विषकन्या
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit विषकन्या (viṣakanyā); equivalent to विष (viṣ, “poison”) + कन्या (kanyā, “unmarried woman; virgin”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]विषकन्या • (viṣkanyā) f (Urdu spelling وِشکنِّیا)
- (historical) Visha Kanya (a kind of assassinatress of ancient India, said to seduce and then poison their targets)
Declension
[edit]Declension of विषकन्या (fem ā-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | विषकन्या viṣkanyā |
विषकन्याएँ viṣkanyāẽ |
oblique | विषकन्या viṣkanyā |
विषकन्याओं viṣkanyāõ |
vocative | विषकन्या viṣkanyā |
विषकन्याओ viṣkanyāo |
Further reading
[edit]- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “विषकन्या”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- “وشکنیا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- ৱিষকন্যা (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬶᬱᬓᬦ᭄ᬬᬵ (Balinese script)
- বিষকন্যা (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰𑰬𑰎𑰡𑰿𑰧𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺𑀱𑀓𑀦𑁆𑀬𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဝိၑကနျာ (Burmese script)
- વિષકન્યા (Gujarati script)
- ਵਿਸ਼ਕਨ੍ਯਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌿𑌷𑌕𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦶꦰꦏꦤꦾꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂱𑂭𑂍𑂢𑂹𑂨𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ವಿಷಕನ್ಯಾ (Kannada script)
- វិឞកន្យា (Khmer script)
- ວິຩກນ຺ຍາ (Lao script)
- വിഷകന്യാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡳᢢᠠᡬᠠᠨᠶᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘱𑘬𑘎𑘡𑘿𑘧𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠢᢔᠠᢉᠠᠨᠶᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧒𑧌𑦮𑧁𑧠𑧇𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐶𑐲𑐎𑐣𑑂𑐫𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଵିଷକନ୍ଯା (Odia script)
- ꢮꢶꢰꢒꢥ꣄ꢫꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴𑆰𑆑𑆤𑇀𑆪𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰𑖬𑖎𑖡𑖿𑖧𑖯 (Siddham script)
- විෂකන්යා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩑𑪀𑩜𑩯 𑪙𑩻𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚮𑚊𑚝𑚶𑚣𑚭 (Takri script)
- விஷகந்யா (Tamil script)
- విషకన్యా (Telugu script)
- วิษกนฺยา (Thai script)
- ཝི་ཥ་ཀ་ནྱཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱𑒭𑒏𑒢𑓂𑒨𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨁𑨯𑨋𑨝𑩇𑨪𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Compound of विष (viṣá, “poison”) + कन्या (kanyā̀, “maiden, virgin, girl”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]विषकन्या • (viṣakanyā) stem, f
- (Classical Sanskrit) Visha Kanya (a kind of assassinatress of ancient India, said to seduce and then poison their targets)
Declension
[edit]Feminine ā-stem declension of विषकन्या (viṣakanyā) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | विषकन्या viṣakanyā |
विषकन्ये viṣakanye |
विषकन्याः viṣakanyāḥ |
Vocative | विषकन्ये viṣakanye |
विषकन्ये viṣakanye |
विषकन्याः viṣakanyāḥ |
Accusative | विषकन्याम् viṣakanyām |
विषकन्ये viṣakanye |
विषकन्याः viṣakanyāḥ |
Instrumental | विषकन्यया viṣakanyayā |
विषकन्याभ्याम् viṣakanyābhyām |
विषकन्याभिः viṣakanyābhiḥ |
Dative | विषकन्यायै viṣakanyāyai |
विषकन्याभ्याम् viṣakanyābhyām |
विषकन्याभ्यः viṣakanyābhyaḥ |
Ablative | विषकन्यायाः viṣakanyāyāḥ |
विषकन्याभ्याम् viṣakanyābhyām |
विषकन्याभ्यः viṣakanyābhyaḥ |
Genitive | विषकन्यायाः viṣakanyāyāḥ |
विषकन्ययोः viṣakanyayoḥ |
विषकन्यानाम् viṣakanyānām |
Locative | विषकन्यायाम् viṣakanyāyām |
विषकन्ययोः viṣakanyayoḥ |
विषकन्यासु viṣakanyāsu |
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “विषकन्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 995.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “viṣakanyā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “विषकन्या”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
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