शरभ
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- শৰভ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬭᬪ (Balinese script)
- শরভ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰨𑰥 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀭𑀪 (Brahmi script)
- ၐရဘ (Burmese script)
- શરભ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਰਭ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌰𑌭 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦫꦨ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂩𑂦 (Kaithi script)
- ಶರಭ (Kannada script)
- ឝរភ (Khmer script)
- ຨຣຠ (Lao script)
- ശരഭ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠᡵᠠᢨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘨𑘥 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᠷᠠᠪᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧈𑧅 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐬𑐨 (Newa script)
- ଶରଭ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢬꢩ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆫𑆨 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖨𑖥 (Siddham script)
- ශරභ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩼𑩳 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚤𑚡 (Takri script)
- ஶரப⁴ (Tamil script)
- శరభ (Telugu script)
- ศรภ (Thai script)
- ཤ་ར་བྷ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒩𑒦 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨫𑨡 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śarHabʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćarHabʰás, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Cognate with English hart, Latin cervus.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɐ.ɾɐ.bʱɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɐ.ɾɐ.bʱɐ/
Noun
श॒र॒भ • (śarabhá) stem, m
- (Hindu mythology) a sharabha (mythical half-lion half-bird that slays lions; in later literature an eight-legged deer)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | श॒र॒भः (śarabháḥ) | श॒र॒भौ (śarabháu) श॒र॒भा¹ (śarabhā́¹) |
श॒र॒भाः (śarabhā́ḥ) श॒र॒भासः॑¹ (śarabhā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | श॒र॒भम् (śarabhám) | श॒र॒भौ (śarabháu) श॒र॒भा¹ (śarabhā́¹) |
श॒र॒भान् (śarabhā́n) |
| instrumental | श॒र॒भेण॑ (śarabhéṇa) | श॒र॒भाभ्या॑म् (śarabhā́bhyām) | श॒र॒भैः (śarabháiḥ) श॒र॒भेभिः॑¹ (śarabhébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | श॒र॒भाय॑ (śarabhā́ya) | श॒र॒भाभ्या॑म् (śarabhā́bhyām) | श॒र॒भेभ्यः॑ (śarabhébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | श॒र॒भात् (śarabhā́t) | श॒र॒भाभ्या॑म् (śarabhā́bhyām) | श॒र॒भेभ्यः॑ (śarabhébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | श॒र॒भस्य॑ (śarabhásya) | श॒र॒भयोः॑ (śarabháyoḥ) | श॒र॒भाणा॑म् (śarabhā́ṇām) |
| locative | श॒र॒भे (śarabhé) | श॒र॒भयोः॑ (śarabháyoḥ) | श॒र॒भेषु॑ (śarabhéṣu) |
| vocative | शर॑भ (śárabha) | शर॑भौ (śárabhau) शर॑भा¹ (śárabhā¹) |
शर॑भाः (śárabhāḥ) शर॑भासः¹ (śárabhāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Related terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “शरभ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1057, column 2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 616