नीलकण्ठ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নীলকণ্ঠ (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬷᬮᬓᬡ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
- নীলকণ্ঠ (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰱𑰩𑰎𑰜𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀻𑀮𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
- နီလကဏ္ဌ (Burmese script)
- નીલકણ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
- ਨੀਲਕਣ੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑍀𑌲𑌕𑌣𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦷꦭꦏꦟ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂲𑂪𑂍𑂝𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
- ನೀಲಕಣ್ಠ (Kannada script)
- នីលកណ្ឋ (Khmer script)
- ນີລກຓ຺ຐ (Lao script)
- നീലകണ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᡳᡳᠯᠠᡬᠠᢏᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘲𑘩𑘎𑘜𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠢᠢᠯᠠᢉᠠᢏᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧓𑧉𑦮𑦼𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐷𑐮𑐎𑐞𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
- ନୀଲକଣ୍ଠ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢷꢭꢒꢠ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆵𑆬𑆑𑆟𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖱𑖩𑖎𑖜𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
- නීලකණ්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩑𑩛𑩽𑩜𑩪 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚯𑚥𑚊𑚘𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
- நீலகண்ட² (Tamil script)
- నీలకణ్ఠ (Telugu script)
- นีลกณฺฐ (Thai script)
- ནཱི་ལ་ཀ་ཎྛ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒲𑒪𑒏𑒝𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨁𑨊𑨬𑨋𑨘𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of नील (nīla, “dark blue/black”) + कण्ठ (kaṇṭha, “throat”), referring to the Hindu belief that Shiva has a blue throat as a result of swallowing poison that arose during the churning of the ocean. The adjective नीलग्रीव (nīlagrīva) was already applied to Rudra since the time of the Yajur Veda.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /niː.lɐ.kɐɳ.ʈʰɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪iː.l̪ɐ.kɐɳ.ʈʰɐ/
Proper noun
नीलकण्ठ • (nīlakaṇṭha) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | नीलकण्ठः (nīlakaṇṭhaḥ) | नीलकण्ठौ (nīlakaṇṭhau) नीलकण्ठा¹ (nīlakaṇṭhā¹) |
नीलकण्ठाः (nīlakaṇṭhāḥ) नीलकण्ठासः¹ (nīlakaṇṭhāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | नीलकण्ठम् (nīlakaṇṭham) | नीलकण्ठौ (nīlakaṇṭhau) नीलकण्ठा¹ (nīlakaṇṭhā¹) |
नीलकण्ठान् (nīlakaṇṭhān) |
| instrumental | नीलकण्ठेन (nīlakaṇṭhena) | नीलकण्ठाभ्याम् (nīlakaṇṭhābhyām) | नीलकण्ठैः (nīlakaṇṭhaiḥ) नीलकण्ठेभिः¹ (nīlakaṇṭhebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | नीलकण्ठाय (nīlakaṇṭhāya) | नीलकण्ठाभ्याम् (nīlakaṇṭhābhyām) | नीलकण्ठेभ्यः (nīlakaṇṭhebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | नीलकण्ठात् (nīlakaṇṭhāt) | नीलकण्ठाभ्याम् (nīlakaṇṭhābhyām) | नीलकण्ठेभ्यः (nīlakaṇṭhebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | नीलकण्ठस्य (nīlakaṇṭhasya) | नीलकण्ठयोः (nīlakaṇṭhayoḥ) | नीलकण्ठानाम् (nīlakaṇṭhānām) |
| locative | नीलकण्ठे (nīlakaṇṭhe) | नीलकण्ठयोः (nīlakaṇṭhayoḥ) | नीलकण्ठेषु (nīlakaṇṭheṣu) |
| vocative | नीलकण्ठ (nīlakaṇṭha) | नीलकण्ठौ (nīlakaṇṭhau) नीलकण्ठा¹ (nīlakaṇṭhā¹) |
नीलकण्ठाः (nīlakaṇṭhāḥ) नीलकण्ठासः¹ (nīlakaṇṭhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic