दशरथ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दशरथ (daśaratha).

Proper noun

दशरथ • (daśrath) m

1. Dasharatha (sovereign of Ayodhya in Hindu mythology)

Declension

Declension of दशरथ (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	दशरथ daśrath
oblique	दशरथ daśrath
vocative	दशरथ daśrath

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দশৰথ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬰᬭᬣ (Balinese script)
• দশরথ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰫𑰨𑰞 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀰𑀭𑀣 (Brahmi script)
• ဒၐရထ (Burmese script)
• દશરથ (Gujarati script)
• ਦਸ਼ਰਥ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌶𑌰𑌥 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦯꦫꦡ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂬𑂩𑂟 (Kaithi script)
• ದಶರಥ (Kannada script)
• ទឝរថ (Khmer script)
• ທຨຣຖ (Lao script)
• ദശരഥ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠠᡧᠠᡵᠠᡨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘫𑘨𑘞 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠠᠱᠠᠷᠠᠲᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧋𑧈𑦾 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐱𑐬𑐠 (Newa script)
• ଦଶରଥ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢯꢬꢢ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆯𑆫𑆡 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖫𑖨𑖞 (Siddham script)
• දශරථ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩿𑩼𑩬 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚧𑚤𑚚 (Takri script)
• த³ஶரத² (Tamil script)
• దశరథ (Telugu script)
• ทศรถ (Thai script)
• ད་ཤ་ར་ཐ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒬𑒩𑒟 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨮𑨫𑨚 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of दश (dáśa, “ten”) +‎ रथ (rátha, “chariot”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́.ɕɐ.ɾɐ.tʰɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɐ.ɕɐ.ɾɐ.t̪ʰɐ/

Adjective

दशरथ • (dáśaratha) stem

1. having ten chariots

Proper noun

दशरथ • (daśaratha) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) Name of Rāma's father (descendant of Ikshvaku, sovereign of Ayodhya).

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of दशरथ (daśaratha)
	Singular
Nominative	दशरथः daśarathaḥ
Vocative	दशरथ daśaratha
Accusative	दशरथम् daśaratham
Instrumental	दशरथेन daśarathena
Dative	दशरथाय daśarathāya
Ablative	दशरथात् daśarathāt
Genitive	दशरथस्य daśarathasya
Locative	दशरथे daśarathe

Descendants

• → Hindi: दशरथ (daśrath)
• → Malayalam: ദശരഥൻ (daśarathaṉ)
• → Telugu: దశరథుడు (daśarathuḍu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दशरथ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 472, column 1.