कुरु
Sanskrit
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Etymology
editFrom the root कृ (kṛ, “to do, make”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editकुरु • (kurú) stem, m
- (in the plural) name of an Indian tribe and of their kingdom.
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.32.9:
- ए॒तानि॑ भ॒द्रा क॑लश क्रियाम॒ कुरु॑श्रवण॒ दद॑तो म॒घानि॑।
दा॒न इद्वो॑ मघवान॒: सो अ॑स्त्व॒यं च॒ सोमो॑ हृ॒दि यं बिभ॑र्मि॥- etā́ni bhadrā́ kalaśa kriyāma kúruśravaṇa dádato maghā́ni.
dāná ídvo maghavāna: só astvayáṃ ca sómo hṛdí yáṃ bíbharmi. - (Indra), the possessor of the pitchers, the bearer of the praise of the Kurus, let us celebrate these auspicious adorations of you, the giver of riches; may he, (Indra), be the donor (of affluence) to you who are opulent, (in pious offering), and (so may) this Soma which I cherish in my heart.
- etā́ni bhadrā́ kalaśa kriyāma kúruśravaṇa dádato maghā́ni.
- ए॒तानि॑ भ॒द्रा क॑लश क्रियाम॒ कुरु॑श्रवण॒ दद॑तो म॒घानि॑।
- (Hinduism) Kuru, ancestor of both the Pandavas and the Kauravas in the Mahabharata.
Declension
editMasculine u-stem declension of कुरु (kurú) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | कुरुः kurúḥ |
कुरू kurū́ |
कुरवः kurávaḥ |
Vocative | कुरो kúro |
कुरू kúrū |
कुरवः kúravaḥ |
Accusative | कुरुम् kurúm |
कुरू kurū́ |
कुरून् kurū́n |
Instrumental | कुरुणा / कुर्वा¹ kurúṇā / kurvā́¹ |
कुरुभ्याम् kurúbhyām |
कुरुभिः kurúbhiḥ |
Dative | कुरवे / कुर्वे¹ kuráve / kurvé¹ |
कुरुभ्याम् kurúbhyām |
कुरुभ्यः kurúbhyaḥ |
Ablative | कुरोः / कुर्वः¹ kuróḥ / kurváḥ¹ |
कुरुभ्याम् kurúbhyām |
कुरुभ्यः kurúbhyaḥ |
Genitive | कुरोः / कुर्वः¹ kuróḥ / kurváḥ¹ |
कुर्वोः kurvóḥ |
कुरूणाम् kurūṇā́m |
Locative | कुरौ kuraú |
कुर्वोः kurvóḥ |
कुरुषु kurúṣu |
Notes |
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Verb
editकुरु • (kurú)
- second-person singular imperative of करोति (karóti, “to do, make”)
Descendants
edit- → Urdu: کرو (kurū)
References
edit- Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899
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- Sanskrit terms belonging to the root कृ
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- Sanskrit nouns
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- sa:Hinduism
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- sa:Mahabharata