वसुश्रवस्

Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wesu-ḱlew-es (literally whose fame is good), whence also Liburnian Vescleves-.[1] By surface analysis, वसु (vásu, good) +‎ श्रवस् (śrávas, fame).

Proper noun

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वसुश्रवस् (vasuśravas) stemm or f

  1. a name of Shiva
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.24.2:
      वसुरग्निर्वसुश्रवा अच्छा नक्षि द्युमत्तमं रयिं दाः
      vasuragnirvasuśravā acchā nakṣi dyumattamaṃ rayiṃ dāḥ

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

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  1. ^ Katičić, Radoslav (1976) Ancient Languages of the Balkans, page 172

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