सौवर्ण

Vṛddhi derivative of सुवर्ण (suvarṇa).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɑːw.ʋɐɾ.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɑwˈʋɐɾ.ɳɐ/

सौवर्ण • (sauvarṇa) stem

1. golden, made of gold
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 3.40.18:

     सौवर्णस् त्वं मृगो भूत्वा चित्रो रजतबिन्दुभिः ।
     आश्रमे तस्य रामस्य सीतायाः प्रमुखे चर ।
     प्रलोभयित्वा वैदेहीं यथेष्टं गन्तुम् अर्हसि ॥

     sauvarṇas tvaṃ mṛgo bhūtvā citro rajatabindubhiḥ.
     āśrame tasya rāmasya sītāyāḥ pramukhe cara.
     pralobhayitvā vaidehīṃ yatheṣṭaṃ gantum arhasi.

     Become a bright golden deer with silver spots and move about in front of Sita at the hermitage of Rama. After fascinating her, you may go whereever you desire.

सौवर्ण • (sauvarṇa) stem, n

1. gold

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:सुवर्ण

   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata

• Pali: sovaṇṇa
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑁄𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡 (sovaṇṇa), 𑀲𑁄𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀡 (soaṇṇa) (see there for further descendants)

• Monier Williams (1899) “सौवर्ण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1255, column 2.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “sauvarṇa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “सौवर्ण”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1710
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “सौवर्ण”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 361
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “suvárṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 779