कौशल्या

Hindi

Alternative forms

• कौसल्या (kausalyā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कौशल्या (kauśalyā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɔː.ʃəl.jɑː/, [kɔː.ʃɐl.jäː]

Proper noun

कौशल्या • (kauśalyā) f

1. Kaushalya, wife of दशरथ (daśrath) and mother of राम (rām) in Hindu mythology.
2. a female given name, Kaushalya, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of कौशल्या (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कौशल्या kauśalyā	कौशल्याएँ kauśalyāẽ
oblique	कौशल्या kauśalyā	कौशल्याओं kauśalyāõ
vocative	कौशल्या kauśalyā	कौशल्याओ kauśalyāo

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• कौसल्या (kausalyā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কৌশল্যা (Assamese script)
• ᬓᭁᬰᬮ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
• কৌশল্যা (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰻𑰫𑰩𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁅𑀰𑀮𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ကော်ၐလျာ (Burmese script)
• કૌશલ્યા (Gujarati script)
• ਕੌਸ਼ਲ੍ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍌𑌶𑌲𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦻꦴꦯꦭꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂸𑂬𑂪𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಕೌಶಲ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
• កៅឝល្យា (Khmer script)
• ເກົາຨລ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
• കൗശല്യാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠣᠣᡧᠠᠯᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘼𑘫𑘩𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠣᠧᠸᠠᠱᠠᠯᠶ᠎ᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧝𑧋𑧉𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑁𑐱𑐮𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
• କୌଶଲ୍ଯା (Odia script)
• ꢒꣃꢯꢭ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆿𑆯𑆬𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖻𑖫𑖩𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
• කෞශල්‍යා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩘𑩿𑩽 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚵𑚧𑚥𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
• கௌஶல்யா (Tamil script)
• కౌశల్యా (Telugu script)
• เกาศลฺยา (Thai script)
• ཀཽ་ཤ་ལྱཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒾𑒬𑒪𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨈𑨮𑨬𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From कौशल (kauśala) +‎ -या (-yā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑːw.ɕɐl.jɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɑwˈɕɐl̪.jɑː/

Proper noun

कौशल्या • (kauśalyā) stem, f

1. (Hinduism) Name of Dasharatha's wife and Rāma's mother

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of कौशल्या (kauśalyā)
	Singular
Nominative	कौशल्या kauśalyā
Vocative	कौशल्ये kauśalye
Accusative	कौशल्याम् kauśalyām
Instrumental	कौशल्यया kauśalyayā
Dative	कौशल्यायै kauśalyāyai
Ablative	कौशल्यायाः kauśalyāyāḥ
Genitive	कौशल्यायाः kauśalyāyāḥ
Locative	कौशल्यायाम् kauśalyāyām

Descendants

• Hindi: कौशल्या (kauśalyā)
• Malayalam: കൗശല്യ (kauśalya), കൗസല്യ (kausalya)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “कौशल्या”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]