करूळतिन्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• करूडतिन् (karūḍatin)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *karuẓHḍatī́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *k⁽ʰ⁾aružHdánt- ~ *k⁽ʰ⁾arwaHdánt- (“having damaged teeth”), from *k⁽ʰ⁾arúš ~ *k⁽ʰ⁾arwás (“mutilated, damaged, maimed”) + *Hdánts (“tooth”). Cognate with Sogdian ʾkrw-δntʾkʾ (“with damaged teeth”). Also compare खर्व (kharva, “mutilated, crippled”) and Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (ka^uruua, “mutilated”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ́.ɾuː.ɭ̆ɐ.tin/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɾuː.ɭ̆ɐ.t̪in̪/

Adjective

करूळतिन् • (kárūḷatin) stem

1. having damaged teeth, gap-toothed (applied as an epithet to Pushan, who is said to have broken teeth or no teeth)
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.30.24:

     वा॒मंवा॑मं त आदुरे दे॒वो द॑दात्वर्य॒मा ।
     वा॒मं पू॒षा वा॒मं भगो॑ वा॒मं दे॒वः करू॑ळती ॥

     vāmáṃvāmaṃ ta ādure devó dadātvaryamā́.
     vāmáṃ pūṣā́ vāmáṃ bhágo vāmáṃ deváḥ kárūḷatī.

     O Watchful One, may Aryaman the god give thee all goodly things.
     May Pūṣan, Bhaga, and the god with damaged teeth give all things fair.

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “करूळतिन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 255.