वेङ्कट
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱেঙ্কট (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬾᬗ᭄ᬓᬝ (Balinese script)
- বেঙ্কট (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰸𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑁂𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀝 (Brahmi script)
- ဝေင်္ကဋ (Burmese script)
- વેઙ્કટ (Gujarati script)
- ਵੇਙ੍ਕਟ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑍇𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌟 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦺꦔ꧀ꦏꦛ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂵𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂗 (Kaithi script)
- ವೇಙ್ಕಟ (Kannada script)
- វេង្កដ (Khmer script)
- ເວງ຺ກຏ (Lao script)
- വേങ്കട (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡝᢛᡬᠠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘹𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘘 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠧᢊᢉᠠᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧚𑦲𑧠𑦮𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐾𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐚 (Newa script)
- ଵେଙ୍କଟ (Odia script)
- ꢮꢾꢖ꣄ꢒꢜ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆼𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆛 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖸𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖘 (Siddham script)
- වෙඞ්කට (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩔𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩦 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚲𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚔 (Takri script)
- வேங்கட (Tamil script)
- వేఙ్కట (Telugu script)
- เวงฺกฏ (Thai script)
- ཝེ་ངྐ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒹𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨄𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Borrowed from Tamil வேங்கடம் (vēṅkaṭam).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋeːŋ.kɐ.ʈɐ/
Proper noun
वेङ्कट • (veṅkaṭa) stem, m
- Name of a very sacred hill in the द्राविड (drāviḍa) country (in the district of North Arcot, about 80 miles from Madras; it reaches an elevation of about 2,500 feet above the sea level, and on the summit is the celebrated temple dedicated to विष्णु (viṣṇu) in his character of ‘Lord of वेङ्कट’, also called श्री-पति (śrī-pati) or Tirupati, whence the hill is sometimes popularly known as त्रि-पती (tri-patī); it is annually thronged with thousands of pilgrims.
- Name of a king of विजय-नगर (vijaya-nagara) (the patron of अप्पय दीक्षित (appaya dīkṣita)).
- Name of various authors and teachers.
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वेङ्कटः (veṅkaṭaḥ) | वेङ्कटौ (veṅkaṭau) | वेङ्कटाः (veṅkaṭāḥ) |
| accusative | वेङ्कटम् (veṅkaṭam) | वेङ्कटौ (veṅkaṭau) | वेङ्कटान् (veṅkaṭān) |
| instrumental | वेङ्कटेन (veṅkaṭena) | वेङ्कटाभ्याम् (veṅkaṭābhyām) | वेङ्कटैः (veṅkaṭaiḥ) |
| dative | वेङ्कटाय (veṅkaṭāya) | वेङ्कटाभ्याम् (veṅkaṭābhyām) | वेङ्कटेभ्यः (veṅkaṭebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वेङ्कटात् (veṅkaṭāt) | वेङ्कटाभ्याम् (veṅkaṭābhyām) | वेङ्कटेभ्यः (veṅkaṭebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वेङ्कटस्य (veṅkaṭasya) | वेङ्कटयोः (veṅkaṭayoḥ) | वेङ्कटानाम् (veṅkaṭānām) |
| locative | वेङ्कटे (veṅkaṭe) | वेङ्कटयोः (veṅkaṭayoḥ) | वेङ्कटेषु (veṅkaṭeṣu) |
| vocative | वेङ्कट (veṅkaṭa) | वेङ्कटौ (veṅkaṭau) | वेङ्कटाः (veṅkaṭāḥ) |
Derived terms
- वेङ्कटेश्वर (veṅkaṭeśvara)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “वेङ्कट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1014, column 1.