शरभ

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• শৰভ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬭᬪ (Balinese script)
• শরভ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰨𑰥 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀭𑀪 (Brahmi script)
• ၐရဘ (Burmese script)
• શરભ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਰਭ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌰𑌭 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦫꦨ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂩𑂦 (Kaithi script)
• ಶರಭ (Kannada script)
• ឝរភ (Khmer script)
• ຨຣຠ (Lao script)
• ശരഭ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᡵᠠᢨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘨𑘥 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᠷᠠᠪᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧈𑧅 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐬𑐨 (Newa script)
• ଶରଭ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢬꢩ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆫𑆨 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖨𑖥 (Siddham script)
• ශරභ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩼𑩳 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚤𑚡 (Takri script)
• ஶரப⁴ (Tamil script)
• శరభ (Telugu script)
• ศรภ (Thai script)
• ཤ་ར་བྷ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒩𑒦 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨫𑨡 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śarHabʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćarHabʰás, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-. Possibly related to Proto-Munda *sv₆l₁₂ˀp (“gazelle”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.ɾɐ.bʱɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐ.ɾɐ.bʱɐ/

Noun

शरभ • (śarabhá) stem, m

1. (Hindu mythology) a sharabha (mythical half-lion half-bird that slays lions; in later literature an eight-legged deer)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शरभ (śarabhá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शरभः śarabháḥ	शरभौ / शरभा¹ śarabhaú / śarabhā́¹	शरभाः / शरभासः¹ śarabhā́ḥ / śarabhā́saḥ¹
Vocative	शरभ śárabha	शरभौ / शरभा¹ śárabhau / śárabhā¹	शरभाः / शरभासः¹ śárabhāḥ / śárabhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शरभम् śarabhám	शरभौ / शरभा¹ śarabhaú / śarabhā́¹	शरभान् śarabhā́n
Instrumental	शरभेण śarabhéṇa	शरभाभ्याम् śarabhā́bhyām	शरभैः / शरभेभिः¹ śarabhaíḥ / śarabhébhiḥ¹
Dative	शरभाय śarabhā́ya	शरभाभ्याम् śarabhā́bhyām	शरभेभ्यः śarabhébhyaḥ
Ablative	शरभात् śarabhā́t	शरभाभ्याम् śarabhā́bhyām	शरभेभ्यः śarabhébhyaḥ
Genitive	शरभस्य śarabhásya	शरभयोः śarabháyoḥ	शरभाणाम् śarabhā́ṇām
Locative	शरभे śarabhé	शरभयोः śarabháyoḥ	शरभेषु śarabhéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• शृङ्ग (śṛ́ṅga, “horn”)