā¹	रङ्गकारान् raṅgakārān
Instrumental	रङ्गकारेण raṅgakāreṇa	रङ्गकाराभ्याम् raṅgakārābhyām	रङ्गकारैः / रङ्गकारेभिः¹ raṅgakāraiḥ / raṅgakārebhiḥ¹
Dative	रङ्गकाराय raṅgakārāya	रङ्गकाराभ्याम् raṅgakārābhyām	रङ्गकारेभ्यः raṅgakārebhyaḥ
Ablative	रङ्गकारात् raṅgakārāt	रङ्गकाराभ्याम् raṅgakārābhyām	रङ्गकारेभ्यः raṅgakārebhyaḥ
Genitive	रङ्गकारस्य raṅgakārasya	रङ्गकारयोः raṅgakārayoḥ	रङ्गकाराणाम् raṅgakārāṇām
Locative	रङ्गकारे raṅgakāre	रङ्गकारयोः raṅgakārayoḥ	रङ्गकारेषु raṅgakāreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Pali: raṅgakāra
Prakrit: *𑀭𑀁𑀕𑀆𑀭 (*raṃgaāra)
- Gujarati: રંગારો (raṅgāro)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “रङ्गकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 862.
Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “raṅgakāra”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “रङ्ग”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1323
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “raṅgakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 611