सारथि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

সাৰথি (Assamese script)
ᬲᬵᬭᬣᬶ (Balinese script)
সারথি (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰯𑰨𑰞𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑀸𑀭𑀣𑀺 (Brahmi script)
သာရထိ (Burmese script)
સારથિ (Gujarati script)
ਸਾਰਥਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌥𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦱꦴꦫꦡꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂰𑂩𑂟𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಸಾರಥಿ (Kannada script)
សារថិ (Khmer script)
ສາຣຖິ (Lao script)
സാരഥി (Malayalam script)
ᠰᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠᡨᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘰𑘨𑘞𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠰᠠᢗᠷᠠᠲᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑧑𑧈𑦾𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑐵𑐬𑐠𑐶 (Newa script)
ସାରଥି (Odia script)
ꢱꢵꢬꢢꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑆳𑆫𑆡𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖯𑖨𑖞𑖰 (Siddham script)
සාරථි (Sinhalese script)
𑪁𑩛𑩼𑩬𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚭𑚤𑚚𑚮 (Takri script)
ஸாரதி² (Tamil script)
సారథి (Telugu script)
สารถิ (Thai script)
སཱ་ར་ཐི (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑒰𑒩𑒟𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑨊𑨫𑨚𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of सरथ (sáratha), from स- (sa-, “together”) +‎ रथ (rátha, “chariot”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɑ́ː.ɾɐ.tʰi/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɑː.ɾɐ.t̪ʰi/

Noun

सारथि • (sā́rathi) stem, m

a charioteer, a coachman
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.57.6:
  उत् पू॒षणं॑ युवामहे॒ऽभीशूँ॑र् इव॒ सार॑थिः ।
  म॒ह्या इन्द्रं॑ स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥
  út pūṣáṇaṃ yuvāmaheʼbhī́śūm̐r iva sā́rathiḥ.
  mahyā́ índraṃ svastáye.
  As a charioteer draws in his reins, may we draw Pūṣan near,
  And Indra, for our great success.

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of सारथि
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सारथिः (sā́rathiḥ)	सारथी (sā́rathī)	सारथयः (sā́rathayaḥ)
accusative	सारथिम् (sā́rathim)	सारथी (sā́rathī)	सारथीन् (sā́rathīn)
instrumental	सारथिना (sā́rathinā) सारथ्या¹ (sā́rathyā¹)	सारथिभ्याम् (sā́rathibhyām)	सारथिभिः (sā́rathibhiḥ)
dative	सारथये (sā́rathaye)	सारथिभ्याम् (sā́rathibhyām)	सारथिभ्यः (sā́rathibhyaḥ)
ablative	सारथेः (sā́ratheḥ) सारथ्यः¹ (sā́rathyaḥ¹)	सारथिभ्याम् (sā́rathibhyām)	सारथिभ्यः (sā́rathibhyaḥ)
genitive	सारथेः (sā́ratheḥ) सारथ्यः¹ (sā́rathyaḥ¹)	सारथ्योः (sā́rathyoḥ)	सारथीनाम् (sā́rathīnām)
locative	सारथौ (sā́rathau) सारथा¹ (sā́rathā¹)	सारथ्योः (sā́rathyoḥ)	सारथिषु (sā́rathiṣu)
vocative	सारथे (sā́rathe)	सारथी (sā́rathī)	सारथयः (sā́rathayaḥ)

¹Vedic

Derived terms

पार्थसारथि (pārthasārathi)

Descendants

Pali: sārathi
→ Hindi: सारथी (sārthī)
→ Kannada: ಸಾರಥಿ (sārathi)
→ Lao: ສາຣະຖີ (sā ra thī), ສາລະຖີ (sā la thī)
→ Malayalam: സാരഥി (sārathi)
→ Tamil: சாரதி (cārati)
→ Telugu: సారథి (sārathi)
→ Thai: สารถี (sǎa-rá-tǐi)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “सारथि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1208, column 3.