वृषन्

वृषन्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wŕ̥ṣā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wŕ̥šā, from Proto-Indo-European *wŕ̥sen (“male, manly”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄρσην (ársēn, “male”), Middle Persian [script needed] (aršan), Old Armenian առն (aṙn, “ram”). Related to ऋषभ (ṛṣabhá, “bull”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋŕ̩.ʂɐn̪/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋr̩.ʂɐn̪/

Adjective

वृषन् • (vṛ́ṣan)

1. manly, powerful, strong, mighty, great (RV., AV., VS., Br.)

Noun

वृषन् • (vṛ́ṣan) m

1. man, male (RV., AV., VS., Br.)
2. a kind of meter (RPrāt.)
3. name of a man (RV.)
4. name of Karṇa (L.)
5. name of a sāman (Lāṭy.)
6. epithet of various gods

Declension

Masculine an-stem declension of वृषन् (vṛ́ṣan)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वृषा vṛ́ṣā	वृषाणौ / वृषाणा¹ vṛ́ṣāṇau / vṛ́ṣāṇā¹	वृषाणः vṛ́ṣāṇaḥ
Vocative	वृषन् vṛ́ṣan	वृषाणौ / वृषाणा¹ vṛ́ṣāṇau / vṛ́ṣāṇā¹	वृषाणः vṛ́ṣāṇaḥ
Accusative	वृषाणम् vṛ́ṣāṇam	वृषाणौ / वृषाणा¹ vṛ́ṣāṇau / vṛ́ṣāṇā¹	वृष्णः vṛ́ṣṇaḥ
Instrumental	वृष्णा vṛ́ṣṇā	वृषभ्याम् vṛ́ṣabhyām	वृषभिः vṛ́ṣabhiḥ
Dative	वृष्णे vṛ́ṣṇe	वृषभ्याम् vṛ́ṣabhyām	वृषभ्यः vṛ́ṣabhyaḥ
Ablative	वृष्णः vṛ́ṣṇaḥ	वृषभ्याम् vṛ́ṣabhyām	वृषभ्यः vṛ́ṣabhyaḥ
Genitive	वृष्णः vṛ́ṣṇaḥ	वृष्णोः vṛ́ṣṇoḥ	वृष्णाम् vṛ́ṣṇām
Locative	वृष्णि / वृषणि vṛ́ṣṇi / vṛ́ṣaṇi	वृष्णोः vṛ́ṣṇoḥ	वृषसु vṛ́ṣasu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “वृषन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1012.