दुर्गा

See also: दरगा, दरोग़, and दुर्ग

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দুৰ্গা (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬸᬃᬕᬵ (Balinese script)
• দুর্গা (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰲𑰨𑰿𑰐𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀼𑀭𑁆𑀕𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဒုရ်္ဂါ (Burmese script)
• દુર્ગા (Gujarati script)
• ਦੁਰ੍ਗਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦸꦂꦒꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂳𑂩𑂹𑂏𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ದುರ್ಗಾ (Kannada script)
• ទុគ៌ា (Khmer script)
• ທຸຣ຺ຄາ (Lao script)
• ദുര്ഗാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡠᡵᡤᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘳𑘨𑘿𑘐𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠤᠷᠺᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧔𑧈𑧠𑦰𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐸𑐬𑑂𑐐𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଦୁର୍ଗା (Odia script)
• ꢣꢸꢬ꣄ꢔꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆶𑆫𑇀𑆓𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖲𑖨𑖿𑖐𑖯 (Siddham script)
• දුර්‍ගා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩒𑩼 𑪙𑩞𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚰𑚤𑚶𑚌𑚭 (Takri script)
• து³ர்க³ா (Tamil script)
• దుర్గా (Telugu script)
• ทุรฺคา (Thai script)
• དུ་རྒཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒳𑒩𑓂𑒑𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨃𑨫𑩇𑨍𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of दुर्- (dur-, “with difficulty”) +‎ गा (gā, “to approach”), literally “difficult to approach”.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /duɾ.ɡɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪uɾ.ɡɑː/

Proper noun

दुर्गा • (durgā) stem, f

1. (literary) ‘the inaccessible or terrific goddess’.
2. (Hinduism) Durga, a form of Parvati.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of दुर्गा (durgā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दुर्गा durgā	दुर्गे durge	दुर्गाः durgāḥ
Vocative	दुर्गे durge	दुर्गे durge	दुर्गाः durgāḥ
Accusative	दुर्गाम् durgām	दुर्गे durge	दुर्गाः durgāḥ
Instrumental	दुर्गया / दुर्गा¹ durgayā / durgā¹	दुर्गाभ्याम् durgābhyām	दुर्गाभिः durgābhiḥ
Dative	दुर्गायै durgāyai	दुर्गाभ्याम् durgābhyām	दुर्गाभ्यः durgābhyaḥ
Ablative	दुर्गायाः / दुर्गायै² durgāyāḥ / durgāyai²	दुर्गाभ्याम् durgābhyām	दुर्गाभ्यः durgābhyaḥ
Genitive	दुर्गायाः / दुर्गायै² durgāyāḥ / durgāyai²	दुर्गयोः durgayoḥ	दुर्गाणाम् durgāṇām
Locative	दुर्गायाम् durgāyām	दुर्गयोः durgayoḥ	दुर्गासु durgāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Bengali: দুগ্গা (dugga), দুগি (dugi)
• → Bengali: দুর্গা (durga) (learned)
• → English: Durga
• → Telugu: దుర్గ (durga)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दुर्गा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 487/2.