शृङ्ग

शृङ्ग

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śr̥Hngám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĉr̥Hngám, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂nós, from *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic сръна (srŭna, “roedeer”), Hittite [script needed] (surna, “horn”), Latin cornū, Old English horn (whence English horn).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕr̩ŋ.ɡɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕr̩ŋ.ɡɐ/

Noun

शृङ्ग • (śṛṅgá) n

1. the horn of an animal
2. the tusk of an elephant
3. the top or summit of a mountain, a peak, crag
4. the summit of a building, pinnacle, turret
5. any peak or projection or lofty object, elevation, point, end, extremity
6. a cusp or horn of the moon.
7. highest point, acme, height or perfection of anything

Derived terms

• शृङ्गार (śṛṅgāra)
• शृङ्गगिरि (śṛṅgagiri) or शृङ्गेरि (śṛṅgeri)

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of शृङ्ग (śṛṅgá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शृङ्गम् śṛṅgám	शृङ्गे śṛṅgé	शृङ्गाणि / शृङ्गा¹ śṛṅgā́ṇi / śṛṅgā́¹
Vocative	शृङ्ग śṛ́ṅga	शृङ्गे śṛ́ṅge	शृङ्गाणि / शृङ्गा¹ śṛ́ṅgāṇi / śṛ́ṅgā¹
Accusative	शृङ्गम् śṛṅgám	शृङ्गे śṛṅgé	शृङ्गाणि / शृङ्गा¹ śṛṅgā́ṇi / śṛṅgā́¹
Instrumental	शृङ्गेण śṛṅgéṇa	शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛṅgā́bhyām	शृङ्गैः / शृङ्गेभिः¹ śṛṅgaíḥ / śṛṅgébhiḥ¹
Dative	शृङ्गाय śṛṅgā́ya	शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛṅgā́bhyām	शृङ्गेभ्यः śṛṅgébhyaḥ
Ablative	शृङ्गात् śṛṅgā́t	शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛṅgā́bhyām	शृङ्गेभ्यः śṛṅgébhyaḥ
Genitive	शृङ्गस्य śṛṅgásya	शृङ्गयोः śṛṅgáyoḥ	शृङ्गाणाम् śṛṅgā́ṇām
Locative	शृङ्गे śṛṅgé	शृङ्गयोः śṛṅgáyoḥ	शृङ्गेषु śṛṅgéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: siṅga
• Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
  • Assamese: শিং (xiṅ)
  • Bengali: শিঙা (śiṅa)
  • Sylheti: ꠢꠤꠋ (hing)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕 (siṃga)
  • Hindi: सींग (sīṅg)
  • Punjabi: ਸਿੰਗ (siṅg)
  • Romani: shing
• → Kannada: ಶೃಂಗ (śruṅga)
• → Telugu: శృంగము (śr̥ṅgamu)
• Thai: ศฤงค์

Noun

शृङ्ग • (śṛṅgá) m

1. a kind of medicinal or poisonous plant.
2. Name of a मुनि (of whom, in some parts of India, on occasions of drought, earthen images are said to be made and worshipped for rain).

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शृङ्ग (śṛṅgá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शृङ्गः śṛṅgáḥ	शृङ्गौ śṛṅgaú	शृङ्गाः / शृङ्गासः¹ śṛṅgā́ḥ / śṛṅgā́saḥ¹
Vocative	शृङ्ग śṛ́ṅga	शृङ्गौ śṛ́ṅgau	शृङ्गाः / शृङ्गासः¹ śṛ́ṅgāḥ / śṛ́ṅgāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शृङ्गम् śṛṅgám	शृङ्गौ śṛṅgaú	शृङ्गान् śṛṅgā́n
Instrumental	शृङ्गेण śṛṅgéṇa	शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛṅgā́bhyām	शृङ्गैः / शृङ्गेभिः¹ śṛṅgaíḥ / śṛṅgébhiḥ¹
Dative	शृङ्गाय śṛṅgā́ya	शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛṅgā́bhyām	शृङ्गेभ्यः śṛṅgébhyaḥ
Ablative	शृङ्गात् śṛṅgā́t	शृङ्गाभ्याम् śṛṅgā́bhyām	शृङ्गेभ्यः śṛṅgébhyaḥ
Genitive	शृङ्गस्य śṛṅgásya	शृङ्गयोः śṛṅgáyoḥ	शृङ्गाणाम् śṛṅgā́ṇām
Locative	शृङ्गे śṛṅgé	शृङ्गयोः śṛṅgáyoḥ	शृङ्गेषु śṛṅgéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “शृङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1087.