हिरण्यकशिपु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

হিৰণ্যকশিপু (Assamese script)
ᬳᬶᬭᬡ᭄ᬬᬓᬰᬶᬧᬸ (Balinese script)
হিরণ্যকশিপু (Bengali script)
𑰮𑰰𑰨𑰜𑰿𑰧𑰎𑰫𑰰𑰢𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀳𑀺𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀬𑀓𑀰𑀺𑀧𑀼 (Brahmi script)
ဟိရဏျကၐိပု (Burmese script)
હિરણ્યકશિપુ (Gujarati script)
ਹਿਰਣ੍ਯਕਸ਼ਿਪੁ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌹𑌿𑌰𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌕𑌶𑌿𑌪𑍁 (Grantha script)
ꦲꦶꦫꦟꦾꦏꦯꦶꦥꦸ (Javanese script)
𑂯𑂱𑂩𑂝𑂹𑂨𑂍𑂬𑂱𑂣𑂳 (Kaithi script)
ಹಿರಣ್ಯಕಶಿಪು (Kannada script)
ហិរណ្យកឝិបុ (Khmer script)
ຫິຣຓ຺ຍກຨິປຸ (Lao script)
ഹിരണ്യകശിപു (Malayalam script)
ᡥᡳᡵᠠᢏᠶᠠᡬᠠᡧᡳᢒᡠ (Manchu script)
𑘮𑘱𑘨𑘜𑘿𑘧𑘎𑘫𑘱𑘢𑘳 (Modi script)
ᠾᠢᠷᠠᢏᠶ᠋ᠠᢉᠠᠱᠢᢒᠤ (Mongolian script)
𑧎𑧒𑧈𑦼𑧠𑧇𑦮𑧋𑧒𑧂𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐴𑐶𑐬𑐞𑑂𑐫𑐎𑐱𑐶𑐥𑐸 (Newa script)
ହିରଣ୍ଯକଶିପୁ (Odia script)
ꢲꢶꢬꢠ꣄ꢫꢒꢯꢶꢦꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆲𑆴𑆫𑆟𑇀𑆪𑆑𑆯𑆴𑆥𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖮𑖰𑖨𑖜𑖿𑖧𑖎𑖫𑖰𑖢𑖲 (Siddham script)
හිරණ්‍යකශිපු (Sinhalese script)
𑪂𑩑𑩼𑩪 𑪙𑩻𑩜𑩿𑩑𑩰𑩒 (Soyombo script)
𑚩𑚮𑚤𑚘𑚶𑚣𑚊𑚧𑚮𑚞𑚰 (Takri script)
ஹிரண்யகஶிபு (Tamil script)
హిరణ్యకశిపు (Telugu script)
หิรณฺยกศิปุ (Thai script)
ཧི་ར་ཎྱ་ཀ་ཤི་པུ (Tibetan script)
𑒯𑒱𑒩𑒝𑓂𑒨𑒏𑒬𑒱𑒣𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
𑨱𑨁𑨫𑨘𑩇𑨪𑨋𑨮𑨁𑨞𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of हिरण्य (hiraṇya, “golden”) +‎ कशिपु (kaśipu, “hair”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦi.ɾɐɳ.jɐ.kɐ.ɕi.pu/

Proper noun

हिरण्यकशिपु • (hiraṇyakaśipu) stem, m

(Hinduism) Hiranyakashipu, son of Kashyapa and Diti, father of Prahlada, slain by the Narasimha avatar of Vishnu

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of हिरण्यकशिपु
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	हिरण्यकशिपुः (hiraṇyakaśipuḥ)	हिरण्यकशिपू (hiraṇyakaśipū)	हिरण्यकशिपवः (hiraṇyakaśipavaḥ)
accusative	हिरण्यकशिपुम् (hiraṇyakaśipum)	हिरण्यकशिपू (hiraṇyakaśipū)	हिरण्यकशिपून् (hiraṇyakaśipūn)
instrumental	हिरण्यकशिपुना (hiraṇyakaśipunā)	हिरण्यकशिपुभ्याम् (hiraṇyakaśipubhyām)	हिरण्यकशिपुभिः (hiraṇyakaśipubhiḥ)
dative	हिरण्यकशिपवे (hiraṇyakaśipave)	हिरण्यकशिपुभ्याम् (hiraṇyakaśipubhyām)	हिरण्यकशिपुभ्यः (hiraṇyakaśipubhyaḥ)
ablative	हिरण्यकशिपोः (hiraṇyakaśipoḥ)	हिरण्यकशिपुभ्याम् (hiraṇyakaśipubhyām)	हिरण्यकशिपुभ्यः (hiraṇyakaśipubhyaḥ)
genitive	हिरण्यकशिपोः (hiraṇyakaśipoḥ)	हिरण्यकशिप्वोः (hiraṇyakaśipvoḥ)	हिरण्यकशिपूनाम् (hiraṇyakaśipūnām)
locative	हिरण्यकशिपौ (hiraṇyakaśipau)	हिरण्यकशिप्वोः (hiraṇyakaśipvoḥ)	हिरण्यकशिपुषु (hiraṇyakaśipuṣu)
vocative	हिरण्यकशिपो (hiraṇyakaśipo)	हिरण्यकशिपू (hiraṇyakaśipū)	हिरण्यकशिपवः (hiraṇyakaśipavaḥ)

Descendants

→ Tamil: இரணியன் (iraṇiyaṉ), இரணியகசிபு (iraṇiyakacipu), இரண்யகசிபு (iraṇyakacipu)