रौक्म

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰৌক্ম (Assamese script)
• ᬭᭁᬓ᭄ᬫ (Balinese script)
• রৌক্ম (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰻𑰎𑰿𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑁅𑀓𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• ရော်က္မ (Burmese script)
• રૌક્મ (Gujarati script)
• ਰੌਕ੍ਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑍌𑌕𑍍𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦻꦴꦏ꧀ꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂸𑂍𑂹𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ರೌಕ್ಮ (Kannada script)
• រៅក្ម (Khmer script)
• ເຣົາກ຺ມ (Lao script)
• രൗക്മ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠣᠣᡬᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘼𑘎𑘿𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠣᠧᠸᠠᢉᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧝𑦮𑧠𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑑁𑐎𑑂𑐩 (Newa script)
• ରୌକ୍ମ (Odia script)
• ꢬꣃꢒ꣄ꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆿𑆑𑇀𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖻𑖎𑖿𑖦 (Siddham script)
• රෞක‍්ම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩘𑩜 𑪙𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚵𑚊𑚶𑚢 (Takri script)
• ரௌக்ம (Tamil script)
• రౌక్మ (Telugu script)
• เรากฺม (Thai script)
• རཽ་ཀྨ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒾𑒏𑓂𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨈𑨋𑩇𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of रुक्म n (rukma, “gold”, literally “shining; bright; radiant”), from the root रुच् (ruc, “to shine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɾɑwk.mɐ/

Adjective

रौक्म • (raukma) stem

1. (Classical Sanskrit) golden (made of, adorned with, or of the colour of gold)
   • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.1.30:

     उग्रसेनसुतः कंसः स्वसुः प्रियचिकीर्षया। रश्मीन् हयानां जग्राह रौक्‍मै रथशतैर्वृतः॥

     ugrasenasutaḥ kaṃsaḥ svasuḥ priyacikīrṣayā. raśmīn hayānāṃ jagrāha rauk‍mai rathaśatairvṛtaḥ.

     Kaṃsa, the son of King Ugrasena, in order to please his sister Devakī on the occasion of her marriage, took charge of the reins of the horses and became the chariot driver. He was surrounded by hundreds of golden chariots.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of रौक्म (raukma)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रौक्मः raukmaḥ	रौक्मौ raukmau	रौक्माः raukmāḥ
Vocative	रौक्म raukma	रौक्मौ raukmau	रौक्माः raukmāḥ
Accusative	रौक्मम् raukmam	रौक्मौ raukmau	रौक्मान् raukmān
Instrumental	रौक्मेण raukmeṇa	रौक्माभ्याम् raukmābhyām	रौक्मैः raukmaiḥ
Dative	रौक्माय raukmāya	रौक्माभ्याम् raukmābhyām	रौक्मेभ्यः raukmebhyaḥ
Ablative	रौक्मात् raukmāt	रौक्माभ्याम् raukmābhyām	रौक्मेभ्यः raukmebhyaḥ
Genitive	रौक्मस्य raukmasya	रौक्मयोः raukmayoḥ	रौक्माणाम् raukmāṇām
Locative	रौक्मे raukme	रौक्मयोः raukmayoḥ	रौक्मेषु raukmeṣu

Feminine ī-stem declension of रौक्मी (raukmī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रौक्मी raukmī	रौक्म्यौ raukmyau	रौक्म्यः raukmyaḥ
Vocative	रौक्मि raukmi	रौक्म्यौ raukmyau	रौक्म्यः raukmyaḥ
Accusative	रौक्मीम् raukmīm	रौक्म्यौ raukmyau	रौक्मीः raukmīḥ
Instrumental	रौक्म्या raukmyā	रौक्मीभ्याम् raukmībhyām	रौक्मीभिः raukmībhiḥ
Dative	रौक्म्यै raukmyai	रौक्मीभ्याम् raukmībhyām	रौक्मीभ्यः raukmībhyaḥ
Ablative	रौक्म्याः raukmyāḥ	रौक्मीभ्याम् raukmībhyām	रौक्मीभ्यः raukmībhyaḥ
Genitive	रौक्म्याः raukmyāḥ	रौक्म्योः raukmyoḥ	रौक्मीणाम् raukmīṇām
Locative	रौक्म्याम् raukmyām	रौक्म्योः raukmyoḥ	रौक्मीषु raukmīṣu

Neuter a-stem declension of रौक्म (raukma)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रौक्मम् raukmam	रौक्मे raukme	रौक्माणि raukmāṇi
Vocative	रौक्म raukma	रौक्मे raukme	रौक्माणि raukmāṇi
Accusative	रौक्मम् raukmam	रौक्मे raukme	रौक्माणि raukmāṇi
Instrumental	रौक्मेण raukmeṇa	रौक्माभ्याम् raukmābhyām	रौक्मैः raukmaiḥ
Dative	रौक्माय raukmāya	रौक्माभ्याम् raukmābhyām	रौक्मेभ्यः raukmebhyaḥ
Ablative	रौक्मात् raukmāt	रौक्माभ्याम् raukmābhyām	रौक्मेभ्यः raukmebhyaḥ
Genitive	रौक्मस्य raukmasya	रौक्मयोः raukmayoḥ	रौक्माणाम् raukmāṇām
Locative	रौक्मे raukme	रौक्मयोः raukmayoḥ	रौक्मेषु raukmeṣu

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “रौक्म”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 890.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “raukma”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “रौक्म”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1351
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “रौक्म”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 259