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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wandʰúras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wandʰúras, from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (to turn, wind). Cognate with Armenian վանդակ (vandak), English wander.

Pronunciation

Noun

वन्धुर (vandhúra) stemn

  1. the seat of a charioteer, the fore part of a chariot or place at the end of the shafts, a carriage-seat or driver's box
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.119.5:
      अ॒हं तष्टे॑व व॒न्धुरं॒ पर्य॑चामि हृ॒दा म॒तिम् ।
      कु॒वित्सोम॒स्यापा॒मिति॑ ॥
      aháṃ táṣṭeva vandhúraṃ páryacāmi hṛdā́ matím.
      kuvítsómasyā́pāmíti.
      I revolve the song of praise in my heart as a carpenter (making) a charioteer's seat, for I have indeed drunk the Soma.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of वन्धुर
singular dual plural
nominative वन्धुरम् (vandhúram) वन्धुरे (vandhúre) वन्धुराणि (vandhúrāṇi)
वन्धुरा¹ (vandhúrā¹)
accusative वन्धुरम् (vandhúram) वन्धुरे (vandhúre) वन्धुराणि (vandhúrāṇi)
वन्धुरा¹ (vandhúrā¹)
instrumental वन्धुरेण (vandhúreṇa) वन्धुराभ्याम् (vandhúrābhyām) वन्धुरैः (vandhúraiḥ)
वन्धुरेभिः¹ (vandhúrebhiḥ¹)
dative वन्धुराय (vandhúrāya) वन्धुराभ्याम् (vandhúrābhyām) वन्धुरेभ्यः (vandhúrebhyaḥ)
ablative वन्धुरात् (vandhúrāt) वन्धुराभ्याम् (vandhúrābhyām) वन्धुरेभ्यः (vandhúrebhyaḥ)
genitive वन्धुरस्य (vandhúrasya) वन्धुरयोः (vandhúrayoḥ) वन्धुराणाम् (vandhúrāṇām)
locative वन्धुरे (vandhúre) वन्धुरयोः (vandhúrayoḥ) वन्धुरेषु (vandhúreṣu)
vocative वन्धुर (vándhura) वन्धुरे (vándhure) वन्धुराणि (vándhurāṇi)
वन्धुरा¹ (vándhurā¹)
  • ¹Vedic

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References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “वन्धुर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 919/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 503