वध

See also: वाद्य, वद्य, and वधा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱধ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬥ (Balinese script)
• বধ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰠 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀥 (Brahmi script)
• ဝဓ (Burmese script)
• વધ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਧ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌧 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦣ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂡 (Kaithi script)
• ವಧ (Kannada script)
• វធ (Khmer script)
• ວຘ (Lao script)
• വധ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᢡᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘠 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢑᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧀 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐢 (Newa script)
• ଵଧ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢤ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆣 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖠 (Siddham script)
• වධ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩮 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚜 (Takri script)
• வத⁴ (Tamil script)
• వధ (Telugu script)
• วธ (Thai script)
• ཝ་དྷ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒡 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨜 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Cognate to Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬜𐬀 (vaδa), 𐬬𐬀𐬛𐬀 (vada, “weapon”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.dʱɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.d̪ʱɐ/

Noun

वध • (vadhá) stem, m

1. murder, slaughter
2. one who kills; destroyer
3. deadly weapon (especially Indra's thunderbolt)
4. injury, hurt

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वध (vadhá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वधः vadháḥ	वधौ / वधा¹ vadhaú / vadhā́¹	वधाः / वधासः¹ vadhā́ḥ / vadhā́saḥ¹
Vocative	वध vádha	वधौ / वधा¹ vádhau / vádhā¹	वधाः / वधासः¹ vádhāḥ / vádhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वधम् vadhám	वधौ / वधा¹ vadhaú / vadhā́¹	वधान् vadhā́n
Instrumental	वधेन vadhéna	वधाभ्याम् vadhā́bhyām	वधैः / वधेभिः¹ vadhaíḥ / vadhébhiḥ¹
Dative	वधाय vadhā́ya	वधाभ्याम् vadhā́bhyām	वधेभ्यः vadhébhyaḥ
Ablative	वधात् vadhā́t	वधाभ्याम् vadhā́bhyām	वधेभ्यः vadhébhyaḥ
Genitive	वधस्य vadhásya	वधयोः vadháyoḥ	वधानाम् vadhā́nām
Locative	वधे vadhé	वधयोः vadháyoḥ	वधेषु vadhéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• वध्या (vadhyā, “slaughter, massacre”)
• वधकर्माधिकारिन् (vadhakarmādhikārin, “an executioner or he who superintends killings”)
• वधकाङ्क्षिन् (vadhakāṅkṣin, “wishing for death”)

Descendants

• → Hindi: वध (vadh, “killing, execution, massacre”)
• → Sinhalese: වධ (wadha, “torture”)
• → Telugu: వధ (vadha, “killing, slaying, murder”)
  • ⇒ Telugu: వధించు (vadhiñcu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वध”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0916.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vadhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press