रौक्म
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৰৌক্ম (Assamese script)
- ᬭᭁᬓ᭄ᬫ (Balinese script)
- রৌক্ম (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰻𑰎𑰿𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑁅𑀓𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
- ရော်က္မ (Burmese script)
- રૌક્મ (Gujarati script)
- ਰੌਕ੍ਮ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌰𑍌𑌕𑍍𑌮 (Grantha script)
- ꦫꦻꦴꦏ꧀ꦩ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂸𑂍𑂹𑂧 (Kaithi script)
- ರೌಕ್ಮ (Kannada script)
- រៅក្ម (Khmer script)
- ເຣົາກ຺ມ (Lao script)
- രൗക്മ (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᠣᠣᡬᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘨𑘼𑘎𑘿𑘦 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠣᠧᠸᠠᢉᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧈𑧝𑦮𑧠𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑑁𑐎𑑂𑐩 (Newa script)
- ରୌକ୍ମ (Odia script)
- ꢬꣃꢒ꣄ꢪ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆿𑆑𑇀𑆩 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖻𑖎𑖿𑖦 (Siddham script)
- රෞක්ම (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩼𑩘𑩜 𑪙𑩴 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚤𑚵𑚊𑚶𑚢 (Takri script)
- ரௌக்ம (Tamil script)
- రౌక్మ (Telugu script)
- เรากฺม (Thai script)
- རཽ་ཀྨ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒾𑒏𑓂𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨈𑨋𑩇𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Vṛddhi derivative of रुक्म n (rukma, “gold”, literally “shining; bright; radiant”), from the root रुच् (ruc, “to shine”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɾɑwk.mɐ/
Adjective
रौक्म • (raukma) stem
- (Classical Sanskrit) golden (made of, adorned with, or of the colour of gold)
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.1.30:
- उग्रसेनसुतः कंसः स्वसुः प्रियचिकीर्षया। रश्मीन् हयानां जग्राह रौक्मै रथशतैर्वृतः॥
- ugrasenasutaḥ kaṃsaḥ svasuḥ priyacikīrṣayā. raśmīn hayānāṃ jagrāha raukmai rathaśatairvṛtaḥ.
- Kaṃsa, the son of King Ugrasena, in order to please his sister Devakī on the occasion of her marriage, took charge of the reins of the horses and became the chariot driver. He was surrounded by hundreds of golden chariots.
- उग्रसेनसुतः कंसः स्वसुः प्रियचिकीर्षया। रश्मीन् हयानां जग्राह रौक्मै रथशतैर्वृतः॥
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | रौक्मः (raukmaḥ) | रौक्मौ (raukmau) | रौक्माः (raukmāḥ) |
| accusative | रौक्मम् (raukmam) | रौक्मौ (raukmau) | रौक्मान् (raukmān) |
| instrumental | रौक्मेण (raukmeṇa) | रौक्माभ्याम् (raukmābhyām) | रौक्मैः (raukmaiḥ) |
| dative | रौक्माय (raukmāya) | रौक्माभ्याम् (raukmābhyām) | रौक्मेभ्यः (raukmebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | रौक्मात् (raukmāt) | रौक्माभ्याम् (raukmābhyām) | रौक्मेभ्यः (raukmebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | रौक्मस्य (raukmasya) | रौक्मयोः (raukmayoḥ) | रौक्माणाम् (raukmāṇām) |
| locative | रौक्मे (raukme) | रौक्मयोः (raukmayoḥ) | रौक्मेषु (raukmeṣu) |
| vocative | रौक्म (raukma) | रौक्मौ (raukmau) | रौक्माः (raukmāḥ) |
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | रौक्मी (raukmī) | रौक्म्यौ (raukmyau) | रौक्म्यः (raukmyaḥ) |
| accusative | रौक्मीम् (raukmīm) | रौक्म्यौ (raukmyau) | रौक्मीः (raukmīḥ) |
| instrumental | रौक्म्या (raukmyā) | रौक्मीभ्याम् (raukmībhyām) | रौक्मीभिः (raukmībhiḥ) |
| dative | रौक्म्यै (raukmyai) | रौक्मीभ्याम् (raukmībhyām) | रौक्मीभ्यः (raukmībhyaḥ) |
| ablative | रौक्म्याः (raukmyāḥ) | रौक्मीभ्याम् (raukmībhyām) | रौक्मीभ्यः (raukmībhyaḥ) |
| genitive | रौक्म्याः (raukmyāḥ) | रौक्म्योः (raukmyoḥ) | रौक्मीणाम् (raukmīṇām) |
| locative | रौक्म्याम् (raukmyām) | रौक्म्योः (raukmyoḥ) | रौक्मीषु (raukmīṣu) |
| vocative | रौक्मि (raukmi) | रौक्म्यौ (raukmyau) | रौक्म्यः (raukmyaḥ) |
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | रौक्मम् (raukmam) | रौक्मे (raukme) | रौक्माणि (raukmāṇi) |
| accusative | रौक्मम् (raukmam) | रौक्मे (raukme) | रौक्माणि (raukmāṇi) |
| instrumental | रौक्मेण (raukmeṇa) | रौक्माभ्याम् (raukmābhyām) | रौक्मैः (raukmaiḥ) |
| dative | रौक्माय (raukmāya) | रौक्माभ्याम् (raukmābhyām) | रौक्मेभ्यः (raukmebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | रौक्मात् (raukmāt) | रौक्माभ्याम् (raukmābhyām) | रौक्मेभ्यः (raukmebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | रौक्मस्य (raukmasya) | रौक्मयोः (raukmayoḥ) | रौक्माणाम् (raukmāṇām) |
| locative | रौक्मे (raukme) | रौक्मयोः (raukmayoḥ) | रौक्मेषु (raukmeṣu) |
| vocative | रौक्म (raukma) | रौक्मे (raukme) | रौक्माणि (raukmāṇi) |
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “रौक्म”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 890.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “raukma”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “रौक्म”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1351
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “रौक्म”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 259