शरभ
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- শৰভ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬭᬪ (Balinese script)
- শরভ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰨𑰥 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀭𑀪 (Brahmi script)
- ၐရဘ (Burmese script)
- શરભ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਰਭ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌰𑌭 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦫꦨ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂩𑂦 (Kaithi script)
- ಶರಭ (Kannada script)
- ឝរភ (Khmer script)
- ຨຣຠ (Lao script)
- ശരഭ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠᡵᠠᢨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘨𑘥 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᠷᠠᠪᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧈𑧅 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐬𑐨 (Newa script)
- ଶରଭ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢬꢩ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆫𑆨 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖨𑖥 (Siddham script)
- ශරභ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩼𑩳 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚤𑚡 (Takri script)
- ஶரப⁴ (Tamil script)
- శరభ (Telugu script)
- ศรภ (Thai script)
- ཤ་ར་བྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒩𑒦 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨫𑨡 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śarHabʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćarHabʰás, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Cognate with English hart, Latin cervus.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɐ.ɾɐ.bʱɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɐ.ɾɐ.bʱɐ/
Noun
शरभ • (śarabhá) stem, m
- (Hindu mythology) a sharabha (mythical half-lion half-bird that slays lions; in later literature an eight-legged deer)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शरभः (śarabháḥ) | शरभौ (śarabhaú) शरभा¹ (śarabhā́¹) |
शरभाः (śarabhā́ḥ) शरभासः¹ (śarabhā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | शरभम् (śarabhám) | शरभौ (śarabhaú) शरभा¹ (śarabhā́¹) |
शरभान् (śarabhā́n) |
| instrumental | शरभेण (śarabhéṇa) | शरभाभ्याम् (śarabhā́bhyām) | शरभैः (śarabhaíḥ) शरभेभिः¹ (śarabhébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शरभाय (śarabhā́ya) | शरभाभ्याम् (śarabhā́bhyām) | शरभेभ्यः (śarabhébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शरभात् (śarabhā́t) | शरभाभ्याम् (śarabhā́bhyām) | शरभेभ्यः (śarabhébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शरभस्य (śarabhásya) | शरभयोः (śarabháyoḥ) | शरभाणाम् (śarabhā́ṇām) |
| locative | शरभे (śarabhé) | शरभयोः (śarabháyoḥ) | शरभेषु (śarabhéṣu) |
| vocative | शरभ (śárabha) | शरभौ (śárabhau) शरभा¹ (śárabhā¹) |
शरभाः (śárabhāḥ) शरभासः¹ (śárabhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Related terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “शरभ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1057, column 2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 616