वृकोदर

Sanskrit

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Etymology

Compound of वृक (vṛka, wolf) +‎ उदर (udara, stomach).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

वृकोदर • (vṛkodara) stemm

  1. an epithet of Bhima
    • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 1.15:
      पाञ्चजन्यं हृषिकेशो देवदत्तं धनञ्जयः।
      पौण्ड्रं दध्मौ महाशखं भीमकर्मा वृकोदर
      pāñcajanyaṃ hṛṣikeśo devadattaṃ dhanañjayaḥ.
      pauṇḍraṃ dadhmau mahāśakhaṃ bhīmakarmā vṛkodara.
      Hṛṣikeśa blew his conchshell named Pāñćajanya; Arjuna blew his, the Devadatta; and Bhīma, the voracious eater and performer of herculean tasks, blew his terrific conchshell named Pauṇḍra

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वृकोदर
singular dual plural
nominative वृकोदरः (vṛkodaraḥ) वृकोदरौ (vṛkodarau) वृकोदराः (vṛkodarāḥ)
accusative वृकोदरम् (vṛkodaram) वृकोदरौ (vṛkodarau) वृकोदरान् (vṛkodarān)
instrumental वृकोदरेण (vṛkodareṇa) वृकोदराभ्याम् (vṛkodarābhyām) वृकोदरैः (vṛkodaraiḥ)
dative वृकोदराय (vṛkodarāya) वृकोदराभ्याम् (vṛkodarābhyām) वृकोदरेभ्यः (vṛkodarebhyaḥ)
ablative वृकोदरात् (vṛkodarāt) वृकोदराभ्याम् (vṛkodarābhyām) वृकोदरेभ्यः (vṛkodarebhyaḥ)
genitive वृकोदरस्य (vṛkodarasya) वृकोदरयोः (vṛkodarayoḥ) वृकोदराणाम् (vṛkodarāṇām)
locative वृकोदरे (vṛkodare) वृकोदरयोः (vṛkodarayoḥ) वृकोदरेषु (vṛkodareṣu)
vocative वृकोदर (vṛkodara) वृकोदरौ (vṛkodarau) वृकोदराः (vṛkodarāḥ)