वाघत्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱাঘত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬵᬖᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বাঘত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰯𑰑𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀖𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝါဃတ် (Burmese script)
• વાઘત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਾਘਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌾𑌘𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦴꦓꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂰𑂐𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವಾಘತ್ (Kannada script)
• វាឃត៑ (Khmer script)
• ວາຆຕ຺ (Lao script)
• വാഘത് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢚᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘰𑘑𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢗᠺᠾᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧑𑦱𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐵𑐑𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵାଘତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢵꢕꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆳𑆔𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖯𑖑𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වාඝත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩛𑩟𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚭𑚍𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• வாக⁴த் (Tamil script)
• వాఘత్ (Telugu script)
• วาฆตฺ (Thai script)
• ཝཱ་གྷ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒰𑒒𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨊𑨎𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰ-ét, from *h₁wegʷʰ- (“to pray, to praise”). Cognate with Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai, “to pray”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.ɡʱɐ́t/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.ɡʱɐt̪/

Noun

वाघत् • (vāghát) stem, m

1. the institutor or initiator of the Vedic ritual worship
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.5.16:

     पुरुत्रा चिद्धि वां नरा विह्वयन्ते मनीषिणः ।
     वाघद्भिर् अश्विना गतम् ॥

     purutrā ciddhi vāṃ narā vihvayante manīṣiṇaḥ.
     vāghadbhir aśvinā gatam.

     Verily sages call on you, ye Heroes, in full many a place.
     Come, O Aśvins, having been called upon by the initating priests.

Declension

Masculine at-stem declension of वाघत्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वाघत् (vāghát)	वाघतौ (vāghátau) वाघता¹ (vāghátā¹)	वाघतः (vāghátaḥ)
vocative	वाघत् (vā́ghat)	वाघतौ (vā́ghatau) वाघता¹ (vā́ghatā¹)	वाघतः (vā́ghataḥ)
accusative	वाघतम् (vāghátam)	वाघतौ (vāghátau) वाघता¹ (vāghátā¹)	वाघतः (vāghátaḥ)
instrumental	वाघता (vāghátā)	वाघद्भ्याम् (vāghádbhyām)	वाघद्भिः (vāghádbhiḥ)
dative	वाघते (vāgháte)	वाघद्भ्याम् (vāghádbhyām)	वाघद्भ्यः (vāghádbhyaḥ)
ablative	वाघतः (vāghátaḥ)	वाघद्भ्याम् (vāghádbhyām)	वाघद्भ्यः (vāghádbhyaḥ)
genitive	वाघतः (vāghátaḥ)	वाघतोः (vāghátoḥ)	वाघताम् (vāghátām)
locative	वाघति (vāgháti)	वाघतोः (vāghátoḥ)	वाघत्सु (vāghátsu)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वाघत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 935, column 3.