विरोचन

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৱিৰোচন (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬭᭀᬘᬦ (Balinese script)
• বিরোচন (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰨𑰺𑰓𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀭𑁄𑀘𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိရောစန (Burmese script)
• વિરોચન (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਰੋਚਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌰𑍋𑌚𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦫꦺꦴꦕꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂩𑂷𑂒𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿರೋಚನ (Kannada script)
• វិរោចន (Khmer script)
• ວິໂຣຈນ (Lao script)
• വിരോചന (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᡵᠣᢜᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘨𑘻𑘓𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠷᠣᠸᠠᢋᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑧈𑧜𑦳𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐬𑑀𑐔𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଵିରୋଚନ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢬꣂꢗꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆫𑆾𑆖𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖨𑖺𑖓𑖡 (Siddham script)
• විරොචන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩼𑩕𑩡𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚤𑚴𑚏𑚝 (Takri script)
• விரோசந (Tamil script)
• విరోచన (Telugu script)
• วิโรจน (Thai script)
• ཝི་རོ་ཙ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒩𑒼𑒔𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨫𑨆𑨣𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From वि- (vi-) +‎ रोचन (rocana, “light; splendour”). Also analysable as वि- (vi-, “distributing; away”, verbal prefix) +‎ रुच् (ruc, root) +‎ -अन (-ana, agent suffix) with regular accent; i.e. "the one that shines forth; emitter of light".

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.ɾɐ́w.t͡ɕɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋi.ɾoː.t͡ɕɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

विरोचन • (virócana) stem, m

1. the sun
2. the moon

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of विरोचन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	विरोचनः (virócanaḥ)	विरोचनौ (virócanau) विरोचना¹ (virócanā¹)	विरोचनाः (virócanāḥ) विरोचनासः¹ (virócanāsaḥ¹)
vocative	विरोचन (vírocana)	विरोचनौ (vírocanau) विरोचना¹ (vírocanā¹)	विरोचनाः (vírocanāḥ) विरोचनासः¹ (vírocanāsaḥ¹)
accusative	विरोचनम् (virócanam)	विरोचनौ (virócanau) विरोचना¹ (virócanā¹)	विरोचनान् (virócanān)
instrumental	विरोचनेन (virócanena)	विरोचनाभ्याम् (virócanābhyām)	विरोचनैः (virócanaiḥ) विरोचनेभिः¹ (virócanebhiḥ¹)
dative	विरोचनाय (virócanāya)	विरोचनाभ्याम् (virócanābhyām)	विरोचनेभ्यः (virócanebhyaḥ)
ablative	विरोचनात् (virócanāt)	विरोचनाभ्याम् (virócanābhyām)	विरोचनेभ्यः (virócanebhyaḥ)
genitive	विरोचनस्य (virócanasya)	विरोचनयोः (virócanayoḥ)	विरोचनानाम् (virócanānām)
locative	विरोचने (virócane)	विरोचनयोः (virócanayoḥ)	विरोचनेषु (virócaneṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• वैरोचन (vairocana)

Proper noun

विरोचन • (virócana) m

1. (Vedic religion) name of an Asura

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “विरोचनः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1464
• Monier Williams (1899) “Vi-rócana”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 983/2.