अथर्वन्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অথৰ্বন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬣᬃᬯᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- অথর্বন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰞𑰨𑰿𑰪𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀣𑀭𑁆𑀯𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- အထရွန် (Burmese script)
- અથર્વન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਥਰ੍ਵਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌥𑌰𑍍𑌵𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦡꦂꦮꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂟𑂩𑂹𑂫𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಥರ್ವೝ (Kannada script)
- អថវ៌ន៑ (Khmer script)
- ອຖຣ຺ວນ຺ (Lao script)
- അഥര്വന് (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡨᠠᡵᠣᠸᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘞𑘨𑘿𑘪𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠲᠠᠷᢦᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦾𑧈𑧠𑧊𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐠𑐬𑑂𑐰𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଅଥର୍ଵନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢢꢬ꣄ꢮꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆡𑆫𑇀𑆮𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖞𑖨𑖿𑖪𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- අථර්වන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩬𑩼 𑪙𑩾𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚚𑚤𑚶𑚦𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- அத²ர்வந் (Tamil script)
- అథర్వౝ (Telugu script)
- อถรฺวนฺ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཐ་རྭ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒟𑒩𑓂𑒫𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨚𑨫𑩇𑨭𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *átʰarwā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *átʰarwā (“priest”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬁𐬚𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (āθrauuan). Ultimate origin unknown. Some scholars suggest it derives from the BMAC substrate.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ́.tʰɐɾ.ʋɐn/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.t̪ʰɐɾ.ʋɐn̪/
Noun
अथ॑र्वन् • (átharvan) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अथ॑र्वा (átharvā) | अथ॑र्वाणौ (átharvāṇau) अथ॑र्वाणा¹ (átharvāṇā¹) |
अथ॑र्वाणः (átharvāṇaḥ) |
| accusative | अथ॑र्वाणम् (átharvāṇam) | अथ॑र्वाणौ (átharvāṇau) अथ॑र्वाणा¹ (átharvāṇā¹) |
अथ॑र्वणः (átharvaṇaḥ) |
| instrumental | अथ॑र्वणा (átharvaṇā) | अथ॑र्वभ्याम् (átharvabhyām) | अथ॑र्वभिः (átharvabhiḥ) |
| dative | अथ॑र्वणे (átharvaṇe) | अथ॑र्वभ्याम् (átharvabhyām) | अथ॑र्वभ्यः (átharvabhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अथ॑र्वणः (átharvaṇaḥ) | अथ॑र्वभ्याम् (átharvabhyām) | अथ॑र्वभ्यः (átharvabhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अथ॑र्वणः (átharvaṇaḥ) | अथ॑र्वणोः (átharvaṇoḥ) | अथ॑र्वणाम् (átharvaṇām) |
| locative | अथ॑र्वणि (átharvaṇi) अथ॑र्वन्¹ (átharvan¹) |
अथ॑र्वणोः (átharvaṇoḥ) | अथ॑र्वसु (átharvasu) |
| vocative | अथ॑र्वन् (átharvan) | अथ॑र्वाणौ (átharvāṇau) अथ॑र्वाणा¹ (átharvāṇā¹) |
अथ॑र्वाणः (átharvāṇaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Proper noun
अथ॑र्वन् • (átharvan) stem, m
- Atharvan, son of Kardama, father of दधीचि (dadhīci) and the co-author of the Atharvaveda.
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.80.6:
- याम्अथ॑र्वा॒ मनु॑ष्पि॒ता द॒ध्यङ्धिय॒मत्न॑त।
तस्मि॒न्ब्रह्मा॑णि पू॒र्वथेन्द्र॑ उ॒क्था सम॑ग्म॒तार्च॒न्ननु॑ स्व॒राज्य॑म्॥- yā́mátharvā mánuṣpitā́ dadhyáṅdhíyamátnata.
tásminbráhmāṇi pūrváthéndra ukthā́ sámagmatā́rcannánu svarā́jyam. - Still as of old, whatever rite Atharvan, Manus sire of all, Dadhyach performed, their prayer and praise united in that Indra meet, lauding his own imperial sway.
- yā́mátharvā mánuṣpitā́ dadhyáṅdhíyamátnata.
- याम्अथ॑र्वा॒ मनु॑ष्पि॒ता द॒ध्यङ्धिय॒मत्न॑त।
- an epithet of Shiva
- an epithet of Vasishtha
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अथ॑र्वा (átharvā) | अथ॑र्वाणौ (átharvāṇau) अथ॑र्वाणा¹ (átharvāṇā¹) |
अथ॑र्वाणः (átharvāṇaḥ) |
| accusative | अथ॑र्वाणम् (átharvāṇam) | अथ॑र्वाणौ (átharvāṇau) अथ॑र्वाणा¹ (átharvāṇā¹) |
अथ॑र्वणः (átharvaṇaḥ) |
| instrumental | अथ॑र्वणा (átharvaṇā) | अथ॑र्वभ्याम् (átharvabhyām) | अथ॑र्वभिः (átharvabhiḥ) |
| dative | अथ॑र्वणे (átharvaṇe) | अथ॑र्वभ्याम् (átharvabhyām) | अथ॑र्वभ्यः (átharvabhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अथ॑र्वणः (átharvaṇaḥ) | अथ॑र्वभ्याम् (átharvabhyām) | अथ॑र्वभ्यः (átharvabhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अथ॑र्वणः (átharvaṇaḥ) | अथ॑र्वणोः (átharvaṇoḥ) | अथ॑र्वणाम् (átharvaṇām) |
| locative | अथ॑र्वणि (átharvaṇi) अथ॑र्वन्¹ (átharvan¹) |
अथ॑र्वणोः (átharvaṇoḥ) | अथ॑र्वसु (átharvasu) |
| vocative | अथ॑र्वन् (átharvan) | अथ॑र्वाणौ (átharvāṇau) अथ॑र्वाणा¹ (átharvāṇā¹) |
अथ॑र्वाणः (átharvāṇaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
See also
References
- Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 17
- Witzel, Michael (2003), Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia (Sino-Platonic Papers; 129)[1], Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
