उद्गातृ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• উদ্গাতৃ (Assamese script)
• ᬉᬤ᭄ᬕᬵᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
• উদ্গাতৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰄𑰟𑰿𑰐𑰯𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀉𑀤𑁆𑀕𑀸𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• ဥဒ္ဂါတၖ (Burmese script)
• ઉદ્ગાતૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਉਦ੍ਗਾਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌉𑌦𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
• ꦈꦢ꧀ꦒꦴꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
• 𑂇𑂠𑂹𑂏𑂰𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
• ಉದ್ಗಾತೃ (Kannada script)
• ឧទ្គាត្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ອຸທ຺ຄາຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• ഉദ്ഗാതൃ (Malayalam script)
• ᡠᡩᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘄𑘟𑘿𑘐𑘰𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᠤᢑᠺᠠᢗᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦤𑦿𑧠𑦰𑧑𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐄𑐡𑑂𑐐𑐵𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
• ଉଦ୍ଗାତୃ (Odia script)
• ꢆꢣ꣄ꢔꢵꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆇𑆢𑇀𑆓𑆳𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖄𑖟𑖿𑖐𑖯𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
• උද‍්ගාතෘ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩒𑩭 𑪙𑩞𑩛𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚄𑚛𑚶𑚌𑚭𑚙 (Takri script)
• உத்³க³ாத்ரி (Tamil script)
• ఉద్గాతృ (Telugu script)
• อุทฺคาตฺฤ (Thai script)
• ཨུ་དྒཱ་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒅𑒠𑓂𑒑𑒰𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨃𑨛𑩇𑨍𑨊𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

उद्- (ud-, “out, forth”) +‎ गातृ (gātṛ, “singer”), from Proto-Indo-European *geH-tōr.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ud.ɡɑː.tŕ̩/, [ud̚.ɡɑː.tŕ̩]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ud̪ˈɡɑː.t̪r̩/, [ud̪̚ˈɡɑː.t̪r̩]

Noun

उद्गातृ • (ud-gātṛ́) stem, m

1. one of the four chief-priests (namely the one who chants the hymns of the Samaveda), chanter
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.43.2:

     उ॒द्गा॒तेव॑ शकुने॒ साम॑ गायसि ब्रह्मपु॒त्र इ॑व॒ सव॑नेषु शंससि।
     वृषे॑व वा॒जी शिशु॑मतीर॒पीत्या॑ स॒र्वतो॑ नः शकुने भ॒द्रमा व॑द वि॒श्वतो॑ नः शकुने॒ पुण्य॒मा व॑द॥

     udgātéva śakune sā́ma gāyasi brahmaputrá iva sávaneṣu śaṃsasi.
     vṛ́ṣeva vājī́ śíśumatīrapī́tyā sarváto naḥ śakune bhadrámā́ vada viśváto naḥ śakune púṇyamā́ vada.

     Thou like the chanter-priest chantest the holy song, O Bird; thou singest at libations like a Brahman's son.
     Even as a vigorous horse when he comes near the mare, announce to us good fortune, Bird, on every side, proclaim in all directions happy luck, O Bird.

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of उद्गातृ (udgātṛ́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	उद्गाता udgātā́	उद्गातारौ / उद्गातारा¹ udgātā́rau / udgātā́rā¹	उद्गातारः udgātā́raḥ
Vocative	उद्गातः údgātaḥ	उद्गातारौ / उद्गातारा¹ údgātārau / údgātārā¹	उद्गातारः údgātāraḥ
Accusative	उद्गातारम् udgātā́ram	उद्गातारौ / उद्गातारा¹ udgātā́rau / udgātā́rā¹	उद्गातॄन् udgātṝ́n
Instrumental	उद्गात्रा udgātrā́	उद्गातृभ्याम् udgātṛ́bhyām	उद्गातृभिः udgātṛ́bhiḥ
Dative	उद्गात्रे udgātré	उद्गातृभ्याम् udgātṛ́bhyām	उद्गातृभ्यः udgātṛ́bhyaḥ
Ablative	उद्गातुः udgātúḥ	उद्गातृभ्याम् udgātṛ́bhyām	उद्गातृभ्यः udgātṛ́bhyaḥ
Genitive	उद्गातुः udgātúḥ	उद्गात्रोः udgātróḥ	उद्गातॄणाम् udgātṝṇā́m
Locative	उद्गातरि udgātári	उद्गात्रोः udgātróḥ	उद्गातृषु udgātṛ́ṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “उद्गातृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0187.