वैकुण्ठ

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʋɛː.kʊɳʈʰ/, [ʋɛː.kʊ̃ɳʈʰ]

Proper noun

वैकुण्ठ • (vaikuṇṭh) m

1. Alternative spelling of वैकुंठ (vaikuṇṭh)

Declension

Declension of वैकुण्ठ (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	वैकुण्ठ vaikuṇṭh
oblique	वैकुण्ठ vaikuṇṭh
vocative	वैकुण्ठ vaikuṇṭh

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वैकुंठ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱৈকুণ্ঠ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬿᬓᬸᬡ᭄ᬞ (Balinese script)
• বৈকুণ্ঠ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰹𑰎𑰲𑰜𑰿𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑁃𑀓𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀞 (Brahmi script)
• ဝဲကုဏ္ဌ (Burmese script)
• વૈકુણ્ઠ (Gujarati script)
• ਵੈਕੁਣ੍ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍈𑌕𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌠 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦻꦏꦸꦟ꧀ꦜ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂶𑂍𑂳𑂝𑂹𑂘 (Kaithi script)
• ವೈಕುಣ್ಠ (Kannada script)
• វៃកុណ្ឋ (Khmer script)
• ໄວກຸຓ຺ຐ (Lao script)
• വൈകുണ്ഠ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᡳᡬᡠᢏᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘺𑘎𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘙 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠧᠧᢉᠤᢏᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧛𑦮𑧔𑦼𑧠𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐿𑐎𑐸𑐞𑑂𑐛 (Newa script)
• ଵୈକୁଣ୍ଠ (Odia script)
• ꢮꣀꢒꢸꢠ꣄ꢝ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆽𑆑𑆶𑆟𑇀𑆜 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖹𑖎𑖲𑖜𑖿𑖙 (Siddham script)
• වෛකුණ‍්ඨ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩗𑩜𑩒𑩪 𑪙𑩧 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚳𑚊𑚰𑚘𑚶𑚕 (Takri script)
• வைகுண்ட² (Tamil script)
• వైకుణ్ఠ (Telugu script)
• ไวกุณฺฐ (Thai script)
• ཝཻ་ཀུ་ཎྛ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒻𑒏𑒳𑒝𑓂𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨇𑨋𑨃𑨘𑩇𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of विकुण्ठ (vikuṇṭha).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɑjˈkuɳ.ʈʰɐ/

Noun

वैकुण्ठ • (vaikuṇṭhá) stem, m or n

1. (Hinduism) The paradise or heaven, abode of Vishnu
2. name of Hindu god Vishnu and also Indra

Descendants

• → English: Vaikuntha
• → Hindi: वैकुण्ठ (vaikuṇṭh)
• → Kannada: ವೈಕುಂಠ (vaikuṇṭha)
• → Nepali: वैकुण्ठ (vaikuṇṭha)
• → Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: वैकुंठ (vaikuṃṭha)

  Modi script: 𑘪𑘺𑘎𑘳𑘽𑘙 (vaikuṃṭha)

  • → Marathi: वैकुंठ (vaikuṇṭha)
• → Tamil: வைகுண்டம் (vaikuṇṭam)
• ⇒ Telugu: వైకుంఠుడు (vaikuṇṭhuḍu), వైకుంఠము (vaikuṇṭhamu)

References

• “वैकुण्ठ॑” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 524, column 2.
• Monier Williams (1899) “वैकुण्ठ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1020, column 2.