विश्पति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিশ্পতি (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬰ᭄ᬧᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• বিশ্পতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰫𑰿𑰢𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀰𑁆𑀧𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိၐ္ပတိ (Burmese script)
• વિશ્પતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਸ਼੍ਪਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌶𑍍𑌪𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦯ꧀ꦥꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂬𑂹𑂣𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿಶ್ಪತಿ (Kannada script)
• វិឝ្បតិ (Khmer script)
• ວິຨ຺ປຕິ (Lao script)
• വിശ്പതി (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᡧᢒᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘫𑘿𑘢𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᠱᢒᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑧋𑧠𑧂𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐱𑑂𑐥𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଵିଶ୍ପତି (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢯ꣄ꢦꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆯𑇀𑆥𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖫𑖿𑖢𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• විශ‍්පති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩿 𑪙𑩰𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚧𑚶𑚞𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• விஶ்பதி (Tamil script)
• విశ్పతి (Telugu script)
• วิศฺปติ (Thai script)
• ཝི་ཤྤ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒬𑓂𑒣𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨮𑩇𑨞𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wiśpátiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wićpátiš, from Proto-Indo-European *wiḱpótis.

Cognate with Lithuanian viẽšpats (“lord”), Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬯𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (vīspaⁱti, “chief of a tribe”), Old Prussian waispattin (“mistress of a house”), probably Albanian zot (“lord, master”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋiɕ.pɐ́.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋiɕ.pɐ.t̪i/

Noun

विश्पति • (viś-páti) stem, m

1. the chief of a settlement or tribe, lord of the house or of the people (also applied to Agni and Indra) (RV., AV., TS.)
   • RV 7.7.4c

     सद्यो अध्वरे रथिरं जनन्त मानुषासो विचेतसो य एषाम |

     विशामधायि विश्पतिर्दुरोणे.अग्निर्मन्द्रो मधुवचा रतावा ||

     sadyo adhvare rathiraṃ jananta mānuṣāso vicetaso ya eṣām |

     viśāmadhāyi viśpatirduroṇe agnirmandro madhuvacā ṛtāvā ||

     Forthwith the men, the best of these for wisdom, have made him leader in the solemn worship.

     As Lord in homes of men is Agni stablished, the Holy One, the joyous, sweetly speaking.

2. (in the dual) "master and mistress of the house"
3. (in the plural) "kings" or, "head-merchants" (BhP.)

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of विश्पति

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	विश्पतिः (viśpátiḥ)	विश्पती (viśpátī)	विश्पतयः (viśpátayaḥ)
vocative	विश्पते (víśpate)	विश्पती (víśpatī)	विश्पतयः (víśpatayaḥ)
accusative	विश्पतिम् (viśpátim)	विश्पती (viśpátī)	विश्पतीन् (viśpátīn)
instrumental	विश्पतिना (viśpátinā) विश्पत्या¹ (viśpátyā¹)	विश्पतिभ्याम् (viśpátibhyām)	विश्पतिभिः (viśpátibhiḥ)
dative	विश्पतये (viśpátaye)	विश्पतिभ्याम् (viśpátibhyām)	विश्पतिभ्यः (viśpátibhyaḥ)
ablative	विश्पतेः (viśpáteḥ) विश्पत्यः¹ (viśpátyaḥ¹)	विश्पतिभ्याम् (viśpátibhyām)	विश्पतिभ्यः (viśpátibhyaḥ)
genitive	विश्पतेः (viśpáteḥ) विश्पत्यः¹ (viśpátyaḥ¹)	विश्पत्योः (viśpátyoḥ)	विश्पतीनाम् (viśpátīnām)
locative	विश्पतौ (viśpátau) विश्पता¹ (viśpátā¹)	विश्पत्योः (viśpátyoḥ)	विश्पतिषु (viśpátiṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “विश्पति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 989, column 2.