वन्धुर

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• बन्धुर (bandhura)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱন্ধুৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬦ᭄ᬥᬸᬭ (Balinese script)
• বন্ধুর (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰡𑰿𑰠𑰲𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀦𑁆𑀥𑀼𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ဝန္ဓုရ (Burmese script)
• વન્ધુર (Gujarati script)
• ਵਨ੍ਧੁਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌨𑍍𑌧𑍁𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦤ꧀ꦣꦸꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂢𑂹𑂡𑂳𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ವನ್ಧುರ (Kannada script)
• វន្ធុរ (Khmer script)
• ວນ຺ຘຸຣ (Lao script)
• വന്ധുര (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠨᢡᡠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘡𑘿𑘠𑘳𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠨᢑᠾᠤᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧁𑧠𑧀𑧔𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐣𑑂𑐢𑐸𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଵନ୍ଧୁର (Odia script)
• ꢮꢥ꣄ꢤꢸꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆤𑇀𑆣𑆶𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖡𑖿𑖠𑖲𑖨 (Siddham script)
• වන්‍ධුර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩯 𑪙𑩮𑩒𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚝𑚶𑚜𑚰𑚤 (Takri script)
• வந்து⁴ர (Tamil script)
• వన్ధుర (Telugu script)
• วนฺธุร (Thai script)
• ཝ་ནྡྷུ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒢𑓂𑒡𑒳𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨝𑩇𑨜𑨃𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wandʰúras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wandʰúras, from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with Armenian վանդակ (vandak), English wander.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐn.dʱú.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐn̪ˈd̪ʱu.ɾɐ/

Noun

वन्धुर • (vandhúra) stem, n

1. the seat of a charioteer, the fore part of a chariot or place at the end of the shafts, a carriage-seat or driver's box
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.119.5:

     अ॒हं तष्टे॑व व॒न्धुरं॒ पर्य॑चामि हृ॒दा म॒तिम् ।
     कु॒वित्सोम॒स्यापा॒मिति॑ ॥

     aháṃ táṣṭeva vandhúraṃ páryacāmi hṛdā́ matím.
     kuvítsómasyā́pāmíti.

     I revolve the song of praise in my heart as a carpenter (making) a charioteer's seat, for I have indeed drunk the Soma.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of वन्धुर (vandhúra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वन्धुरम् vandhúram	वन्धुरे vandhúre	वन्धुराणि / वन्धुरा¹ vandhúrāṇi / vandhúrā¹
Vocative	वन्धुर vándhura	वन्धुरे vándhure	वन्धुराणि / वन्धुरा¹ vándhurāṇi / vándhurā¹
Accusative	वन्धुरम् vandhúram	वन्धुरे vandhúre	वन्धुराणि / वन्धुरा¹ vandhúrāṇi / vandhúrā¹
Instrumental	वन्धुरेण vandhúreṇa	वन्धुराभ्याम् vandhúrābhyām	वन्धुरैः / वन्धुरेभिः¹ vandhúraiḥ / vandhúrebhiḥ¹
Dative	वन्धुराय vandhúrāya	वन्धुराभ्याम् vandhúrābhyām	वन्धुरेभ्यः vandhúrebhyaḥ
Ablative	वन्धुरात् vandhúrāt	वन्धुराभ्याम् vandhúrābhyām	वन्धुरेभ्यः vandhúrebhyaḥ
Genitive	वन्धुरस्य vandhúrasya	वन्धुरयोः vandhúrayoḥ	वन्धुराणाम् vandhúrāṇām
Locative	वन्धुरे vandhúre	वन्धुरयोः vandhúrayoḥ	वन्धुरेषु vandhúreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• त्रिवन्धुर (trivandhura)
• सृप्रवन्धुर (sṛpravandhura)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वन्धुर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 919/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 503