वीरुध्
Sanskrit edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wiHrúdʰ-, from *wi- (“away, apart, about; in different directions”) + Proto-Indo-European *h₁ludʰ-, zero grade of *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow”), whence also रोधति (rodhati, “grows”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
वीरुध् • (vīrúdh) stem, f or m
- a plant, herb; especially a creeping plant
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.145.1:
- इमां खनाम्योषधिं वीरुधं बलवत्तमाम्।
यया सपत्नीं बाधते यया संविन्दते पतिम्॥- imāṃ khanāmyoṣadhiṃ vīrudhaṃ balavattamām.
yayā sapatnīṃ bādhate yayā saṃvindate patim. - From out the earth I dig this plant, a herb of most effectual power,
Wherewith one quells the co-wife and gains the husband for herself.
- imāṃ khanāmyoṣadhiṃ vīrudhaṃ balavattamām.
- इमां खनाम्योषधिं वीरुधं बलवत्तमाम्।
Declension edit
Masculine declension of वीरुध्
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | वीरुत् (vīrút) | वीरुधः (vīrúdhaḥ) |
| Vocative | - | वीरुधः (vīrudhaḥ) |
| Accusative | वीरुधम् (vīrúdham) | वीरुधः (vīrúdhaḥ) |
| Instrumental | वीरुधा (vīrudhā) | वीरुद्भिः (vīrudbhiḥ) |
| Ablative | - | वीरुद्भ्यः (vīrúdbhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | वीरुधः (vīrudhaḥ) | वीरुधाम् (vīrúdhām) |
| Locative | - | वीरुत्सु (vīrútsu) |