वत्सतर

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱত্সতৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬢ᭄ᬲᬢᬭ (Balinese script)
• বত্সতর (Bengali script)
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• ဝတ္သတရ (Burmese script)
• વત્સતર (Gujarati script)
• ਵਤ੍ਸਤਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌤𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦠ꧀ꦱꦠꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂞𑂹𑂮𑂞𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ವತ್ಸತರ (Kannada script)
• វត្សតរ (Khmer script)
• ວຕ຺ສຕຣ (Lao script)
• വത്സതര (Malayalam script)
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• 𑘪𑘝𑘿𑘭𑘝𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢐᠰᠠᢐᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑦽𑧠𑧍𑦽𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
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• ଵତ୍ସତର (Odia script)
• ꢮꢡ꣄ꢱꢡꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆠𑇀𑆱𑆠𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖝𑖿𑖭𑖝𑖨 (Siddham script)
• වත‍්සතර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩫 𑪙𑪁𑩫𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚙𑚶𑚨𑚙𑚤 (Takri script)
• வத்ஸதர (Tamil script)
• వత్సతర (Telugu script)
• วตฺสตร (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཏྶ་ཏ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒞𑓂𑒮𑒞𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨙𑩇𑨰𑨙𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wet-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *wétos

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *watsás

Sanskrit वत्स (vatsa)

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Sanskrit -तर (-tara)

Sanskrit वत्सतर (vatsatara)

वत्स (vatsa, “yearling calf; a year”) +‎ -तर (-tara, “beyond; more than”). See वत्स (vatsa) for more.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐt.sɐ.tɐ.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐt̪.s̪ɐ.t̪ɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

वत्सतर • (vatsatará) stem, m

1. a weaned calf, a young bull that is older than a calf but not yet fully grown
   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) I.8.18.4:

     सद्यो दीक्षयन्ति। सद्यः सोमं क्रीणन्ति। पुण्डरिस्रजां प्रयच्छति। दशभिर् वत्सतरैः सोमं क्रीणाति। दशपेयो भवति। शतं ब्राह्मणाः पिबन्ति।

     sadyó dīkṣayanti. sadyáḥ sómaṃ krīṇanti. puṇḍarisrajā́m prá yachati. daśábhir vatsataraíḥ sómaṃ krīṇāti. daśapéyo bhavati. śatám brāmaṇā́ḥ pibanti.

     On the same day they consecrate, on the same day they buy the Soma. He presents a lotus wreath. He buys the Soma with ten young bulls. [Thus] the Daśapeya libation [is arranged]. A hundred Brahmans drink [it].

2. a weaned goat kid
3. a goat that has not yet copulated

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वत्सतर (vatsatará)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वत्सतरः vatsataráḥ	वत्सतरौ / वत्सतरा¹ vatsataraú / vatsatarā́¹	वत्सतराः / वत्सतरासः¹ vatsatarā́ḥ / vatsatarā́saḥ¹
Vocative	वत्सतर vátsatara	वत्सतरौ / वत्सतरा¹ vátsatarau / vátsatarā¹	वत्सतराः / वत्सतरासः¹ vátsatarāḥ / vátsatarāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वत्सतरम् vatsatarám	वत्सतरौ / वत्सतरा¹ vatsataraú / vatsatarā́¹	वत्सतरान् vatsatarā́n
Instrumental	वत्सतरेण vatsataréṇa	वत्सतराभ्याम् vatsatarā́bhyām	वत्सतरैः / वत्सतरेभिः¹ vatsataraíḥ / vatsatarébhiḥ¹
Dative	वत्सतराय vatsatarā́ya	वत्सतराभ्याम् vatsatarā́bhyām	वत्सतरेभ्यः vatsatarébhyaḥ
Ablative	वत्सतरात् vatsatarā́t	वत्सतराभ्याम् vatsatarā́bhyām	वत्सतरेभ्यः vatsatarébhyaḥ
Genitive	वत्सतरस्य vatsatarásya	वत्सतरयोः vatsataráyoḥ	वत्सतराणाम् vatsatarā́ṇām
Locative	वत्सतरे vatsataré	वत्सतरयोः vatsataráyoḥ	वत्सतरेषु vatsataréṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Dameli: [script needed] (baċhár)
  • Phalura: [script needed] (baċhā́r, “a one or two year old calf”)
  • Shina: [script needed] (băċhar, “calf”)
• Pali: vacchatara (“weaned calf”)
• Prakrit: 𑀯𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀤𑀭 (vacchadara) 𑀯𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀬𑀭 (vacchayara) (see there for further descendants)