रङ्गकार

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰঙ্গকাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬗ᭄ᬕᬓᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• রঙ্গকার (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰒𑰿𑰐𑰎𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ရင်္ဂကာရ (Burmese script)
• રઙ્ગકાર (Gujarati script)
• ਰਙ੍ਗਕਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌕𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦔ꧀ꦒꦏꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂍𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ರಙ್ಗಕಾರ (Kannada script)
• រង្គការ (Khmer script)
• ຣງ຺ຄກາຣ (Lao script)
• രങ്ഗകാര (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠᢛᡤᠠᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘒𑘿𑘐𑘎𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᢊᠺᠠᢉᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑦲𑧠𑦰𑦮𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐒𑑂𑐐𑐎𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ରଙ୍ଗକାର (Odia script)
• ꢬꢖ꣄ꢔꢒꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆕𑇀𑆓𑆑𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖒𑖿𑖐𑖎𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• රඞ‍්ගකාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩠 𑪙𑩞𑩜𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚎𑚶𑚌𑚊𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• ரங்க³கார (Tamil script)
• రఙ్గకార (Telugu script)
• รงฺคการ (Thai script)
• ར་ངྒ་ཀཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒏𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨏𑩇𑨍𑨋𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit रङ्ग (raṅga)

Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-der.

Sanskrit -कार (-kāra)

Sanskrit रङ्गकार (raṅgakāra)

Tatpuruṣa compound of रङ्ग (raṅga, “colour”) +‎ -कार (-kāra).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾɐŋ.ɡɐ.kɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾɐŋ.ɡɐˈkɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

रङ्गकार • (raṅgakāra) stem, m

1. painter; dyer
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.41.32:

     रजकं कं चिद् आयान्तं रङ्गकारं गदाग्रजः ।
     दृष्ट्वा ऽयाचत वासांसि धौतान्य् अत्युत्तमानि च ॥

     rajakaṃ kaṃ cid āyāntaṃ raṅgakāraṃ gadāgrajaḥ.
     dṛṣṭvā ʼyācata vāsāṃsi dhautāny atyuttamāni ca.

     Seeing a washerman-dyer approaching, Kṛṣṇa asked him for the finest washed garments he had.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of रङ्गकार (raṅgakāra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रङ्गकारः raṅgakāraḥ	रङ्गकारौ / रङ्गकारा¹ raṅgakārau / raṅgakārā¹	रङ्गकाराः / रङ्गकारासः¹ raṅgakārāḥ / raṅgakārāsaḥ¹
Vocative	रङ्गकार raṅgakāra	रङ्गकारौ / रङ्गकारा¹ raṅgakārau / raṅgakārā¹	रङ्गकाराः / रङ्गकारासः¹ raṅgakārāḥ / raṅgakārāsaḥ¹
Accusative	रङ्गकारम् raṅgakāram	रङ्गकारौ / रङ्गकारा¹ raṅgakārau / raṅgakārā¹	रङ्गकारान् raṅgakārān
Instrumental	रङ्गकारेण raṅgakāreṇa	रङ्गकाराभ्याम् raṅgakārābhyām	रङ्गकारैः / रङ्गकारेभिः¹ raṅgakāraiḥ / raṅgakārebhiḥ¹
Dative	रङ्गकाराय raṅgakārāya	रङ्गकाराभ्याम् raṅgakārābhyām	रङ्गकारेभ्यः raṅgakārebhyaḥ
Ablative	रङ्गकारात् raṅgakārāt	रङ्गकाराभ्याम् raṅgakārābhyām	रङ्गकारेभ्यः raṅgakārebhyaḥ
Genitive	रङ्गकारस्य raṅgakārasya	रङ्गकारयोः raṅgakārayoḥ	रङ्गकाराणाम् raṅgakārāṇām
Locative	रङ्गकारे raṅgakāre	रङ्गकारयोः raṅgakārayoḥ	रङ्गकारेषु raṅgakāreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: raṅgakāra
• Prakrit: *𑀭𑀁𑀕𑀆𑀭 (*raṃgaāra)
  • Gujarati: રંગારો (raṅgāro)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रङ्गकार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 862.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “raṅgakāra”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “रङ्ग”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1323
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “raṅgakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 611