नीलकण्ठ

Sanskrit

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.l̪ɐ.kɐɳ.ʈʰɐ/

Proper noun

नीलकण्ठ • (nīlakaṇṭha) stem, m

"blue throated", an epithet of Shiva

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of नीलकण्ठ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	नीलकण्ठः (nīlakaṇṭhaḥ)	नीलकण्ठौ (nīlakaṇṭhau) नीलकण्ठा¹ (nīlakaṇṭhā¹)	नीलकण्ठाः (nīlakaṇṭhāḥ) नीलकण्ठासः¹ (nīlakaṇṭhāsaḥ¹)
vocative	नीलकण्ठ (nīlakaṇṭha)	नीलकण्ठौ (nīlakaṇṭhau) नीलकण्ठा¹ (nīlakaṇṭhā¹)	नीलकण्ठाः (nīlakaṇṭhāḥ) नीलकण्ठासः¹ (nīlakaṇṭhāsaḥ¹)
accusative	नीलकण्ठम् (nīlakaṇṭham)	नीलकण्ठौ (nīlakaṇṭhau) नीलकण्ठा¹ (nīlakaṇṭhā¹)	नीलकण्ठान् (nīlakaṇṭhān)
instrumental	नीलकण्ठेन (nīlakaṇṭhena)	नीलकण्ठाभ्याम् (nīlakaṇṭhābhyām)	नीलकण्ठैः (nīlakaṇṭhaiḥ) नीलकण्ठेभिः¹ (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)

¹Vedic

Descendants

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