गोविन्द
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গোৱিন্দ (Assamese script)
- ᬕᭀᬯᬶᬦ᭄ᬤ (Balinese script)
- গোবিন্দ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰺𑰪𑰰𑰡𑰿𑰟 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑁄𑀯𑀺𑀦𑁆𑀤 (Brahmi script)
- ဂေါဝိန္ဒ (Burmese script)
- ગોવિન્દ (Gujarati script)
- ਗੋਵਿਨ੍ਦ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑍋𑌵𑌿𑌨𑍍𑌦 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦺꦴꦮꦶꦤ꧀ꦢ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂷𑂫𑂱𑂢𑂹𑂠 (Kaithi script)
- ಗೋವಿನ್ದ (Kannada script)
- គោវិន្ទ (Khmer script)
- ໂຄວິນ຺ທ (Lao script)
- ഗോവിന്ദ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠣᠸᡳᠨᡩᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘻𑘪𑘱𑘡𑘿𑘟 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠣᠸᠠᠸᠢᠨᢑᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑧜𑧊𑧒𑧁𑧠𑦿 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑑀𑐰𑐶𑐣𑑂𑐡 (Newa script)
- ଗୋଵିନ୍ଦ (Odia script)
- ꢔꣂꢮꢶꢥ꣄ꢣ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆾𑆮𑆴𑆤𑇀𑆢 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖺𑖪𑖰𑖡𑖿𑖟 (Siddham script)
- ගොවින්ද (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩕𑩾𑩑𑩯 𑪙𑩭 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚴𑚦𑚮𑚝𑚶𑚛 (Takri script)
- கே³ாவிந்த³ (Tamil script)
- గోవిన్ద (Telugu script)
- โควินฺท (Thai script)
- གོ་ཝི་ནྡ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒼𑒫𑒱𑒢𑓂𑒠 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨆𑨭𑨁𑨝𑩇𑨛 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From गो (go, “cow”) + विन्दति (vindati, “to find, to see”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡoː.ʋin̪.d̪ɐ/
Noun
गोविन्द • (govinda) stem, m
- cowherd
- Govinda: an epithet of Krishna
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 1.21:
- गां विन्दता भगवता गोविन्देनामितौजसा ।
वराहरूपिणा चान्तर्विक्षोभितजलाविलम् ॥- gāṃ vindatā bhagavatā govindenāmitaujasā.
varāharūpiṇā cāntarvikṣobhitajalāvilam. - Its waters were formerly disturbed in consequence of the agitation caused within them by the Lord Govinda, he who watches cows, when he had assumed the form of a wild boar for raising the (submerged) Earth.
- gāṃ vindatā bhagavatā govindenāmitaujasā.
- गां विन्दता भगवता गोविन्देनामितौजसा ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गोविन्दः (govindaḥ) | गोविन्दौ (govindau) | गोविन्दाः (govindāḥ) |
| accusative | गोविन्दम् (govindam) | गोविन्दौ (govindau) | गोविन्दान् (govindān) |
| instrumental | गोविन्देन (govindena) | गोविन्दाभ्याम् (govindābhyām) | गोविन्दैः (govindaiḥ) |
| dative | गोविन्दाय (govindāya) | गोविन्दाभ्याम् (govindābhyām) | गोविन्देभ्यः (govindebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गोविन्दात् (govindāt) | गोविन्दाभ्याम् (govindābhyām) | गोविन्देभ्यः (govindebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गोविन्दस्य (govindasya) | गोविन्दयोः (govindayoḥ) | गोविन्दानाम् (govindānām) |
| locative | गोविन्दे (govinde) | गोविन्दयोः (govindayoḥ) | गोविन्देषु (govindeṣu) |
| vocative | गोविन्द (govinda) | गोविन्दौ (govindau) | गोविन्दाः (govindāḥ) |
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “गोविन्द”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 366, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), “govinda-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 165-166
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “गोविन्द”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan