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विश्पति
विश्पति
Sanskrit
Noun
विश्पति • (víś-páti) m
- the chief of a settlement or tribe, lord of the house or of the people (also applied to Agni and Indra) (RV., AV., TS.)
- RV 7.7.4c
- सद्यो अध्वरे रथिरं जनन्त मानुषासो विचेतसो य एषाम |
- विशामधायि विश्पतिर्दुरोणे.अग्निर्मन्द्रो मधुवचा रतावा ||
- sadyo adhvare rathiraṃ jananta mānuṣāso vicetaso ya eṣām |
- viśāmadhāyi viśpatirduroṇe.aghnirmandro madhuvacā ṛtāvā ||
- Forthwith the men, the best of these for wisdom, have made him leader in the solemn worship.
- As Lord in homes of men is Agni stablished, the Holy One, the joyous, sweetly speaking.
- RV 7.7.4c
- (in the dual) "master and mistress of the house"
- (in the plural) "kings" or, "head-merchants" (BhP.)
Declension
| Masculine i-stem declension of विश्पति | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | विश्पतिः (viśpatiḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | विश्पतेः (viśpateḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | विश्पतिः (viśpatiḥ) | विश्पती (viśpatī) | विश्पतयः (viśpatayaḥ) |
| Vocative | विश्पते (viśpate) | विश्पती (viśpatī) | विश्पतयः (viśpatayaḥ) |
| Accusative | विश्पतिम् (viśpatim) | विश्पती (viśpatī) | विश्पतीन् (viśpatīn) |
| Instrumental | विश्पतिना (viśpatinā) | विश्पतिभ्याम् (viśpatibhyām) | विश्पतिभिः (viśpatibhiḥ) |
| Dative | विश्पतये (viśpataye) | विश्पतिभ्याम् (viśpatibhyām) | विश्पतिभ्यः (viśpatibhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | विश्पतेः (viśpateḥ) | विश्पतिभ्याम् (viśpatibhyām) | विश्पतिभ्यः (viśpatibhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | विश्पतेः (viśpateḥ) | विश्पत्योः (viśpatyoḥ) | विश्पतीनाम् (viśpatīnām) |
| Locative | विश्पतौ (viśpatau) | विश्पत्योः (viśpatyoḥ) | विश्पतिषु (viśpatiṣu) |
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0989