वैष्णव

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Alternative scripts

ৱৈষ্ণৱ (Assamese script)
ᬯᬿᬱ᭄ᬡᬯ (Balinese script)
বৈষ্ণব (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰹𑰬𑰿𑰜𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑁃𑀱𑁆𑀡𑀯 (Brahmi script)
ဝဲၑ္ဏဝ (Burmese script)
વૈષ્ણવ (Gujarati script)
ਵੈਸ਼੍ਣਵ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑍈𑌷𑍍𑌣𑌵 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦻꦰ꧀ꦟꦮ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂶𑂭𑂹𑂝𑂫 (Kaithi script)
ವೈಷ್ಣವ (Kannada script)
វៃឞ្ណវ (Khmer script)
ໄວຩ຺ຓວ (Lao script)
വൈഷ്ണവ (Malayalam script)
ᠸᠠᡳᢢᢏᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘺𑘬𑘿𑘜𑘪 (Modi script)
ᠸᠧᠧᢔᢏᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧛𑧌𑧠𑦼𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐿𑐲𑑂𑐞𑐰 (Newa script)
ଵୈଷ୍ଣଵ (Odia script)
ꢮꣀꢰ꣄ꢠꢮ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆽𑆰𑇀𑆟𑆮 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖹𑖬𑖿𑖜𑖪 (Siddham script)
වෛෂ‍්ණව (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩗𑪀 𑪙𑩪𑩾 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚳𑚶𑚘𑚦 (Takri script)
வைஷ்ணவ (Tamil script)
వైష్ణవ (Telugu script)
ไวษฺณว (Thai script)
ཝཻ་ཥྞ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒻𑒭𑓂𑒝𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨇𑨯𑩇𑨘𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology edit

Vṛddhi derivative of विष्णु (viṣṇu).

Pronunciation edit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑːjʂ.ɳɐ.ʋɐ́/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑjʂ.ɳɐ.ʋɐ/

Adjective edit

वैष्णव • (vaiṣṇavá) stem

relating or belonging to or coming from Vishnu
devoted to or consecrated to Vishnu

