शृङ्ग

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শৃঙ্গ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬺᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
• শৃঙ্গ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰴𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀾𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• ၐၖင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
• શૃઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼੍ਰਙ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍃𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦽꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑃂𑂑𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
• ಶೃಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
• ឝ្ឫង្គ (Khmer script)
• ຨ຺ຣິງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
• ശൃങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡵᡳᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘵𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠷᠢᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧖𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐺𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
• ଶୃଙ୍ଗ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢺꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆸𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖴𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
• ශෘඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩙𑩠 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚎𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
• ஶ்ரிங்க³ (Tamil script)
• శృఙ్గ (Telugu script)
• ศฺฤงฺค (Thai script)
• ཤྲྀ་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒵𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨼𑨉𑨏𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic сръна (srŭna, “roedeer”), Hittite [script needed] (surna, “horn”), Latin cornū, Old English horn (whence English horn).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕŕ̩ŋ.ɡɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕr̩ŋ.ɡɐ/

Noun

शृङ्ग • (śṛ́ṅga) stem, n

1. the horn of an animal
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.58.3:

     च॒त्वारि॒ शृङ्गा॒ त्रयो॑ अस्य॒ पादा॒ द्वे शी॒र्षे स॒प्त हस्ता॑सो अस्य ।
     त्रिधा॑ ब॒द्धो वृ॑ष॒भो रो॑रवीति म॒हो दे॒वो मर्त्याँ॒ आ वि॑वेश ॥

     catvā́ri śṛ́ṅgā tráyo asya pā́dā dvé śīrṣé saptá hástāso asya.
     trídhā baddhó vṛṣabhó roravīti mahó devó mártyām̐ ā́ viveśa.

     Four are his horns, three are the feet that bear him; his heads are two, his hands are seven in number.
     Bound thrice, the Steer roars loudly: the mighty God hath entered in to mortals.

2. the tusk of an elephant
3. the top or summit of a mountain, a peak, crag
4. the summit of a building, pinnacle, turret
5. any peak or projection or lofty object, elevation, point, end, extremity
6. a cusp or horn of the moon
7. highest point, acme, height or perfection of anything

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of शृङ्ग (śṛ́ṅga)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शृङ्गम् śṛ́ṅgam	शृङ्गे śṛ́ṅge	शृङ्गाणि / शृङ्गा¹ śṛ́ṅgāṇi / śṛ́ṅgā¹
Vocative	शृङ्ग śṛ́ṅga	शृङ्गे śṛ́ṅge	शृङ्गाणि / शृङ्गा¹ śṛ́ṅgāṇi / śṛ́ṅgā¹
Accusative	शृङ्गम् śṛ́ṅgam	शृङ्गे śṛ́ṅge	शृङ्गाणि / शृङ्गा¹ śṛ́ṅgāṇi / śṛ́ṅgā¹
Instrumental	शृङ्गेण śṛ́ṅgeṇa	शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛ́ṅgābhyām	शृङ्गैः / शृङ्गेभिः¹ śṛ́ṅgaiḥ / śṛ́ṅgebhiḥ¹
Dative	शृङ्गाय śṛ́ṅgāya	शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛ́ṅgābhyām	शृङ्गेभ्यः śṛ́ṅgebhyaḥ
Ablative	शृङ्गात् śṛ́ṅgāt	शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛ́ṅgābhyām	शृङ्गेभ्यः śṛ́ṅgebhyaḥ
Genitive	शृङ्गस्य śṛ́ṅgasya	शृङ्गयोः śṛ́ṅgayoḥ	शृङ्गाणाम् śṛ́ṅgāṇām
Locative	शृङ्गे śṛ́ṅge	शृङ्गयोः śṛ́ṅgayoḥ	शृङ्गेषु śṛ́ṅgeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• शृङ्गार (śṛṅgāra)
• शृङ्गगिरि (śṛṅgagiri) or शृङ्गेरि (śṛṅgeri)

Descendants

• Pali: siṅga
• Ashokan Prakrit:
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Assamese: শিং (xiṅ)
    • Bengali: শিং (śiṅ), শিঙা (śiṅa)
    • Odia: ଶିଙ (śiṅa), ଶିଙ୍ଗ (śiṅga)
    • Sylheti: ꠢꠤꠋ (hiṅ)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕 (siṃga), 𑀲𑀁𑀕 (saṃga)
    • Old Marathi:

      Devanagari script: सिंग (siṃga)

      Modi script: 𑘭𑘱𑘽𑘐 (siṃga)

      • Marathi: शिंग (śiṅga)
    • Romani: śing, shing (Anglicized), šing (Pan-Vlax)
    • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
      • Hindustani:

        Hindi: सींग (sīṅg)

        Urdu: سینگ (sīṅg)

  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Takka Apabhramsa:
      • Punjabi: ਸਿੰਗ (siṅg), سنگ (siṅg)
• → Kannada: ಶೃಂಗ (śṛṅga)
• → Telugu: శృంగము (śr̥ṅgamu)
• Thai: ศฤงค์
• → Hindi: शृंग (śŕṅg) (learned)

Noun

शृङ्ग • (śṛṅga) stem, m

1. a kind of medicinal or poisonous plant
2. name of a मुनि (of whom, in some parts of India, on occasions of drought, earthen images are said to be made and worshipped for rain)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शृङ्ग (śṛṅga)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शृङ्गः śṛṅgaḥ	शृङ्गौ / शृङ्गा¹ śṛṅgau / śṛṅgā¹	शृङ्गाः / शृङ्गासः¹ śṛṅgāḥ / śṛṅgāsaḥ¹
Vocative	शृङ्ग śṛṅga	शृङ्गौ / शृङ्गा¹ śṛṅgau / śṛṅgā¹	शृङ्गाः / शृङ्गासः¹ śṛṅgāḥ / śṛṅgāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शृङ्गम् śṛṅgam	शृङ्गौ / शृङ्गा¹ śṛṅgau / śṛṅgā¹	शृङ्गान् śṛṅgān
Instrumental	शृङ्गेण śṛṅgeṇa	शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛṅgābhyām	शृङ्गैः / शृङ्गेभिः¹ śṛṅgaiḥ / śṛṅgebhiḥ¹
Dative	शृङ्गाय śṛṅgāya	शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛṅgābhyām	शृङ्गेभ्यः śṛṅgebhyaḥ
Ablative	शृङ्गात् śṛṅgāt	शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛṅgābhyām	शृङ्गेभ्यः śṛṅgebhyaḥ
Genitive	शृङ्गस्य śṛṅgasya	शृङ्गयोः śṛṅgayoḥ	शृङ्गाणाम् śṛṅgāṇām
Locative	शृङ्गे śṛṅge	शृङ्गयोः śṛṅgayoḥ	शृङ्गेषु śṛṅgeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शृङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1087, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śŕ̊ṅga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press