वेङ्कट

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱেঙ্কট (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬾᬗ᭄ᬓᬝ (Balinese script)
• বেঙ্কট (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰸𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑁂𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀝 (Brahmi script)
• ဝေင်္ကဋ (Burmese script)
• વેઙ્કટ (Gujarati script)
• ਵੇਙ੍ਕਟ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍇𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌟 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦺꦔ꧀ꦏꦛ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂵𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂗 (Kaithi script)
• ವೇಙ್ಕಟ (Kannada script)
• វេង្កដ (Khmer script)
• ເວງ຺ກຏ (Lao script)
• വേങ്കട (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡝᢛᡬᠠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘹𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘘 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠧᢊᢉᠠᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧚𑦲𑧠𑦮𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐾𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐚 (Newa script)
• ଵେଙ୍କଟ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢾꢖ꣄ꢒꢜ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆼𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆛 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖸𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖘 (Siddham script)
• වෙඞ‍්කට (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩔𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩦 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚲𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚔 (Takri script)
• வேங்கட (Tamil script)
• వేఙ్కట (Telugu script)
• เวงฺกฏ (Thai script)
• ཝེ་ངྐ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒹𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨄𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Telugu వెంకట (veṅkaṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐjŋ.kɐ.ʈɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋeːŋ.kɐ.ʈɐ/

Proper noun

वेङ्कट • (veṅkaṭa) stem, m

1. Name of a very sacred hill in the द्राविड (drāviḍa) country (in the district of North Arcot, about 80 miles from Madras; it reaches an elevation of about 2,500 feet above the sea level, and on the summit is the celebrated temple dedicated to विष्णु (viṣṇu) in his character of ‘Lord of वेङ्कट’, also called श्री-पति (śrī-pati) or Tirupati, whence the hill is sometimes popularly known as त्रि-पती (tri-patī); it is annually thronged with thousands of pilgrims.
2. Name of a king of विजय-नगर (vijaya-nagara) (the patron of अप्पय दीक्षित (appaya dīkṣita)).
3. Name of various authors and teachers.

Derived terms

• वेङ्कटेश्वर (veṅkaṭeśvara)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “वेङ्कट”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Monier Williams (1899) “वेङ्कट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.