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): /ˈʋɑː.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 (vāghát)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वाघत् vāghát	वाघतौ / वाघता¹ vāghátau / vāghátā¹	वाघतः vāghátaḥ
Vocative	वाघत् vā́ghat	वाघतौ / वाघता¹ vā́ghatau / vā́ghatā¹	वाघतः vā́ghataḥ
Accusative	वाघतम् vāghátam	वाघतौ / वाघता¹ vāghátau / 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
Notes	¹Vedic

References

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