रङ्गकार
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৰঙ্গকাৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬭᬗ᭄ᬕᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
- রঙ্গকার (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰒𑰿𑰐𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ရင်္ဂကာရ (Burmese script)
- રઙ્ગકાર (Gujarati script)
- ਰਙ੍ਗਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌰𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦫꦔ꧀ꦒꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ರಙ್ಗಕಾರ (Kannada script)
- រង្គការ (Khmer script)
- ຣງ຺ຄກາຣ (Lao script)
- രങ്ഗകാര (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᠠᢛᡤᠠᡬᠠ᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘨𑘒𑘿𑘐𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠠᢊᠺᠠᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧈𑦲𑧠𑦰𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐒𑑂𑐐𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
- ରଙ୍ଗକାର (Odia script)
- ꢬꢖ꣄ꢔꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆕𑇀𑆓𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖒𑖿𑖐𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
- රඞ්ගකාර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩼𑩠 𑪙𑩞𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚤𑚎𑚶𑚌𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
- ரங்க³கார (Tamil script)
- రఙ్గకార (Telugu script)
- รงฺคการ (Thai script)
- ར་ངྒ་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨏𑩇𑨍𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
Tatpuruṣa compound of रङ्ग (raṅga, “colour”) + -कार (-kāra).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɾɐŋ.ɡɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɾɐŋ.ɡɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
Noun
रङ्गकार • (raṅgakāra) stem, m
- painter; dyer
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.41.32:
- रजकं कं चिद् आयान्तं रङ्गकारं गदाग्रजः ।
दृष्ट्वा ऽयाचत वासांसि धौतान्य् अत्युत्तमानि च ॥- rajakaṃ kaṃ cid āyāntaṃ raṅgakāraṃ gadāgrajaḥ.
dṛṣṭvā ʼyācata vāsāṃsi dhautāny atyuttamāni ca. - Seeing a washerman-dyer approaching, Kṛṣṇa asked him for the finest washed garments he had.
- rajakaṃ kaṃ cid āyāntaṃ raṅgakāraṃ gadāgrajaḥ.
- रजकं कं चिद् आयान्तं रङ्गकारं गदाग्रजः ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | रङ्गकारः (raṅgakāraḥ) | रङ्गकारौ (raṅgakārau) रङ्गकारा¹ (raṅgakārā¹) |
रङ्गकाराः (raṅgakārāḥ) रङ्गकारासः¹ (raṅgakārāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | रङ्गकारम् (raṅgakāram) | रङ्गकारौ (raṅgakārau) रङ्गकारा¹ (raṅgakārā¹) |
रङ्गकारान् (raṅgakārān) |
| instrumental | रङ्गकारेण (raṅgakāreṇa) | रङ्गकाराभ्याम् (raṅgakārābhyām) | रङ्गकारैः (raṅgakāraiḥ) रङ्गकारेभिः¹ (raṅgakārebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | रङ्गकाराय (raṅgakārāya) | रङ्गकाराभ्याम् (raṅgakārābhyām) | रङ्गकारेभ्यः (raṅgakārebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | रङ्गकारात् (raṅgakārāt) | रङ्गकाराभ्याम् (raṅgakārābhyām) | रङ्गकारेभ्यः (raṅgakārebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | रङ्गकारस्य (raṅgakārasya) | रङ्गकारयोः (raṅgakārayoḥ) | रङ्गकाराणाम् (raṅgakārāṇām) |
| locative | रङ्गकारे (raṅgakāre) | रङ्गकारयोः (raṅgakārayoḥ) | रङ्गकारेषु (raṅgakāreṣu) |
| vocative | रङ्गकार (raṅgakāra) | रङ्गकारौ (raṅgakārau) रङ्गकारा¹ (raṅgakārā¹) |
रङ्गकाराः (raṅgakārāḥ) रङ्गकारासः¹ (raṅgakārāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “रङ्गकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 862.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “raṅgakāra”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “रङ्ग”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1323
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “raṅgakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 611