व्याघ्र

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Etymology

    Unknown; perhaps from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wiHaHagʰrás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wiHaHagʰrás, from Proto-Indo-European *wih₁-h₂oh₂ogʰró-s, from *weyh₁- (to chase, pursue) + *h₂o-h₂o-gʰr-ó-s, from *gʰer- (yellow, orange). Possible cognate with Ancient Greek ὠχρός (ōkhrós, ochre, pale).[1][2]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    व्याघ्र (vyāghrá) stemm [3][4][5]

    1. a tiger (not in RV., but in AV., often mentioned with the lion; according to R. III, 30, 26, शार्दूली (śārdūlī) is the mythical mother of tigers; but in वह्निपुराण (vahni-purāṇa) they are said to be the offspring of कश्यप (kaśyapa)'s wife दंष्ट्रा (daṃṣṭrā); compare चित्रव्याघ्र (citra-vyāghra)) (AV. etc.)
    2. any pre-eminently strong or noble person, "a tiger among men" (compare ऋषभ (ṛṣabha), सिंह (siṃha))
    3. Millettia pinnata (L.)
    4. a red variety of the castor-oil plant (L.)
    5. name of a rākṣasa (VP.)
    6. name of a king (Rājat.)
    7. name of various authors (also abridged from व्याघ्रपद् (vyāghra-pad)) (Cat.)

    Declension

    Masculine a-stem declension of व्याघ्र (vyāghrá)
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative व्याघ्रः
    vyāghráḥ
    व्याघ्रौ / व्याघ्रा¹
    vyāghraú / vyāghrā́¹
    व्याघ्राः / व्याघ्रासः¹
    vyāghrā́ḥ / vyāghrā́saḥ¹
    Vocative व्याघ्र
    vyā́ghra
    व्याघ्रौ / व्याघ्रा¹
    vyā́ghrau / vyā́ghrā¹
    व्याघ्राः / व्याघ्रासः¹
    vyā́ghrāḥ / vyā́ghrāsaḥ¹
    Accusative व्याघ्रम्
    vyāghrám
    व्याघ्रौ / व्याघ्रा¹
    vyāghraú / vyāghrā́¹
    व्याघ्रान्
    vyāghrā́n
    Instrumental व्याघ्रेण
    vyāghréṇa
    व्याघ्राभ्याम्
    vyāghrā́bhyām
    व्याघ्रैः / व्याघ्रेभिः¹
    vyāghraíḥ / vyāghrébhiḥ¹
    Dative व्याघ्राय
    vyāghrā́ya
    व्याघ्राभ्याम्
    vyāghrā́bhyām
    व्याघ्रेभ्यः
    vyāghrébhyaḥ
    Ablative व्याघ्रात्
    vyāghrā́t
    व्याघ्राभ्याम्
    vyāghrā́bhyām
    व्याघ्रेभ्यः
    vyāghrébhyaḥ
    Genitive व्याघ्रस्य
    vyāghrásya
    व्याघ्रयोः
    vyāghráyoḥ
    व्याघ्राणाम्
    vyāghrā́ṇām
    Locative व्याघ्रे
    vyāghré
    व्याघ्रयोः
    vyāghráyoḥ
    व्याघ्रेषु
    vyāghréṣu
    Notes
    • ¹Vedic

    Descendants

    Borrowed terms

    References

    1. ^ Boisacq, Émile (1916) “ωχρός”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 1085
    2. ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014) Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher) (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg, →ISBN, page 329
    3. ^ व्याघ्र॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 529, column 2.
    4. ^ Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “व्याघ्र”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 303
    5. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “Vyāghrá”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1036/2.