हयग्रीव

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হয়গ্ৰীৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬬᬕ᭄ᬭᬷᬯ (Balinese script)
• হয়গ্রীব (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰧𑰐𑰿𑰨𑰱𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀬𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀻𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ဟယဂြီဝ (Burmese script)
• હયગ્રીવ (Gujarati script)
• ਹਯਗ੍ਰੀਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌯𑌗𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦪꦒꦿꦷꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂨𑂏𑂹𑂩𑂲𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಹಯಗ್ರೀವ (Kannada script)
• ហយគ្រីវ (Khmer script)
• ຫຍຄ຺ຣີວ (Lao script)
• ഹയഗ്രീവ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠᠶᠠᡤᡵᡳᡳᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘧𑘐𑘿𑘨𑘲𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠺᠷᠢᠢᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧇𑦰𑧠𑧈𑧓𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐫𑐐𑑂𑐬𑐷𑐰 (Newa script)
• ହଯଗ୍ରୀଵ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢫꢔ꣄ꢬꢷꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆪𑆓𑇀𑆫𑆵𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖧𑖐𑖿𑖨𑖱𑖪 (Siddham script)
• හයග්‍රීව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩻𑩞 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚣𑚌𑚶𑚤𑚯𑚦 (Takri script)
• ஹயக்³ரீவ (Tamil script)
• హయగ్రీవ (Telugu script)
• หยคฺรีว (Thai script)
• ཧ་ཡ་གྲཱི་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒨𑒑𑓂𑒩𑒲𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨪𑨍𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From हय (haya, “horse”) +‎ ग्रीवा (grīvā, “neck”)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ.jɐɡ.ɾiː.ʋɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ.jɐɡˈɾiː.ʋɐ/

Noun

हयग्रीव • (hayagrīva) stem, m

1. an avatar of Vishnu (manifested according to one legend, in order to recover the वेद carried off by two दैत्यs called मधु and कैटभ)
2. name of a Daitya (also called ब्रह्म-वेद-प्रहर्तृ, as having carried off the वेदs at the dissolution of the universe caused by ब्रह्म's sleep at the end of the past कल्प ; in order to recover them, विष्णु became incarnate as a मत्स्य or fish, and slew हयग्रीव)

Descendants

• → Tamil: ஹயக்ரீவன் (hayakrīvaṉ)