शृङ्ग
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শৃঙ্গ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬺᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
- শৃঙ্গ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰴𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀾𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
- ၐၖင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
- શૃઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼੍ਰਙ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑍃𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦽꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑃂𑂑𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
- ಶೃಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
- ឝ្ឫង្គ (Khmer script)
- ຨ຺ຣິງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
- ശൃങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᡵᡳᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘵𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠷᠢᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧖𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐺𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
- ଶୃଙ୍ଗ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢺꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆸𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖴𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
- ශෘඞ්ග (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩙𑩠 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚎𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
- ஶ்ரிங்க³ (Tamil script)
- శృఙ్గ (Telugu script)
- ศฺฤงฺค (Thai script)
- ཤྲྀ་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒵𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨼𑨉𑨏𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic сръна (srŭna, “roedeer”), Hittite [script needed] (surna, “horn”), Latin cornū, Old English horn (whence English horn).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕŕ̩ŋ.ɡɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕr̩ŋ.ɡɐ/
Noun
शृङ्ग • (śṛ́ṅga) stem, n
- the horn of an animal
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.58.3:
- च॒त्वारि॒ शृङ्गा॒ त्रयो॑ अस्य॒ पादा॒ द्वे शी॒र्षे स॒प्त हस्ता॑सो अस्य ।
त्रिधा॑ ब॒द्धो वृ॑ष॒भो रो॑रवीति म॒हो दे॒वो मर्त्याँ॒ आ वि॑वेश ॥- catvā́ri śṛ́ṅgā tráyo asya pā́dā dvé śīrṣé saptá hástāso asya.
trídhā baddhó vṛṣabhó roravīti mahó devó mártyām̐ ā́ viveśa. - Four are his horns, three are the feet that bear him; his heads are two, his hands are seven in number.
Bound thrice, the Steer roars loudly: the mighty God hath entered in to mortals.
- catvā́ri śṛ́ṅgā tráyo asya pā́dā dvé śīrṣé saptá hástāso asya.
- च॒त्वारि॒ शृङ्गा॒ त्रयो॑ अस्य॒ पादा॒ द्वे शी॒र्षे स॒प्त हस्ता॑सो अस्य ।
- the tusk of an elephant
- the top or summit of a mountain, a peak, crag
- the summit of a building, pinnacle, turret
- any peak or projection or lofty object, elevation, point, end, extremity
- a cusp or horn of the moon
- highest point, acme, height or perfection of anything
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शृङ्गम् (śṛ́ṅgam) | शृङ्गे (śṛ́ṅge) | शृङ्गाणि (śṛ́ṅgāṇi) शृङ्गा¹ (śṛ́ṅgā¹) |
| accusative | शृङ्गम् (śṛ́ṅgam) | शृङ्गे (śṛ́ṅge) | शृङ्गाणि (śṛ́ṅgāṇi) शृङ्गा¹ (śṛ́ṅgā¹) |
| instrumental | शृङ्गेण (śṛ́ṅgeṇa) | शृङ्गाभ्याम् (śṛ́ṅgābhyām) | शृङ्गैः (śṛ́ṅgaiḥ) शृङ्गेभिः¹ (śṛ́ṅgebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शृङ्गाय (śṛ́ṅgāya) | शृङ्गाभ्याम् (śṛ́ṅgābhyām) | शृङ्गेभ्यः (śṛ́ṅgebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शृङ्गात् (śṛ́ṅgāt) | शृङ्गाभ्याम् (śṛ́ṅgābhyām) | शृङ्गेभ्यः (śṛ́ṅgebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शृङ्गस्य (śṛ́ṅgasya) | शृङ्गयोः (śṛ́ṅgayoḥ) | शृङ्गाणाम् (śṛ́ṅgāṇām) |
| locative | शृङ्गे (śṛ́ṅge) | शृङ्गयोः (śṛ́ṅgayoḥ) | शृङ्गेषु (śṛ́ṅgeṣu) |
| vocative | शृङ्ग (śṛ́ṅga) | शृङ्गे (śṛ́ṅge) | शृङ्गाणि (śṛ́ṅgāṇi) शृङ्गा¹ (śṛ́ṅgā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
Descendants
- Pali: siṅga
- Ashokan Prakrit:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕 (siṃga), 𑀲𑀁𑀕 (saṃga)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- → Hindi: शृंग (śŕṅg) (learned)
- → Kannada: ಶೃಂಗ (śṛṅga)
- → Telugu: శృంగము (śr̥ṅgamu)
- → Thai: ศฤงค์
Noun
शृङ्ग • (śṛṅga) stem, m
- a kind of medicinal or poisonous plant
- name of a मुनि (of whom, in some parts of India, on occasions of drought, earthen images are said to be made and worshipped for rain)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शृङ्गः (śṛṅgaḥ) | शृङ्गौ (śṛṅgau) शृङ्गा¹ (śṛṅgā¹) |
शृङ्गाः (śṛṅgāḥ) शृङ्गासः¹ (śṛṅgāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | शृङ्गम् (śṛṅgam) | शृङ्गौ (śṛṅgau) शृङ्गा¹ (śṛṅgā¹) |
शृङ्गान् (śṛṅgān) |
| instrumental | शृङ्गेण (śṛṅgeṇa) | शृङ्गाभ्याम् (śṛṅgābhyām) | शृङ्गैः (śṛṅgaiḥ) शृङ्गेभिः¹ (śṛṅgebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | शृङ्गाय (śṛṅgāya) | शृङ्गाभ्याम् (śṛṅgābhyām) | शृङ्गेभ्यः (śṛṅgebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शृङ्गात् (śṛṅgāt) | शृङ्गाभ्याम् (śṛṅgābhyām) | शृङ्गेभ्यः (śṛṅgebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शृङ्गस्य (śṛṅgasya) | शृङ्गयोः (śṛṅgayoḥ) | शृङ्गाणाम् (śṛṅgāṇām) |
| locative | शृङ्गे (śṛṅge) | शृङ्गयोः (śṛṅgayoḥ) | शृङ्गेषु (śṛṅgeṣu) |
| vocative | शृङ्ग (śṛṅga) | शृङ्गौ (śṛṅgau) शृङ्गा¹ (śṛṅgā¹) |
शृङ्गाः (śṛṅgāḥ) शृङ्गासः¹ (śṛṅgāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “शृङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1087, column 1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 653
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śŕ̊ṅga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press