भुजङ्ग

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• भुजग (bhujaga)
• भुजंग (bhujaṃga)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ভুজঙ্গ (Assamese script)
• ᬪᬸᬚᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
• ভুজঙ্গ (Bengali script)
• 𑰥𑰲𑰕𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀪𑀼𑀚𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• ဘုဇင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
• ભુજઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
• ਭੁਜਙ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌭𑍁𑌜𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
• ꦨꦸꦗꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
• 𑂦𑂳𑂔𑂑𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
• ಭುಜಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
• ភុជង្គ (Khmer script)
• ຠຸຊງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
• ഭുജങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
• ᢨᡠᡯᠠᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘥𑘳𑘕𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠾᠤᠽᠠᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧅𑧔𑦵𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐨𑐸𑐖𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
• ଭୁଜଙ୍ଗ (Odia script)
• ꢩꢸꢙꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆨𑆶𑆘𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
• 𑖥𑖲𑖕𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
• භුජඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩳𑩒𑩣𑩠 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚡𑚰𑚑𑚎𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
• பு⁴ஜங்க³ (Tamil script)
• భుజఙ్గ (Telugu script)
• ภุชงฺค (Thai script)
• བྷུ་ཛ་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒦𑒳𑒖𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨡𑨃𑨥𑨏𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root भुज् (bhuj, “to bend”), similar to पतङ्ग (pataṅgá) from पत् (pat). Sometimes interpreted as भुज् (bhuj) +‎ अङ्ग (aṅga, “body”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱu.d͡ʑɐŋ.ɡɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱuˈd͡ʑɐŋ.ɡɐ/

Noun

भुजङ्ग • (bhujaṅga) stem, m

1. a serpent, snake

   Synonyms: अहि (ahi), सर्प (sarpa), शेष (śeṣa), नाग (nāga)

2. a mythical serpent-demon

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of भुजङ्ग
Nom. sg.	भुजङ्गः (bhujaṅgaḥ)
Gen. sg.	भुजङ्गस्य (bhujaṅgasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भुजङ्गः (bhujaṅgaḥ)	भुजङ्गौ (bhujaṅgau)	भुजङ्गाः (bhujaṅgāḥ)
Vocative	भुजङ्ग (bhujaṅga)	भुजङ्गौ (bhujaṅgau)	भुजङ्गाः (bhujaṅgāḥ)
Accusative	भुजङ्गम् (bhujaṅgam)	भुजङ्गौ (bhujaṅgau)	भुजङ्गान् (bhujaṅgān)
Instrumental	भुजङ्गेन (bhujaṅgena)	भुजङ्गाभ्याम् (bhujaṅgābhyām)	भुजङ्गैः (bhujaṅgaiḥ)
Dative	भुजङ्गाय (bhujaṅgāya)	भुजङ्गाभ्याम् (bhujaṅgābhyām)	भुजङ्गेभ्यः (bhujaṅgebhyaḥ)
Ablative	भुजङ्गात् (bhujaṅgāt)	भुजङ्गाभ्याम् (bhujaṅgābhyām)	भुजङ्गेभ्यः (bhujaṅgebhyaḥ)
Genitive	भुजङ्गस्य (bhujaṅgasya)	भुजङ्गयोः (bhujaṅgayoḥ)	भुजङ्गानाम् (bhujaṅgānām)
Locative	भुजङ्गे (bhujaṅge)	भुजङ्गयोः (bhujaṅgayoḥ)	भुजङ्गेषु (bhujaṅgeṣu)

Descendants

• Pali: bhujaṅga
  • → Old Khmer: būjuṅa
    • Khmer: ភុជង្គ (phucngkɔɔ)
    • → Thai: ภุชงค์ (pú-chong)
• → Hindi: भुजंग (bhujaṅg)
• → Tamil: புஜங்கம் (pujaṅkam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “bhujaṃga”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 759, column 2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “bhujaga-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 370