वीरुध्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wiHrúdʰ-, from *wi- (“away, apart, about; in different directions”) + Proto-Indo-European *h₁ludʰ-, zero grade of *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow”), whence also रोधति (rodhati, “grows”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋiː.ɾúdʱ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋiː.ɾud̪ʱ/

Noun

वीरुध् • (vīrúdh) stem, f or m

1. a plant, herb; especially a creeping plant
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.145.1:

     इमां खनाम्योषधिं वीरुधं बलवत्तमाम्।
     यया सपत्नीं बाधते यया संविन्दते पतिम्॥

     imāṃ khanāmyoṣadhiṃ vīrudhaṃ balavattamām.
     yayā sapatnīṃ bādhate yayā saṃvindate patim.

     From out the earth I dig this plant, a herb of most effectual power,
     Wherewith one quells the co-wife and gains the husband for herself.

Declension

Masculine declension of वीरुध्

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	वीरुत् (vīrút)	वीरुधः (vīrúdhaḥ)
Vocative	-	वीरुधः (vīrudhaḥ)
Accusative	वीरुधम् (vīrúdham)	वीरुधः (vīrúdhaḥ)
Instrumental	वीरुधा (vīrudhā)	वीरुद्भिः (vīrudbhiḥ)
Ablative	-	वीरुद्भ्यः (vīrúdbhyaḥ)
Genitive	वीरुधः (vīrudhaḥ)	वीरुधाम् (vīrúdhām)
Locative	-	वीरुत्सु (vīrútsu)