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of वैष्णव (vaiṣṇavá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वैष्णवः vaiṣṇaváḥ	वैष्णवौ / वैष्णवा¹ vaiṣṇavaú / vaiṣṇavā́¹	वैष्णवाः / वैष्णवासः¹ vaiṣṇavā́ḥ / vaiṣṇavā́saḥ¹
Vocative	वैष्णव vaíṣṇava	वैष्णवौ / वैष्णवा¹ vaíṣṇavau / vaíṣṇavā¹	वैष्णवाः / वैष्णवासः¹ vaíṣṇavāḥ / vaíṣṇavāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वैष्णवम् vaiṣṇavám	वैष्णवौ / वैष्णवा¹ vaiṣṇavaú / vaiṣṇavā́¹	वैष्णवान् vaiṣṇavā́n
Instrumental	वैष्णवेन vaiṣṇavéna	वैष्णवाभ्याम् vaiṣṇavā́bhyām	वैष्णवैः / वैष्णवेभिः¹ vaiṣṇavaíḥ / vaiṣṇavébhiḥ¹
Dative	वैष्णवाय vaiṣṇavā́ya	वैष्णवाभ्याम् vaiṣṇavā́bhyām	वैष्णवेभ्यः vaiṣṇavébhyaḥ
Ablative	वैष्णवात् vaiṣṇavā́t	वैष्णवाभ्याम् vaiṣṇavā́bhyām	वैष्णवेभ्यः vaiṣṇavébhyaḥ
Genitive	वैष्णवस्य vaiṣṇavásya	वैष्णवयोः vaiṣṇaváyoḥ	वैष्णवानाम् vaiṣṇavā́nām
Locative	वैष्णवे vaiṣṇavé	वैष्णवयोः vaiṣṇaváyoḥ	वैष्णवेषु vaiṣṇavéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ī-stem declension of वैष्णवी (vaiṣṇavī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वैष्णवी vaiṣṇavī	वैष्णव्यौ / वैष्णवी¹ vaiṣṇavyau / vaiṣṇavī¹	वैष्णव्यः / वैष्णवीः¹ vaiṣṇavyaḥ / vaiṣṇavīḥ¹
Vocative	वैष्णवि vaiṣṇavi	वैष्णव्यौ / वैष्णवी¹ vaiṣṇavyau / vaiṣṇavī¹	वैष्णव्यः / वैष्णवीः¹ vaiṣṇavyaḥ / vaiṣṇavīḥ¹
Accusative	वैष्णवीम् vaiṣṇavīm	वैष्णव्यौ / वैष्णवी¹ vaiṣṇavyau / vaiṣṇavī¹	वैष्णवीः vaiṣṇavīḥ
Instrumental	वैष्णव्या vaiṣṇavyā	वैष्णवीभ्याम् vaiṣṇavībhyām	वैष्णवीभिः vaiṣṇavībhiḥ
Dative	वैष्णव्यै vaiṣṇavyai	वैष्णवीभ्याम् vaiṣṇavībhyām	वैष्णवीभ्यः vaiṣṇavībhyaḥ
Ablative	वैष्णव्याः / वैष्णव्यै² vaiṣṇavyāḥ / vaiṣṇavyai²	वैष्णवीभ्याम् vaiṣṇavībhyām	वैष्णवीभ्यः vaiṣṇavībhyaḥ
Genitive	वैष्णव्याः / वैष्णव्यै² vaiṣṇavyāḥ / vaiṣṇavyai²	वैष्णव्योः vaiṣṇavyoḥ	वैष्णवीनाम् vaiṣṇavīnām
Locative	वैष्णव्याम् vaiṣṇavyām	वैष्णव्योः vaiṣṇavyoḥ	वैष्णवीषु vaiṣṇavīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of वैष्णव (vaiṣṇavá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वैष्णवम् vaiṣṇavám	वैष्णवे vaiṣṇavé	वैष्णवानि / वैष्णवा¹ vaiṣṇavā́ni / vaiṣṇavā́¹
Vocative	वैष्णव vaíṣṇava	वैष्णवे vaíṣṇave	वैष्णवानि / वैष्णवा¹ vaíṣṇavāni / vaíṣṇavā¹
Accusative	वैष्णवम् vaiṣṇavám	वैष्णवे vaiṣṇavé	वैष्णवानि / वैष्णवा¹ vaiṣṇavā́ni / vaiṣṇavā́¹
Instrumental	वैष्णवेन vaiṣṇavéna	वैष्णवाभ्याम् vaiṣṇavā́bhyām	वैष्णवैः / वैष्णवेभिः¹ vaiṣṇavaíḥ / vaiṣṇavébhiḥ¹
Dative	वैष्णवाय vaiṣṇavā́ya	वैष्णवाभ्याम् vaiṣṇavā́bhyām	वैष्णवेभ्यः vaiṣṇavébhyaḥ
Ablative	वैष्णवात् vaiṣṇavā́t	वैष्णवाभ्याम् vaiṣṇavā́bhyām	वैष्णवेभ्यः vaiṣṇavébhyaḥ
Genitive	वैष्णवस्य vaiṣṇavásya	वैष्णवयोः vaiṣṇaváyoḥ	वैष्णवानाम् vaiṣṇavā́nām
Locative	वैष्णवे vaiṣṇavé	वैष्णवयोः vaiṣṇaváyoḥ	वैष्णवेषु vaiṣṇavéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun edit

वैष्णव • (vaiṣṇava) stem, m

a worshipper of Vishnu, a follower of Vaishnavism

Descendants edit

→ Assamese: বৈষ্ণব (boisnobo)
→ Bengali: বৈষ্ণব (bōiśnob)
→ English: Vaishnava
- ⇒ English: Vaishnavism, Vaishnavist
→ Gujarati: વૈષ્ણવ (vaiṣṇav)
→ Hindi: वैष्णव (vaiṣṇav)
→ Kannada: ವೈಷ್ಣವ (vaiṣṇava)
→ Malayalam: വൈഷ്ണവ (vaiṣṇava)
→ Old Bengali: *বৈষ্টৱঁ (*baiṣṭavã) (semi-learned)
- Bengali: বোষ্টম (bōśṭom)
→ Old Marathi:
Devanagari script: वैष्णव (vaiṣṇava)

Modi script: 𑘪𑘺𑘬𑘿𑘜𑘪 (vaiṣṇava)
- → Marathi: वैष्णव (vaiṣṇav)
→ Tamil: வைஷ்ணவ (vaiṣṇava)
⇒ Telugu: వైష్ణవము (vaiṣṇavamu)

References edit

Monier Williams (1899) “वैष्णव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1027, column 2.