विश्पति
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱিশ্পতি (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬶᬰ᭄ᬧᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- বিশ্পতি (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰𑰫𑰿𑰢𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺𑀰𑁆𑀧𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ဝိၐ္ပတိ (Burmese script)
- વિશ્પતિ (Gujarati script)
- ਵਿਸ਼੍ਪਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌪𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦶꦯ꧀ꦥꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂱𑂬𑂹𑂣𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ವಿಶ್ಪತಿ (Kannada script)
- វិឝ្បតិ (Khmer script)
- ວິຨ຺ປຕິ (Lao script)
- വിശ്പതി (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡳᡧᢒᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘱𑘫𑘿𑘢𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠢᠱᢒᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧒𑧋𑧠𑧂𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐶𑐱𑑂𑐥𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଵିଶ୍ପତି (Odia script)
- ꢮꢶꢯ꣄ꢦꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴𑆯𑇀𑆥𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰𑖫𑖿𑖢𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- විශ්පති (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩑𑩿 𑪙𑩰𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚮𑚧𑚶𑚞𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
- விஶ்பதி (Tamil script)
- విశ్పతి (Telugu script)
- วิศฺปติ (Thai script)
- ཝི་ཤྤ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱𑒬𑓂𑒣𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨁𑨮𑩇𑨞𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wiśpátiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wićpátiš, from Proto-Indo-European *wiḱpótis.
Cognate with Lithuanian viẽšpats (“lord”), Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vīspaiti, “chief of a tribe”), Old Prussian waispattin (“mistress of a house”), probably Albanian zot (“lord, master”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋiɕ.pɐ́.ti/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋiɕ.pɐ.t̪i/
Noun
विश्पति • (viś-páti) stem, m
- the chief of a settlement or tribe, lord of the house or of the people (also applied to Agni and Indra) (RV., AV., TS.)
- RV 7.7.4c
- सद्यो अध्वरे रथिरं जनन्त मानुषासो विचेतसो य एषाम |
- विशामधायि विश्पतिर्दुरोणे.अग्निर्मन्द्रो मधुवचा रतावा ||
- sadyo adhvare rathiraṃ jananta mānuṣāso vicetaso ya eṣām |
- viśāmadhāyi viśpatirduroṇe agnirmandro madhuvacā ṛtāvā ||
- Forthwith the men, the best of these for wisdom, have made him leader in the solemn worship.
- As Lord in homes of men is Agni stablished, the Holy One, the joyous, sweetly speaking.
- RV 7.7.4c
- (in the dual) "master and mistress of the house"
- (in the plural) "kings" or, "head-merchants" (BhP.)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | विश्पतिः (viśpátiḥ) | विश्पती (viśpátī) | विश्पतयः (viśpátayaḥ) |
| accusative | विश्पतिम् (viśpátim) | विश्पती (viśpátī) | विश्पतीन् (viśpátīn) |
| instrumental | विश्पतिना (viśpátinā) विश्पत्या¹ (viśpátyā¹) |
विश्पतिभ्याम् (viśpátibhyām) | विश्पतिभिः (viśpátibhiḥ) |
| dative | विश्पतये (viśpátaye) | विश्पतिभ्याम् (viśpátibhyām) | विश्पतिभ्यः (viśpátibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | विश्पतेः (viśpáteḥ) विश्पत्यः¹ (viśpátyaḥ¹) |
विश्पतिभ्याम् (viśpátibhyām) | विश्पतिभ्यः (viśpátibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | विश्पतेः (viśpáteḥ) विश्पत्यः¹ (viśpátyaḥ¹) |
विश्पत्योः (viśpátyoḥ) | विश्पतीनाम् (viśpátīnām) |
| locative | विश्पतौ (viśpátau) विश्पता¹ (viśpátā¹) |
विश्पत्योः (viśpátyoḥ) | विश्पतिषु (viśpátiṣu) |
| vocative | विश्पते (víśpate) | विश्पती (víśpatī) | विश्पतयः (víśpatayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “विश्पति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 989, column 2.