गव्यूति
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গৱ্যূতি (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬯ᭄ᬬᬹᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- গব্যূতি (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰪𑰿𑰧𑰳𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀽𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ဂဝျူတိ (Burmese script)
- ગવ્યૂતિ (Gujarati script)
- ਗਵ੍ਯੂਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌵𑍍𑌯𑍂𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦮꦾꦹꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂫𑂹𑂨𑂴𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಗವ್ಯೂತಿ (Kannada script)
- គវ្យូតិ (Khmer script)
- ຄວ຺ຍູຕິ (Lao script)
- ഗവ്യൂതി (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠠᠸᠶᡠᡠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘪𑘿𑘧𑘴𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᠧᠶ᠋ᠤᠤᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧊𑧠𑧇𑧕𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐰𑑂𑐫𑐹𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଗଵ୍ଯୂତି (Odia script)
- ꢔꢮ꣄ꢫꢹꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆮𑇀𑆪𑆷𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖪𑖿𑖧𑖳𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- ගව්යූති (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩾 𑪙𑩻𑩒𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚦𑚶𑚣𑚱𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
- க³வ்யூதி (Tamil script)
- గవ్యూతి (Telugu script)
- ควฺยูติ (Thai script)
- ག་ཝྱཱུ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒫𑓂𑒨𑒴𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨭𑩇𑨪𑨃𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gáwHyuHtiš (“pasture, grassland”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (gaoiiaoiti, “pasture”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡɐ́ʋ.juː.ti/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡɐʋ.juː.t̪i/
Noun
गव्यू॑ति • (gávyūti) stem, f
- pasture, pastureland
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.65.4:
- आ नो॑ मित्रावरुणा ह॒व्यजु॑ष्टिं घृ॒तैर् गव्यू॑तिम् उक्षत॒म् इळा॑भिः ।
प्रति॑ वा॒म् अत्र॒ वर॒म् आ जना॑य पृणी॒तम् उ॒द्नो दि॒व्यस्य॒ चारोः॑ ॥- ā́ no mitrāvaruṇā havyájuṣṭiṃ ghṛtaír gávyūtim ukṣatam íḷābhiḥ.
práti vām átra váram ā́ jánāya pṛṇītám udnó divyásya cā́roḥ. - Come, taste our offering, Varuṇa and Mitra: bedew our pasture with sweet food and fatness.
Pour down in plenty here upon the people the choicest of your fair celestial water.
- ā́ no mitrāvaruṇā havyájuṣṭiṃ ghṛtaír gávyūtim ukṣatam íḷābhiḥ.
- आ नो॑ मित्रावरुणा ह॒व्यजु॑ष्टिं घृ॒तैर् गव्यू॑तिम् उक्षत॒म् इळा॑भिः ।
- field, domain, place
- road, way, path
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 11.15:
- प्रतूर्वन्न् एह्य् अवक्रामन्न् अशस्ती रुद्रस्य गाणपत्यम् मयोभूर् एहि ।
उर्व् अन्तरिक्षं वीहि ।
स्वस्तिगव्यूतिर् अभयानि कृण्वन् पूष्णा सयुजा सह ॥- pratūrvann ehy avakrāmann aśastī rudrasya gāṇapatyam mayobhūr ehi.
urv antarikṣaṃ vīhi.
svastigavyūtir abhayāni kṛṇvan pūṣṇā sayujā saha. - Come speeding on and trampling imprecations; come gladdening to the chieftainship of Rudra.
Speed through the wide air, whose paths are pleasant,
Come, providing safety, with Pūṣan as your companion.
- pratūrvann ehy avakrāmann aśastī rudrasya gāṇapatyam mayobhūr ehi.
- प्रतूर्वन्न् एह्य् अवक्रामन्न् अशस्ती रुद्रस्य गाणपत्यम् मयोभूर् एहि ।
- a measure of length, equalling 2 Krośas
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गव्यूतिः (gávyūtiḥ) | गव्यूती (gávyūtī) | गव्यूतयः (gávyūtayaḥ) |
| accusative | गव्यूतिम् (gávyūtim) | गव्यूती (gávyūtī) | गव्यूतीः (gávyūtīḥ) |
| instrumental | गव्यूत्या (gávyūtyā) गव्यूती¹ (gávyūtī¹) |
गव्यूतिभ्याम् (gávyūtibhyām) | गव्यूतिभिः (gávyūtibhiḥ) |
| dative | गव्यूतये (gávyūtaye) गव्यूत्यै² (gávyūtyai²) गव्यूती¹ (gávyūtī¹) |
गव्यूतिभ्याम् (gávyūtibhyām) | गव्यूतिभ्यः (gávyūtibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गव्यूतेः (gávyūteḥ) गव्यूत्याः² (gávyūtyāḥ²) गव्यूत्यै³ (gávyūtyai³) |
गव्यूतिभ्याम् (gávyūtibhyām) | गव्यूतिभ्यः (gávyūtibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गव्यूतेः (gávyūteḥ) गव्यूत्याः² (gávyūtyāḥ²) गव्यूत्यै³ (gávyūtyai³) |
गव्यूत्योः (gávyūtyoḥ) | गव्यूतीनाम् (gávyūtīnām) |
| locative | गव्यूतौ (gávyūtau) गव्यूत्याम्² (gávyūtyām²) गव्यूता¹ (gávyūtā¹) |
गव्यूत्योः (gávyūtyoḥ) | गव्यूतिषु (gávyūtiṣu) |
| vocative | गव्यूते (gávyūte) | गव्यूती (gávyūtī) | गव्यूतयः (gávyūtayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Later Sanskrit
- ³Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “गव्यूति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 351.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गव्यूति”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 83
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “gavyūti”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Arthur Berriedale Keith, Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1912) “gavyūti”, in Vedic index of names and subjects, volume 1, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. [Published for the Government of India], →OCLC, page 223