दधन्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰé-dʰh₁-n̥ ~ *dʰé-dʰh₁én-s; ultimately from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d̪ɐ.d̪ʱɐ́n̪/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ɐ.d̪ʱɐn̪/
Noun
दधन् • (dadhán) n
- coagulated milk; thick sour milk; curd, yoghurt
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.81.1:
- प्र सोमस्य पवमानस्योर्मय इन्द्रस्य यन्ति जठरं सुपेशसः ।
दध्ना यदीमुन्नीता यशसा गवां दानाय शूरमुदमन्दिषुः सुताः ॥- pra somasya pavamānasyormaya indrasya yanti jaṭharaṃ supeśasaḥ .
dadhnā yadīmunnītā yaśasā gavāṃ dānāya śūramudamandiṣuḥ sutāḥ . - The beauteously adorned waves of Soma move onward to Indra's throat, as he purifies himself,
When they, brought forward with the lovely curd of kine, effused, have cheered the Hero to bestow his gifts.
- pra somasya pavamānasyormaya indrasya yanti jaṭharaṃ supeśasaḥ .
- प्र सोमस्य पवमानस्योर्मय इन्द्रस्य यन्ति जठरं सुपेशसः ।
Declension
Neuter an-stem declension of दधन् (dadhán) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | दध dadhá | दध्नी / दधनी dadhnī́ / dadhánī | दधानि dadhā́ni |
Vocative | दधन् / दध dadhán / dádha | दध्नी / दधनी dádhnī / dádhanī | दधानि dádhāni |
Accusative | दध dadhá | दध्नी / दधनी dadhnī́ / dadhánī | दधानि dadhā́ni |
Instrumental | दध्ना dadhnā́ | दधभ्याम् dadhábhyām | दधभिः dadhábhiḥ |
Dative | दध्ने dadhné | दधभ्याम् dadhábhyām | दधभ्यः dadhábhyaḥ |
Ablative | दध्नः dadhnáḥ | दधभ्याम् dadhábhyām | दधभ्यः dadhábhyaḥ |
Genitive | दध्नः dadhnáḥ | दध्नोः dadhnóḥ | दध्नाम् dadhnā́m |
Locative | दध्नि / दधनि dadhní / dadháni | दध्नोः dadhnóḥ | दधसु dadhásu |
Related terms
- दधि (dadhi)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) , “दधन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 468.