ग्रावन्
Sanskrit
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂wō (“heavy stone”). Cognate with English quern, Old Irish brao.
It has been suggested that the word used in the Rigveda is unrelated to the sense "stone" and rather refers to a human person, meaning "praiser, singer", possibly deriving from the root गॄ (gṝ).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editग्रावन् • (grā́van) stem, m
- (Rigvedic) (traditional translation) a stone for pressing out the Soma juice
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.108.11:
- दू॒रमि॑त पणयो॒ वरी॑य॒ उद्गावो॑ यन्तु मिन॒तीॠ॒तेन॑।
बृह॒स्पति॒र्या अवि॑न्द॒न्निगू॑ळ्हा॒: सोमो॒ ग्रावा॑ण॒ ऋष॑यश्च॒ विप्रा॑:॥- dūrámita paṇayo várīya údgā́vo yantu minatī́ṝténa.
bṛ́haspátiryā́ ávindannígūḷhā: sómo grā́vāṇa ṛ́ṣayaśca víprā:. - Hence, far away, ye Paṇis! Let the cattle lowing come forth as holy Law commandeth,
Kine which Brihaspati, and Soma, ṛsis, sages, and pressing-stones have found when hidden.
- dūrámita paṇayo várīya údgā́vo yantu minatī́ṝténa.
- दू॒रमि॑त पणयो॒ वरी॑य॒ उद्गावो॑ यन्तु मिन॒तीॠ॒तेन॑।
- a stone or rock
- a mountain
- a cloud
Declension
editMasculine an-stem declension of ग्रावन् (grā́van) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | ग्रावा grā́vā |
ग्रावाणौ / ग्रावाणा¹ grā́vāṇau / grā́vāṇā¹ |
ग्रावाणः grā́vāṇaḥ |
Vocative | ग्रावन् grā́van |
ग्रावाणौ / ग्रावाणा¹ grā́vāṇau / grā́vāṇā¹ |
ग्रावाणः grā́vāṇaḥ |
Accusative | ग्रावाणम् grā́vāṇam |
ग्रावाणौ / ग्रावाणा¹ grā́vāṇau / grā́vāṇā¹ |
ग्रौणः graúṇaḥ |
Instrumental | ग्रौणा graúṇā |
ग्रावभ्याम् grā́vabhyām |
ग्रावभिः grā́vabhiḥ |
Dative | ग्रौणे graúṇe |
ग्रावभ्याम् grā́vabhyām |
ग्रावभ्यः grā́vabhyaḥ |
Ablative | ग्रौणः graúṇaḥ |
ग्रावभ्याम् grā́vabhyām |
ग्रावभ्यः grā́vabhyaḥ |
Genitive | ग्रौणः graúṇaḥ |
ग्रौणोः graúṇoḥ |
ग्रौणाम् graúṇām |
Locative | ग्रौणि / ग्रावणि / ग्रावन्¹ graúṇi / grā́vaṇi / grā́van¹ |
ग्रौणोः graúṇoḥ |
ग्रावसु grā́vasu |
Notes |
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Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Karen Thomson (2001). "The Meaning and Language of the Rigveda: Rigvedic grā́van as a test case", The Journal of Indo-European Studies, 29 (3 & 4). Online at https://www.rigveda.co.uk/gravan.pdf
- Monier Williams (1899) “ग्रावन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 374.
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