पुरंदर
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬧᬸᬭᬂᬤᬭ (Balinese script)
- পুৰংদৰ (Assamese script)
- পুরংদর (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰲𑰨𑰽𑰟𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀁𑀤𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌂𑌦𑌰 (Grantha script)
- પુરંદર (Gujarati script)
- ꦥꦸꦫꦁꦢꦫ (Javanese script)
- ಪುರಂದರ (Kannada script)
- ပုရံဒရ (Burmese script)
- 𑐥𑐸𑐬𑑄𑐡𑐬 (Newa script)
- ପୁରଂଦର (Oriya script)
- ꢦꢸꢬꢀꢣꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆶𑆫𑆁𑆢𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖲𑖨𑖽𑖟𑖨 (Siddham script)
- పురందర (Telugu script)
- པུརཾདར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒳𑒩𑓀𑒠𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
पुरम् (puram, accusative singular of पुर् (pur, “fortress, stronghold, castle”)) + दर (dara, “breaking, destroying, cleaving”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pu.ɾɐn̪.d̪ɐ.ɾɐ́/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /puˈɾɐn̪.d̪ɐ.ɾɐ/
Proper noun
पुरंदर • (puraṃdará) m
- "destroyer of forts/strongholds"; an epithet of Indra
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.20.7:
- स वृत्रहेन्द्रः कृष्णयोनीः पुरंदरो दासीरैरयद्वि ।
अजनयन्मनवे क्षामपश्च सत्रा शंसं यजमानस्य तूतोत् ॥- sa vṛtrahendraḥ kṛṣṇayonīḥ puraṃdaro dāsīrairayadvi .
ajanayanmanave kṣāmapaśca satrā śaṃsaṃ yajamānasya tūtot . - Indra the Vṛtra-slayer, Fort-destroyer, scattered the Dāsa hosts who dwelt in darkness.
For men hath he created earth and waters, and ever helped the prayer of him who worships.
- sa vṛtrahendraḥ kṛṣṇayonīḥ puraṃdaro dāsīrairayadvi .
- स वृत्रहेन्द्रः कृष्णयोनीः पुरंदरो दासीरैरयद्वि ।
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of पुरंदर (puraṃdará) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | पुरंदरः puraṃdaráḥ | पुरंदरौ puraṃdaraú | पुरंदराः / पुरंदरासः¹ puraṃdarā́ḥ / puraṃdarā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | पुरंदर púraṃdara | पुरंदरौ púraṃdarau | पुरंदराः / पुरंदरासः¹ púraṃdarāḥ / púraṃdarāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | पुरंदरम् puraṃdarám | पुरंदरौ puraṃdaraú | पुरंदरान् puraṃdarā́n |
| Instrumental | पुरंदरेण puraṃdaréṇa | पुरंदराभ्याम् puraṃdarā́bhyām | पुरंदरैः / पुरंदरेभिः¹ puraṃdaraíḥ / puraṃdarébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | पुरंदराय puraṃdarā́ya | पुरंदराभ्याम् puraṃdarā́bhyām | पुरंदरेभ्यः puraṃdarébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | पुरंदरात् puraṃdarā́t | पुरंदराभ्याम् puraṃdarā́bhyām | पुरंदरेभ्यः puraṃdarébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | पुरंदरस्य puraṃdarásya | पुरंदरयोः puraṃdaráyoḥ | पुरंदराणाम् puraṃdarā́ṇām |
| Locative | पुरंदरे puraṃdaré | पुरंदरयोः puraṃdaráyoḥ | पुरंदरेषु puraṃdaréṣu |
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Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) , “पुरंदर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 635.