गर्भनाडी

गर्भनाडी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬕᬃᬪᬦᬵᬟᬷ (Balinese script)
• গৰ্ভনাডী (Assamese script)
• গর্ভনাডী (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰨𑰿𑰥𑰡𑰯𑰚𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀪𑀦𑀸𑀟𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌗𑌰𑍍𑌭𑌨𑌾𑌡𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ગર્ભનાડી (Gujarati script)
• ꦒꦂꦨꦤꦴꦝꦷ (Javanese script)
• គភ៌នាឌី (Khmer script)
• ಗರ್ಭನಾಡೀ (Kannada script)
• ຄຣ຺ຠນາຑີ (Lao script)
• 𑘐𑘨𑘿𑘥𑘡𑘰𑘚𑘲 (Modi script)
• ဂရ်္ဘနာဍီ (Burmese script)
• 𑐐𑐬𑑂𑐨𑐣𑐵𑐜𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଗର୍ଭନାଡୀ (Oriya script)
• ꢔꢬ꣄ꢩꢥꢵꢞꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆫𑇀𑆨𑆤𑆳𑆝𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖨𑖿𑖥𑖡𑖯𑖚𑖱 (Siddham script)
• గర్భనాడీ (Telugu script)
• ครฺภนาฑี (Thai script)
• གརྦྷནཱཌཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒩𑓂𑒦𑒢𑒰𑒛𑒲 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Compound of गर्भ (gárbha, “womb; embryo”) +‎ नाडी (nāḍī́, “tube; blood-vessel”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɾ.bʱɐ.n̪ɑː.ɖiː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɾ.bʱɐˈn̪ɑː.ɖiː/

Noun

गर्भनाडी • (garbhanāḍī) f

1. (anatomy) umbilical cord

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of गर्भनाडी (garbhanāḍī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गर्भनाडी garbhanāḍī	गर्भनाड्यौ / गर्भनाडी¹ garbhanāḍyau / garbhanāḍī¹	गर्भनाड्यः / गर्भनाडीः¹ garbhanāḍyaḥ / garbhanāḍīḥ¹
Vocative	गर्भनाडि garbhanāḍi	गर्भनाड्यौ / गर्भनाडी¹ garbhanāḍyau / garbhanāḍī¹	गर्भनाड्यः / गर्भनाडीः¹ garbhanāḍyaḥ / garbhanāḍīḥ¹
Accusative	गर्भनाडीम् garbhanāḍīm	गर्भनाड्यौ / गर्भनाडी¹ garbhanāḍyau / garbhanāḍī¹	गर्भनाडीः garbhanāḍīḥ
Instrumental	गर्भनाड्या garbhanāḍyā	गर्भनाडीभ्याम् garbhanāḍībhyām	गर्भनाडीभिः garbhanāḍībhiḥ
Dative	गर्भनाड्यै garbhanāḍyai	गर्भनाडीभ्याम् garbhanāḍībhyām	गर्भनाडीभ्यः garbhanāḍībhyaḥ
Ablative	गर्भनाड्याः garbhanāḍyāḥ	गर्भनाडीभ्याम् garbhanāḍībhyām	गर्भनाडीभ्यः garbhanāḍībhyaḥ
Genitive	गर्भनाड्याः garbhanāḍyāḥ	गर्भनाड्योः garbhanāḍyoḥ	गर्भनाडीनाम् garbhanāḍīnām
Locative	गर्भनाड्याम् garbhanāḍyām	गर्भनाड्योः garbhanāḍyoḥ	गर्भनाडीषु garbhanāḍīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: गर्भनाड़ी (garbhanāṛī) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “गर्भनाडी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 349.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “गर्भनाडी”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2021), “garbhanāḍī”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.