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): /ˈʋiɕ.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 (viśpáti)
	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 / विश्पत्या¹ viśpátinā / viśpátyā¹	विश्पतिभ्याम् viśpátibhyām	विश्पतिभिः viśpátibhiḥ
Dative	विश्पतये viśpátaye	विश्पतिभ्याम् viśpátibhyām	विश्पतिभ्यः viśpátibhyaḥ
Ablative	विश्पतेः / विश्पत्यः¹ viśpáteḥ / viśpátyaḥ¹	विश्पतिभ्याम् viśpátibhyām	विश्पतिभ्यः viśpátibhyaḥ
Genitive	विश्पतेः / विश्पत्यः¹ viśpáteḥ / viśpátyaḥ¹	विश्पत्योः viśpátyoḥ	विश्पतीनाम् viśpátīnām
Locative	विश्पतौ / विश्पता¹ viśpátau / viśpátā¹	विश्पत्योः viśpátyoḥ	विश्पतिषु viśpátiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

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