सरमा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সৰমা (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬭᬫᬵ (Balinese script)
• সরমা (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰨𑰦𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀭𑀫𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• သရမာ (Burmese script)
• સરમા (Gujarati script)
• ਸਰਮਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌰𑌮𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦫꦩꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂩𑂧𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಸರಮಾ (Kannada script)
• សរមា (Khmer script)
• ສຣມາ (Lao script)
• സരമാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᡵᠠᠮᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘨𑘦𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠷᠠᠮᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧈𑧆𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐬𑐩𑐵 (Newa script)
• ସରମା (Odia script)
• ꢱꢬꢪꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆫𑆩𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖨𑖦𑖯 (Siddham script)
• සරමා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩼𑩴𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚤𑚢𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஸரமா (Tamil script)
• సరమా (Telugu script)
• สรมา (Thai script)
• ས་ར་མཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒩𑒧𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨫𑨢𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From सृ (sṛ) +‎ मा (mā), a 'swift runner'.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ.ɾɐ.mɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐ.ɾɐ.mɑː/

Noun

सरमा • (sarámā) stem, f

1. Indra's dog, said in the Ṛgveda to have gone in search of and recovered cows stolen by the Paṇis.
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.108.01:

     kím ichántī sarámā prédám ānaḍ dūré hy ádhvā jáguriḥ parācáiḥ
     kā́sméhitiḥ kā́ páritakmyāsīt katháṃ rasā́yā ataraḥ páyāṃsi

     Seeking what has Saramā arrived here, for far is the road, swallowing up (the traveler) in the distance?
     What is your mission to us? What was the final turn (bringing you here)? How did you cross the waters of the Rasā?.

2. mother of beasts of prey

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of सरमा (saramā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सरमा saramā	सरमे sarame	सरमाः saramāḥ
Vocative	सरमे sarame	सरमे sarame	सरमाः saramāḥ
Accusative	सरमाम् saramām	सरमे sarame	सरमाः saramāḥ
Instrumental	सरमया / सरमा¹ saramayā / saramā¹	सरमाभ्याम् saramābhyām	सरमाभिः saramābhiḥ
Dative	सरमायै saramāyai	सरमाभ्याम् saramābhyām	सरमाभ्यः saramābhyaḥ
Ablative	सरमायाः / सरमायै² saramāyāḥ / saramāyai²	सरमाभ्याम् saramābhyām	सरमाभ्यः saramābhyaḥ
Genitive	सरमायाः / सरमायै² saramāyāḥ / saramāyai²	सरमयोः saramayoḥ	सरमाणाम् saramāṇām
Locative	सरमायाम् saramāyām	सरमयोः saramayoḥ	सरमासु saramāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सरमा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1182.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “सरमा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “सरमा”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016