वैकुण्ठ

Hindi

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɛː.kʊɳʈʰ/, [ʋɛː.kʊ̃ɳʈʰ]

Proper noun

वैकुण्ठ • (vaikuṇṭh) m

alternative spelling of वैकुंठ (vaikuṇṭh)

Declension

Declension of *वैकुण्ठ* (sg-only masc cons-stem)
	singular
direct	वैकुण्ठ vaikuṇṭh
oblique	वैकुण्ठ vaikuṇṭh
vocative	वैकुण्ठ vaikuṇṭh

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वैकुंठ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ৱৈকুণ্ঠ (Assamese script)
ᬯᬿᬓᬸᬡ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
বৈকুণ্ঠ (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰹𑰎𑰲𑰜𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑁃𑀓𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
ဝဲကုဏ္ဌ (Burmese script)
વૈકુણ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
ਵੈਕੁਣ੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑍈𑌕𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦻꦏꦸꦟ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂶𑂍𑂳𑂝𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
ವೈಕುಣ್ಠ (Kannada script)
វៃកុណ្ឋ (Khmer script)
ໄວກຸຓ຺ຐ (Lao script)
വൈകുണ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
ᠸᠠᡳᡬᡠᢏᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘺𑘎𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
ᠸᠧᠧᢉᠤᢏᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧛𑦮𑧔𑦼𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐿𑐎𑐸𑐞𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
ଵୈକୁଣ୍ଠ (Odia script)
ꢮꣀꢒꢸꢠ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆽𑆑𑆶𑆟𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖹𑖎𑖲𑖜𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
වෛකුණ‍්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩗𑩜𑩒𑩪 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚳𑚊𑚰𑚘𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
வைகுண்ட² (Tamil script)
వైకుణ్ఠ (Telugu script)
ไวกุณฺฐ (Thai script)
ཝཻ་ཀུ་ཎྛ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒻𑒏𑒳𑒝𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨇𑨋𑨃𑨘𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of विकुण्ठ (vikuṇṭha, “without anxiety”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɑj.kuɳ.ʈʰɐ/

Noun

वैकुण्ठ • (vaikuṇṭhá) stem, m or n

(Hinduism) The paradise or heaven, abode of Vishnu
name of Hindu god Vishnu and also Indra

Descendants

→ English: Vaikuntha
→ Hindi: वैकुण्ठ (vaikuṇṭh)
→ Kannada: ವೈಕುಂಠ (vaikuṇṭha)
→ Nepali: वैकुण्ठ (vaikuṇṭha)
→ Old Marathi:
Devanagari script: वैकुंठ (vaikuṃṭha)

Modi script: 𑘪𑘺𑘎𑘳𑘽𑘙 (vaikuṃṭha)
- → Marathi: वैकुंठ (vaikuṇṭha)
→ Tamil: வைகுண்டம் (vaikuṇṭam)
⇒ Telugu: వైకుంఠుడు (vaikuṇṭhuḍu), వైకుంఠము (vaikuṇṭhamu)

References

“वैकुण्ठ॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 524, column 2.
Monier Williams (1899) “वैकुण्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1020, column 2.