शकमुरुण्ड

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From शक (śaka, “Scythians, Sacae, Saka”) +‎ मुरुण्ड (muruṇḍa), from a Proto-Saka name *Sakā mravantaʰ (literally “Saka lords”).

Equivalent in meaning to but not cognates with Ancient Greek Σακαραῦκαι (Sakaraûkai) and Middle Chinese 塞旺 (MC sojH|sok hjwangH).

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.kɐ.muˈɾuɳ.ɖɐ/

Proper noun

शकमुरुण्ड • (śakamuruṇḍa) stem, m (Classical Sanskrit)^[1]^[2]

(Epigraphic Sanskrit) name of a Scythian people who invaded Bactria and Gandhara

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शकमुरुण्ड (śakamuruṇḍa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शकमुरुण्डः śakamuruṇḍaḥ	शकमुरुण्डौ śakamuruṇḍau	शकमुरुण्डाः śakamuruṇḍāḥ
Vocative	शकमुरुण्ड śakamuruṇḍa	शकमुरुण्डौ śakamuruṇḍau	शकमुरुण्डाः śakamuruṇḍāḥ
Accusative	शकमुरुण्डम् śakamuruṇḍam	शकमुरुण्डौ śakamuruṇḍau	शकमुरुण्डान् śakamuruṇḍān
Instrumental	शकमुरुण्डेन śakamuruṇḍena	शकमुरुण्डाभ्याम् śakamuruṇḍābhyām	शकमुरुण्डैः śakamuruṇḍaiḥ
Dative	शकमुरुण्डाय śakamuruṇḍāya	शकमुरुण्डाभ्याम् śakamuruṇḍābhyām	शकमुरुण्डेभ्यः śakamuruṇḍebhyaḥ
Ablative	शकमुरुण्डात् śakamuruṇḍāt	शकमुरुण्डाभ्याम् śakamuruṇḍābhyām	शकमुरुण्डेभ्यः śakamuruṇḍebhyaḥ
Genitive	शकमुरुण्डस्य śakamuruṇḍasya	शकमुरुण्डयोः śakamuruṇḍayoḥ	शकमुरुण्डानाम् śakamuruṇḍānām
Locative	शकमुरुण्डे śakamuruṇḍe	शकमुरुण्डयोः śakamuruṇḍayoḥ	शकमुरुण्डेषु śakamuruṇḍeṣu

References

^ Devadatta Ramakrishna Bhandarkar, Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum: Inscriptions of the early Gupta Kings, Archaeological Survey of India, 1981, pages 28-30
^ Harmatta, Janos (1999) “Languages and scripts in Graeco-Bactria and the Saka Kingdoms”, in Harmatta, Janos, Puri, B. N., Etemadi, G. F., editors, History of civilizations of Central Asia‎, volume 2, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 398-406

[1] Devadatta Ramakrishna Bhandarkar, Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum: Inscriptions of the early Gupta Kings, Archaeological Survey of India, 1981, pages 28-30

[2] Harmatta, Janos (1999) “Languages and scripts in Graeco-Bactria and the Saka Kingdoms”, in Harmatta, Janos, Puri, B. N., Etemadi, G. F., editors, History of civilizations of Central Asia‎, volume 2, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 398-406

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