विरोचन
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬯᬶᬭᭀᬘᬦ (Balinese script)
- ৱিৰোচন (Assamese script)
- বিরোচন (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰𑰨𑰺𑰓𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺𑀭𑁄𑀘𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌵𑌿𑌰𑍋𑌚𑌨 (Grantha script)
- વિરોચન (Gujarati script)
- ꦮꦶꦫꦺꦴꦕꦤ (Javanese script)
- វិរោចន (Khmer script)
- ವಿರೋಚನ (Kannada script)
- ວິໂຣຈນ (Lao script)
- 𑘪𑘱𑘨𑘻𑘓𑘡 (Modi script)
- ဝိရောစန (Burmese script)
- 𑐰𑐶𑐬𑑀𑐔𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଵିରୋଚନ (Oriya script)
- ꢮꢶꢬꣂꢗꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴𑆫𑆾𑆖𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰𑖨𑖺𑖓𑖡 (Siddham script)
- విరోచన (Telugu script)
- วิโรจน (Thai script)
- ཝིརོཙན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱𑒩𑒼𑒔𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From वि- (vi-) + रोचन (rocana, “light; splendour”). Also analysable as वि- (vi-, “distributing; away”, verbal prefix) + रुच् (ruc, root) + -अन (-ana, agent suffix) with regular accent; i.e. "the one that shines forth; emitter of light".
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋi.ɾɐ́w.t͡ɕɐ.n̪ɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ʋiˈɾoː.t͡ɕɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
विरोचन • (virócana) m
- the sun
- the moon
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of विरोचन (virócana) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | विरोचनः virócanaḥ | विरोचनौ virócanau | विरोचनाः / विरोचनासः¹ virócanāḥ / virócanāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | विरोचन vírocana | विरोचनौ vírocanau | विरोचनाः / विरोचनासः¹ vírocanāḥ / vírocanāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | विरोचनम् virócanam | विरोचनौ virócanau | विरोचनान् virócanān |
| Instrumental | विरोचनेन virócanena | विरोचनाभ्याम् virócanābhyām | विरोचनैः / विरोचनेभिः¹ virócanaiḥ / virócanebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | विरोचनाय virócanāya | विरोचनाभ्याम् virócanābhyām | विरोचनेभ्यः virócanebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | विरोचनात् virócanāt | विरोचनाभ्याम् virócanābhyām | विरोचनेभ्यः virócanebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | विरोचनस्य virócanasya | विरोचनयोः virócanayoḥ | विरोचनानाम् virócanānām |
| Locative | विरोचने virócane | विरोचनयोः virócanayoḥ | विरोचनेषु virócaneṣu |
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Proper noun
विरोचन • (virócana) m
- (Vedic religion) name of an Asura
References
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “विरोचनः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1464
- Monier Williams (1899), “Vi-rócana”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 983/2.