वत्सतर
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱত্সতৰ (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬢ᭄ᬲᬢᬭ (Balinese script)
- বত্সতর (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰝𑰿𑰭𑰝𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀢𑁆𑀲𑀢𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- ဝတ္သတရ (Burmese script)
- વત્સતર (Gujarati script)
- ਵਤ੍ਸਤਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌤𑌰 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦠ꧀ꦱꦠꦫ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂞𑂹𑂮𑂞𑂩 (Kaithi script)
- ವತ್ಸತರ (Kannada script)
- វត្សតរ (Khmer script)
- ວຕ຺ສຕຣ (Lao script)
- വത്സതര (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᠠᢠᠰ᠌ᠠᢠᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘝𑘿𑘭𑘝𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢐᠰᠠᢐᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑦽𑧠𑧍𑦽𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐟𑑂𑐳𑐟𑐬 (Newa script)
- ଵତ୍ସତର (Odia script)
- ꢮꢡ꣄ꢱꢡꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆠𑇀𑆱𑆠𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖝𑖿𑖭𑖝𑖨 (Siddham script)
- වත්සතර (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩫 𑪙𑪁𑩫𑩼 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚙𑚶𑚨𑚙𑚤 (Takri script)
- வத்ஸதர (Tamil script)
- వత్సతర (Telugu script)
- วตฺสตร (Thai script)
- ཝ་ཏྶ་ཏ་ར (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒞𑓂𑒮𑒞𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨙𑩇𑨰𑨙𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Etymology tree
From वत्स (vatsá, “yearling calf”) + -तर (-tara, “beyond; more than”). See वत्स (vatsá) for more.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋɐt.sɐ.tɐ.ɾɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋɐt̪.s̪ɐ.t̪ɐ.ɾɐ/
Noun
वत्सतर • (vatsatará) stem, m (feminine वत्सतरी)
- a weaned calf, a young bull that is older than a calf but not yet fully grown
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) I.8.18.4:
- स॒द्यो दी᳚क्षयन्ति
स॒द्यः सोमं॑ क्रीणन्ति
पुण्डरिस्र॒जां प्र य॑च्छति
द॒शभि॑र् वत्सत॒रैः सोमं॑ क्रीणाति
दश॒पेयो॑ भवति
श॒तं ब्रा᳚ह्म॒णाः पि॑बन्ति- sadyó dīkṣayanti
sadyáḥ sómaṃ krīṇanti
puṇḍarisrajā́ṃ prá yacchati
daśábhir vatsataráiḥ sómaṃ krīṇāti
daśapéyo bhavati
śatáṃ brāhmaṇā́ḥ pibanti - On the same day they consecrate, on the same day they buy the Soma. He presents a lotus wreath. He buys the Soma with ten young bulls. [Thus] the Daśapeya libation [is arranged]. A hundred Brahmans drink [it].
- sadyó dīkṣayanti
- स॒द्यो दी᳚क्षयन्ति
- a weaned goat kid
- a goat that has not yet copulated
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | वत्सतरः (vatsataráḥ) | वत्सतरौ (vatsataráu) वत्सतरा¹ (vatsatarā́¹) |
वत्सतराः (vatsatarā́ḥ) वत्सतरासः¹ (vatsatarā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | वत्सतरम् (vatsatarám) | वत्सतरौ (vatsataráu) वत्सतरा¹ (vatsatarā́¹) |
वत्सतरान् (vatsatarā́n) |
| instrumental | वत्सतरेण (vatsataréṇa) | वत्सतराभ्याम् (vatsatarā́bhyām) | वत्सतरैः (vatsataráiḥ) वत्सतरेभिः¹ (vatsatarébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | वत्सतराय (vatsatarā́ya) | वत्सतराभ्याम् (vatsatarā́bhyām) | वत्सतरेभ्यः (vatsatarébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | वत्सतरात् (vatsatarā́t) | वत्सतराभ्याम् (vatsatarā́bhyām) | वत्सतरेभ्यः (vatsatarébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | वत्सतरस्य (vatsatarásya) | वत्सतरयोः (vatsataráyoḥ) | वत्सतराणाम् (vatsatarā́ṇām) |
| locative | वत्सतरे (vatsataré) | वत्सतरयोः (vatsataráyoḥ) | वत्सतरेषु (vatsataréṣu) |
| vocative | वत्सतर (vátsatara) | वत्सतरौ (vátsatarau) वत्सतरा¹ (vátsatarā¹) |
वत्सतराः (vátsatarāḥ) वत्सतरासः¹ (vátsatarāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Dameli: [script needed] (baċhár)
- Phalura: [script needed] (baċhā́r, “a one or two year old calf”)
- Shina: [script needed] (băċhar, “calf”)
- Pali: vacchatara (“weaned calf”)
- Prakrit: 𑀯𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀤𑀭 (vacchadara) 𑀯𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀬𑀭 (vacchayara) (see there for further descendants)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “वत्सतर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 915, column 3.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vatsatará”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 656