रौक्म
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬭᭁᬓ᭄ᬫ (Balinese script)
- ৰৌক্ম (Assamese script)
- রৌক্ম (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰻𑰎𑰿𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑁅𑀓𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌰𑍌𑌕𑍍𑌮 (Grantha script)
- રૌક્મ (Gujarati script)
- ਰੌਕੑਮ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦫꦻꦴꦏ꧀ꦩ (Javanese script)
- រៅក្ម (Khmer script)
- ರೌಕ್ಮ (Kannada script)
- ເຣົາກ຺ມ (Lao script)
- രൗക്മ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘨𑘼𑘎𑘿𑘦 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠣᠧᠸᠠᢉᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᡵᠣᠣᡬᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
- ရော်က္မ (Burmese script)
- 𑧈𑧝𑦮𑧠𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑑁𑐎𑑂𑐩 (Newa script)
- ରୌକ୍ମ (Oriya script)
- ꢬꣃꢒ꣄ꢪ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆿𑆑𑇀𑆩 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖻𑖎𑖿𑖦 (Siddham script)
- රෞක්ම (Sinhalese script)
- రౌక్మ (Telugu script)
- เรากฺม (Thai script)
- རཽ་ཀྨ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒾𑒏𑓂𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Vṛddhi derivative of रुक्म n (rukma, “gold”, literally “shining; bright; radiant”), from the root रुच् (ruc, “to shine”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɾɑwk.mɐ/
Adjective
रौक्म • (raukma)
- (Classical Sanskrit) golden (made of, adorned with, or of the colour of gold)
- c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
- c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.1.30:
- उग्रसेनसुतः कंसः स्वसुः प्रियचिकीर्षया। रश्मीन् हयानां जग्राह रौक्मै रथशतैर्वृतः॥
- ugrasenasutaḥ kaṃsaḥ svasuḥ priyacikīrṣayā. raśmīn hayānāṃ jagrāha raukmai rathaśatairvṛtaḥ.
- Kaṃsa, the son of King Ugrasena, in order to please his sister Devakī on the occasion of her marriage, took charge of the reins of the horses and became the chariot driver. He was surrounded by hundreds of golden chariots.
- उग्रसेनसुतः कंसः स्वसुः प्रियचिकीर्षया। रश्मीन् हयानां जग्राह रौक्मै रथशतैर्वृतः॥
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of रौक्म (raukma) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | रौक्मः raukmaḥ | रौक्मौ raukmau | रौक्माः / रौक्मासः¹ raukmāḥ / raukmāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | रौक्म raukma | रौक्मौ raukmau | रौक्माः / रौक्मासः¹ raukmāḥ / raukmāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | रौक्मम् raukmam | रौक्मौ raukmau | रौक्मान् raukmān |
| Instrumental | रौक्मेण raukmeṇa | रौक्माभ्याम् raukmābhyām | रौक्मैः / रौक्मेभिः¹ raukmaiḥ / raukmebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | रौक्माय raukmāya | रौक्माभ्याम् raukmābhyām | रौक्मेभ्यः raukmebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | रौक्मात् raukmāt | रौक्माभ्याम् raukmābhyām | रौक्मेभ्यः raukmebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | रौक्मस्य raukmasya | रौक्मयोः raukmayoḥ | रौक्माणाम् raukmāṇām |
| Locative | रौक्मे raukme | रौक्मयोः raukmayoḥ | रौक्मेषु raukmeṣu |
| Notes |
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| Feminine ī-stem declension of रौक्मी (raukmī) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | रौक्मी raukmī | रौक्म्यौ / रौक्मी¹ raukmyau / raukmī¹ | रौक्म्यः / रौक्मीः¹ raukmyaḥ / raukmīḥ¹ |
| Vocative | रौक्मि raukmi | रौक्म्यौ / रौक्मी¹ raukmyau / raukmī¹ | रौक्म्यः / रौक्मीः¹ raukmyaḥ / raukmīḥ¹ |
| Accusative | रौक्मीम् raukmīm | रौक्म्यौ / रौक्मी¹ raukmyau / raukmī¹ | रौक्मीः raukmīḥ |
| Instrumental | रौक्म्या raukmyā | रौक्मीभ्याम् raukmībhyām | रौक्मीभिः raukmībhiḥ |
| Dative | रौक्म्यै raukmyai | रौक्मीभ्याम् raukmībhyām | रौक्मीभ्यः raukmībhyaḥ |
| Ablative | रौक्म्याः raukmyāḥ | रौक्मीभ्याम् raukmībhyām | रौक्मीभ्यः raukmībhyaḥ |
| Genitive | रौक्म्याः raukmyāḥ | रौक्म्योः raukmyoḥ | रौक्मीणाम् raukmīṇām |
| Locative | रौक्म्याम् raukmyām | रौक्म्योः raukmyoḥ | रौक्मीषु raukmīṣu |
| Notes |
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| Neuter a-stem declension of रौक्म (raukma) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | रौक्मम् raukmam | रौक्मे raukme | रौक्माणि / रौक्मा¹ raukmāṇi / raukmā¹ |
| Vocative | रौक्म raukma | रौक्मे raukme | रौक्माणि / रौक्मा¹ raukmāṇi / raukmā¹ |
| Accusative | रौक्मम् raukmam | रौक्मे raukme | रौक्माणि / रौक्मा¹ raukmāṇi / raukmā¹ |
| Instrumental | रौक्मेण raukmeṇa | रौक्माभ्याम् raukmābhyām | रौक्मैः / रौक्मेभिः¹ raukmaiḥ / raukmebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | रौक्माय raukmāya | रौक्माभ्याम् raukmābhyām | रौक्मेभ्यः raukmebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | रौक्मात् raukmāt | रौक्माभ्याम् raukmābhyām | रौक्मेभ्यः raukmebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | रौक्मस्य raukmasya | रौक्मयोः raukmayoḥ | रौक्माणाम् raukmāṇām |
| Locative | रौक्मे raukme | रौक्मयोः raukmayoḥ | रौक्मेषु raukmeṣu |
| Notes |
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Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “रौक्म”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 890.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2023), “raukma”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “रौक्म”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1351
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “रौक्म”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 259