शकमुरुण्ड

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

From शक (śaka, Scythians, Sacae, Saka) +‎ मुरुण्ड (muruṇḍa), from a Proto-Saka name *Sakā mravantaʰ (literally Saka lords).

Equivalent in meaning to but not cognates with Ancient Greek Σακαραῦκαι (Sakaraûkai) and Middle Chinese 塞旺 (MC sojH|sok hjwangH).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

शकमुरुण्ड (śakamuruṇḍa) stemm (Classical Sanskrit)[1][2]

  1. (Epigraphic Sanskrit) name of a Scythian people who invaded Bactria and Gandhara

Declension edit

Masculine a-stem declension of शकमुरुण्ड (śakamuruṇḍa)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शकमुरुण्डः
śakamuruṇḍaḥ
शकमुरुण्डौ
śakamuruṇḍau
शकमुरुण्डाः
śakamuruṇḍāḥ
Vocative शकमुरुण्ड
śakamuruṇḍa
शकमुरुण्डौ
śakamuruṇḍau
शकमुरुण्डाः
śakamuruṇḍāḥ
Accusative शकमुरुण्डम्
śakamuruṇḍam
शकमुरुण्डौ
śakamuruṇḍau
शकमुरुण्डान्
śakamuruṇḍān
Instrumental शकमुरुण्डेन
śakamuruṇḍena
शकमुरुण्डाभ्याम्
śakamuruṇḍābhyām
शकमुरुण्डैः
śakamuruṇḍaiḥ
Dative शकमुरुण्डाय
śakamuruṇḍāya
शकमुरुण्डाभ्याम्
śakamuruṇḍābhyām
शकमुरुण्डेभ्यः
śakamuruṇḍebhyaḥ
Ablative शकमुरुण्डात्
śakamuruṇḍāt
शकमुरुण्डाभ्याम्
śakamuruṇḍābhyām
शकमुरुण्डेभ्यः
śakamuruṇḍebhyaḥ
Genitive शकमुरुण्डस्य
śakamuruṇḍasya
शकमुरुण्डयोः
śakamuruṇḍayoḥ
शकमुरुण्डानाम्
śakamuruṇḍānām
Locative शकमुरुण्डे
śakamuruṇḍe
शकमुरुण्डयोः
śakamuruṇḍayoḥ
शकमुरुण्डेषु
śakamuruṇḍeṣu

References edit

  1. ^ Devadatta Ramakrishna Bhandarkar, Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum: Inscriptions of the early Gupta Kings, Archaeological Survey of India, 1981, pages 28-30
  2. ^ Harmatta, Janos (1999) “Languages and scripts in Graeco-Bactria and the Saka Kingdoms”, in Harmatta, Janos, Puri, B. N., Etemadi, G. F., editors, History of civilizations of Central Asia[1], volume 2, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House, →ISBN, pages 398-406