दुर्गा
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দুৰ্গা (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬸᬃᬕᬵ (Balinese script)
- দুর্গা (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰲𑰨𑰿𑰐𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀼𑀭𑁆𑀕𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဒုရ်္ဂါ (Burmese script)
- દુર્ગા (Gujarati script)
- ਦੁਰ੍ਗਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦸꦂꦒꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂳𑂩𑂹𑂏𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ದುರ್ಗಾ (Kannada script)
- ទុគ៌ា (Khmer script)
- ທຸຣ຺ຄາ (Lao script)
- ദുര്ഗാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᡠᡵᡤᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘳𑘨𑘿𑘐𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠤᠷᠺᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧔𑧈𑧠𑦰𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐸𑐬𑑂𑐐𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଦୁର୍ଗା (Odia script)
- ꢣꢸꢬ꣄ꢔꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆶𑆫𑇀𑆓𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖲𑖨𑖿𑖐𑖯 (Siddham script)
- දුර්ගා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩒𑩼 𑪙𑩞𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚰𑚤𑚶𑚌𑚭 (Takri script)
- து³ர்க³ா (Tamil script)
- దుర్గా (Telugu script)
- ทุรฺคา (Thai script)
- དུ་རྒཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒳𑒩𑓂𑒑𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨃𑨫𑩇𑨍𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of दुर्- (dur-, “with difficulty”) + गा (gā, “to approach”), literally “difficult to approach”.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /duɾ.ɡɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪uɾ.ɡɑː/
Proper noun
दुर्गा • (durgā́) stem, f
- (Hinduism) Durga, a form of Parvati.
- (literary) ‘the inaccessible or terrific goddess’.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:दुर्गा
- c. 1100 BCE, Mahanarayana Upanishad 2:
- तामग्निव॑र्णान्तप॑सा ज्वलन्तीं वैरोचनींकर्मफलेषु जुष्टाम्।
दुर्गान्देवी शरणमहं प्रपद्ये सुतर॑सि तरसे नमः॥- tā́mágnívarṇāntapasā jvalantīṃ vairocanīṃkarmaphaleṣu juṣṭām.
dúrgā́ndévī́ śaraṇamahaṃ prapadye sutarasi tarase namaḥ. - I take refuge in that Goddess, who has the lusture of fire, who is radiant due to her penance, who gives the fruits of all actions, and who is difficult to obtain. O Devi, we bow to you who are skilled in making us cross all difficulties.
- tā́mágnívarṇāntapasā jvalantīṃ vairocanīṃkarmaphaleṣu juṣṭām.
- तामग्निव॑र्णान्तप॑सा ज्वलन्तीं वैरोचनींकर्मफलेषु जुष्टाम्।
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | दुर्गा (durgā́) |
| accusative | दुर्गाम् (durgā́m) |
| instrumental | दुर्गया (durgáyā) दुर्गा¹ (durgā́¹) |
| dative | दुर्गायै (durgā́yai) |
| ablative | दुर्गायाः (durgā́yāḥ) दुर्गायै² (durgā́yai²) |
| genitive | दुर्गायाः (durgā́yāḥ) दुर्गायै² (durgā́yai²) |
| locative | दुर्गायाम् (durgā́yām) |
| vocative | दुर्गे (dúrge) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- → Assamese: দুর্গা, দুৰগা (duroga)
- → Awadhi: दुर्गा (durgā)
- → Balinese: ᬤᬸᬃᬕᬵ
- Bengali: দুগ্গা (dugga), দুগি (dugi)
- → Bengali: দুর্গা (durga) (learned)
- → Burmese: ဒူရဂါ (dura.ga), ဒုရ်္ဂါ (durga)
- → Chinese: 杜爾加 / 杜尔加
- → English: Durga
- → Esperanto: Durgo
- → French: Durga, Dourgo, Dourga
- → Gujarati: દુર્ગા (durgā)
- → Greek: Δύργα (Dýrga)
- → Hindi: दुर्गा (durgā)
- → Japanese: ドゥルガー
- → Javanese: ꦢꦸꦂꦒꦴ (durgā)
- → Kannada: ದುರ್ಗಾ (durgā), ದುರ್ಗೆ (durge)
- → Khmer: ទុគ៌ា (tŭគ៌ា)
- → Korean: 두르가 (dureuga) (learned)
- → Limbu: ᤍᤢᤷᤃᤠ (durga)
- → Marathi: दुर्गा (durgā)
- → Malayalam: ദുർഗ്ഗ (duṟgga), ദുർഗാ (duṟgā) (learned)
- → Manipuri: ꯗꯨꯔꯒꯥ (duragā)
- → Nepali: दुर्गा (durgā)
- → Odia: ଦୁର୍ଗା (durgā)
- → Prakrit: दुग्गा (duggā), दुर्गे (durge), दुरगा (duragā) (learned)
- → Punjabi: ਦੁਰਗਾ (durgā)
- → Persian: دورگا
- → Russian: Дурга (Durga)
- → Santali: ᱫᱩᱨᱜᱟ (durga)
- → Sinhalese: දුර්ගා (durgā) (learned)
- → Sundanese: durga
- → Sylheti: ꠖꠥꠞ꠆ꠉꠣ (durga)
- → Tamil: துர்கா (turkā)
- → Telugu: దుర్గ (durga)
- → Thai: ดัวร์กา
- → Tibetan: དུར་གཱ (dur gā), དུརྒཱ (durgā)
- → Ukrainian: Ду́рга (Dúrha)
- → Urdu: درگا
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “दुर्गा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 487/2.