नीलकण्ठ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নীলকণ্ঠ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬷᬮᬓᬡ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
• নীলকণ্ঠ (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰱𑰩𑰎𑰜𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀻𑀮𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
• နီလကဏ္ဌ (Burmese script)
• નીલકણ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
• ਨੀਲਕਣ੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑍀𑌲𑌕𑌣𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦷꦭꦏꦟ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂲𑂪𑂍𑂝𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
• ನೀಲಕಣ್ಠ (Kannada script)
• នីលកណ្ឋ (Khmer script)
• ນີລກຓ຺ຐ (Lao script)
• നീലകണ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡳᡳᠯᠠᡬᠠᢏᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘲𑘩𑘎𑘜𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠢᠢᠯᠠᢉᠠᢏᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧓𑧉𑦮𑦼𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐷𑐮𑐎𑐞𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
• ନୀଲକଣ୍ଠ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢷꢭꢒꢠ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆵𑆬𑆑𑆟𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖱𑖩𑖎𑖜𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
• නීලකණ‍්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩑𑩛𑩽𑩜𑩪 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚯𑚥𑚊𑚘𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
• நீலகண்ட² (Tamil script)
• నీలకణ్ఠ (Telugu script)
• นีลกณฺฐ (Thai script)
• ནཱི་ལ་ཀ་ཎྛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒲𑒪𑒏𑒝𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨁𑨊𑨬𑨋𑨘𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of नील (nīla, “dark blue/black”) +‎ कण्ठ (kaṇṭha, “throat”), referring to the Hindu belief that Shiva has a blue throat as a result of swallowing poison that arose during the churning of the ocean. The adjective नीलग्रीव (nīlagrīva) was already applied to Rudra since the time of the Yajur Veda.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /niː.lɐ.kɐɳ.ʈʰɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪iː.l̪ɐˈkɐɳ.ʈʰɐ/

Proper noun

नीलकण्ठ • (nīlakaṇṭha) stem, m

1. "blue throated", an epithet of Shiva

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नीलकण्ठ (nīlakaṇṭha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नीलकण्ठः nīlakaṇṭhaḥ	नीलकण्ठौ / नीलकण्ठा¹ nīlakaṇṭhau / nīlakaṇṭhā¹	नीलकण्ठाः / नीलकण्ठासः¹ nīlakaṇṭhāḥ / nīlakaṇṭhāsaḥ¹
Vocative	नीलकण्ठ nīlakaṇṭha	नीलकण्ठौ / नीलकण्ठा¹ nīlakaṇṭhau / nīlakaṇṭhā¹	नीलकण्ठाः / नीलकण्ठासः¹ nīlakaṇṭhāḥ / nīlakaṇṭhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	नीलकण्ठम् nīlakaṇṭham	नीलकण्ठौ / नीलकण्ठा¹ nīlakaṇṭhau / nīlakaṇṭhā¹	नीलकण्ठान् nīlakaṇṭhān
Instrumental	नीलकण्ठेन nīlakaṇṭhena	नीलकण्ठाभ्याम् nīlakaṇṭhābhyām	नीलकण्ठैः / नीलकण्ठेभिः¹ nīlakaṇṭhaiḥ / nīlakaṇṭhebhiḥ¹
Dative	नीलकण्ठाय nīlakaṇṭhāya	नीलकण्ठाभ्याम् nīlakaṇṭhābhyām	नीलकण्ठेभ्यः nīlakaṇṭhebhyaḥ
Ablative	नीलकण्ठात् nīlakaṇṭhāt	नीलकण्ठाभ्याम् nīlakaṇṭhābhyām	नीलकण्ठेभ्यः nīlakaṇṭhebhyaḥ
Genitive	नीलकण्ठस्य nīlakaṇṭhasya	नीलकण्ठयोः nīlakaṇṭhayoḥ	नीलकण्ठानाम् nīlakaṇṭhānām
Locative	नीलकण्ठे nīlakaṇṭhe	नीलकण्ठयोः nīlakaṇṭhayoḥ	नीलकण्ठेषु nīlakaṇṭheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: नीलकंठ (nīlkaṇṭh)
• → Kannada: ನೀಲಕಂಠ (nīlakaṇṭha)
• → Malayalam: നീലകണ്ഠൻ (nīlakaṇṭhaṉ)
• → Tamil: நீலகண்டன் (nīlakaṇṭaṉ)
• → Telugu: నీలకంఠుడు (nīlakaṇṭhuḍu)