उद्गातृ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- উদ্গাতৃ (Assamese script)
- ᬉᬤ᭄ᬕᬵᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
- উদ্গাতৃ (Bengali script)
- 𑰄𑰟𑰿𑰐𑰯𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀉𑀤𑁆𑀕𑀸𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
- ဥဒ္ဂါတၖ (Burmese script)
- ઉદ્ગાતૃ (Gujarati script)
- ਉਦ੍ਗਾਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌉𑌦𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
- ꦈꦢ꧀ꦒꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
- 𑂇𑂠𑂹𑂏𑂰𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
- ಉದ್ಗಾತೃ (Kannada script)
- ឧទ្គាត្ឫ (Khmer script)
- ອຸທ຺ຄາຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
- ഉദ്ഗാതൃ (Malayalam script)
- ᡠᡩᡤᠠ᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘄𑘟𑘿𑘐𑘰𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
- ᠤᢑᠺᠠᢗᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦤𑦿𑧠𑦰𑧑𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐄𑐡𑑂𑐐𑐵𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
- ଉଦ୍ଗାତୃ (Odia script)
- ꢆꢣ꣄ꢔꢵꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆇𑆢𑇀𑆓𑆳𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
- 𑖄𑖟𑖿𑖐𑖯𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
- උද්ගාතෘ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩒𑩭 𑪙𑩞𑩛𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚄𑚛𑚶𑚌𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
- உத்³க³ாத்ரி (Tamil script)
- ఉద్గాతృ (Telugu script)
- อุทฺคาตฺฤ (Thai script)
- ཨུ་དྒཱ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒅𑒠𑓂𑒑𑒰𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨃𑨛𑩇𑨍𑨊𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
उद्- (ud-, “out, forth”) + गातृ (gātṛ, “singer”), from Proto-Indo-European *geH-tōr.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ud.ɡɑː.tŕ̩/, [ud̚.ɡɑː.tŕ̩]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ud̪.ɡɑː.t̪r̩/, [ud̪̚.ɡɑː.t̪r̩]
Noun
उद्गातृ • (ud-gātṛ́) stem, m
- one of the four chief-priests (namely the one who chants the hymns of the Samaveda), chanter
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.43.2:
- उ॒द्गा॒तेव॑ शकुने॒ साम॑ गायसि ब्रह्मपु॒त्र इ॑व॒ सव॑नेषु शंससि।
वृषे॑व वा॒जी शिशु॑मतीर॒पीत्या॑ स॒र्वतो॑ नः शकुने भ॒द्रमा व॑द वि॒श्वतो॑ नः शकुने॒ पुण्य॒मा व॑द॥- udgātéva śakune sā́ma gāyasi brahmaputrá iva sávaneṣu śaṃsasi.
vṛ́ṣeva vājī́ śíśumatīrapī́tyā sarváto naḥ śakune bhadrámā́ vada viśváto naḥ śakune púṇyamā́ vada. - Thou like the chanter-priest chantest the holy song, O Bird; thou singest at libations like a Brahman's son.
Even as a vigorous horse when he comes near the mare, announce to us good fortune, Bird, on every side, proclaim in all directions happy luck, O Bird.
- udgātéva śakune sā́ma gāyasi brahmaputrá iva sávaneṣu śaṃsasi.
- उ॒द्गा॒तेव॑ शकुने॒ साम॑ गायसि ब्रह्मपु॒त्र इ॑व॒ सव॑नेषु शंससि।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | उद्गाता (udgātā́) | उद्गातारौ (udgātā́rau) उद्गातारा¹ (udgātā́rā¹) |
उद्गातारः (udgātā́raḥ) |
| accusative | उद्गातारम् (udgātā́ram) | उद्गातारौ (udgātā́rau) उद्गातारा¹ (udgātā́rā¹) |
उद्गातॄन् (udgātṝ́n) |
| instrumental | उद्गात्रा (udgātrā́) | उद्गातृभ्याम् (udgātṛ́bhyām) | उद्गातृभिः (udgātṛ́bhiḥ) |
| dative | उद्गात्रे (udgātré) | उद्गातृभ्याम् (udgātṛ́bhyām) | उद्गातृभ्यः (udgātṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | उद्गातुः (udgātúḥ) | उद्गातृभ्याम् (udgātṛ́bhyām) | उद्गातृभ्यः (udgātṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | उद्गातुः (udgātúḥ) | उद्गात्रोः (udgātróḥ) | उद्गातॄणाम् (udgātṝṇā́m) |
| locative | उद्गातरि (udgātári) | उद्गात्रोः (udgātróḥ) | उद्गातृषु (udgātṛ́ṣu) |
| vocative | उद्गातः (údgātaḥ) | उद्गातारौ (údgātārau) उद्गातारा¹ (údgātārā¹) |
उद्गातारः (údgātāraḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “उद्गातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0187.