मुकुष्ठ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

मुकुष्ठक (mukuṣṭhaka), मकुष्ट (makuṣṭa), मपष्ट (mapaṣṭa), मपुष्ठक (mapuṣṭhaka), मयुष्ठक (mayuṣṭhaka)
मुकुष्ट (mukuṣṭa) — Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit
मुद्गष्ठ (mudgaṣṭha)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Prakrit *𑀫𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*mŏṭṭha)bor.

Sanskrit मुकुष्ठ (mukuṣṭha)

The variation in forms and lack of attestation in texts suggests Sanskritisation of a Prakrit *𑀫𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*mŏṭṭha), with ultimate etymology unknown; perhaps taken from a substrate language.^[1] Compare Prakrit *𑀫𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀭 (*maṭṭara, “pea”) ~ *𑀫𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*maṭṭha, “pea”), Sanskrit मु॒द्ग (mudgá, “mung bean”), Sanskrit मुकुल (mukula, “bud”) ~ मुद्गर (mudgara, “bud”).^[2]

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mu.kuʂ.ʈʰɐ/

Noun

मुकुष्ठ • (mukuṣṭha) stem, m ^[3]

a kind of bean, probably moth bean, Vigna aconitifolia
- Lexicographers, Various Works

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मुकुष्ठ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मुकुष्ठः (mukuṣṭhaḥ)	मुकुष्ठौ (mukuṣṭhau) मुकुष्ठा¹ (mukuṣṭhā¹)	मुकुष्ठाः (mukuṣṭhāḥ) मुकुष्ठासः¹ (mukuṣṭhāsaḥ¹)
vocative	मुकुष्ठ (mukuṣṭha)	मुकुष्ठौ (mukuṣṭhau) मुकुष्ठा¹ (mukuṣṭhā¹)	मुकुष्ठाः (mukuṣṭhāḥ) मुकुष्ठासः¹ (mukuṣṭhāsaḥ¹)
accusative	मुकुष्ठम् (mukuṣṭham)	मुकुष्ठौ (mukuṣṭhau) मुकुष्ठा¹ (mukuṣṭhā¹)	मुकुष्ठान् (mukuṣṭhān)
instrumental	मुकुष्ठेन (mukuṣṭhena)	मुकुष्ठाभ्याम् (mukuṣṭhābhyām)	मुकुष्ठैः (mukuṣṭhaiḥ) मुकुष्ठेभिः¹ (mukuṣṭhebhiḥ¹)
dative	मुकुष्ठाय (mukuṣṭhāya)	मुकुष्ठाभ्याम् (mukuṣṭhābhyām)	मुकुष्ठेभ्यः (mukuṣṭhebhyaḥ)
ablative	मुकुष्ठात् (mukuṣṭhāt)	मुकुष्ठाभ्याम् (mukuṣṭhābhyām)	मुकुष्ठेभ्यः (mukuṣṭhebhyaḥ)
genitive	मुकुष्ठस्य (mukuṣṭhasya)	मुकुष्ठयोः (mukuṣṭhayoḥ)	मुकुष्ठानाम् (mukuṣṭhānām)
locative	मुकुष्ठे (mukuṣṭhe)	मुकुष्ठयोः (mukuṣṭhayoḥ)	मुकुष्ठेषु (mukuṣṭheṣu)

¹Vedic

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) “mukuṣṭhaḥ”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 647
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mukuṣṭha-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 584
^ Monier Williams (1899) “मुकुष्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 819.

[1] Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) “mukuṣṭhaḥ”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 647

[2] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mukuṣṭha-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 584

[3] Monier Williams (1899) “मुकुष्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 819.

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