गाथ
Appearance
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- गाथा (gāthā́)
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Aryan *gaHtʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gaHtʰás. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁 (gāθā, “form of strophe, metre, namely the collections of Zarathustra's songs”). The same PII root *gaH- gave गायति (gā́yati, “to sing”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]गाथ • (gāthá) stem, m
- song
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.167.6:
- आस्थापयन्त युवतिं युवानः शुभे निमिश्लां विदथेषु पज्राम् ।
अर्को यद्वो मरुतो हविष्मान्गायद्गाथं सुतसोमो दुवस्यन् ॥- āsthāpayanta yuvatiṃ yuvānaḥ śubhe nimiślāṃ vidatheṣu pajrām.
arko yadvo maruto haviṣmāngāyadgāthaṃ sutasomo duvasyan. - Upon their car the young men set the Maiden wedded to glory, mighty in assemblies,
When your song, Maruts, rose, and, with oblation, the Soma-pourer sang his hymn in worship.
- āsthāpayanta yuvatiṃ yuvānaḥ śubhe nimiślāṃ vidatheṣu pajrām.
- आस्थापयन्त युवतिं युवानः शुभे निमिश्लां विदथेषु पज्राम् ।
Declension
[edit]Masculine a-stem declension of गाथ | |||
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Nom. sg. | गाथः (gāthaḥ) | ||
Gen. sg. | गाथस्य (gāthasya) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | गाथः (gāthaḥ) | गाथौ (gāthau) | गाथाः (gāthāḥ) |
Vocative | गाथ (gātha) | गाथौ (gāthau) | गाथाः (gāthāḥ) |
Accusative | गाथम् (gātham) | गाथौ (gāthau) | गाथान् (gāthān) |
Instrumental | गाथेन (gāthena) | गाथाभ्याम् (gāthābhyām) | गाथैः (gāthaiḥ) |
Dative | गाथाय (gāthāya) | गाथाभ्याम् (gāthābhyām) | गाथेभ्यः (gāthebhyaḥ) |
Ablative | गाथात् (gāthāt) | गाथाभ्याम् (gāthābhyām) | गाथेभ्यः (gāthebhyaḥ) |
Genitive | गाथस्य (gāthasya) | गाथयोः (gāthayoḥ) | गाथानाम् (gāthānām) |
Locative | गाथे (gāthe) | गाथयोः (gāthayoḥ) | गाथेषु (gātheṣu) |
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “गाथ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0352.
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