शुद्धि

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शुद्धि (śuddhi). Doublet of सुध (sudh).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʃʊd̪.d̪ʱiː/, [ʃʊd̪̚.d̪ʱiː]

Noun

शुद्धि • (śuddhi) f

1. purity
2. purification, expiation
3. removal (of faults)
4. correctness, accuracy (of work)
5. requital

Declension

Declension of शुद्धि (fem i-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शुद्धि śuddhi	शुद्धियाँ śuddhiyā̃
oblique	शुद्धि śuddhi	शुद्धियों śuddhiyõ
vocative	शुद्धि śuddhi	शुद्धियो śuddhiyo

Derived terms

• शुद्धिकरण (śuddhikraṇ)
• शुद्धिकारक (śuddhikārak)
• शुद्धिकारी (śuddhikārī)
• शुद्धिपत्र (śuddhipatra)
• शुद्धिबोध (śuddhibodh)
• शुद्धिवादी (śuddhivādī)

 

Related terms

• अशुद्धि (aśuddhi)
• परिशुद्धि (pariśuddhi)
• संशुद्धि (sañśuddhi)

 

References

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শুদ্ধি (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬸᬤ᭄ᬥᬶ (Balinese script)
• শুদ্ধি (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰲𑰟𑰿𑰠𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ၐုဒ္ဓိ (Burmese script)
• શુદ્ધિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ੁਦ੍ਧਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌧𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦸꦢ꧀ꦣꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂳𑂠𑂹𑂡𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಶುದ್ಧಿ (Kannada script)
• ឝុទ្ធិ (Khmer script)
• ຨຸທ຺ຘິ (Lao script)
• ശുദ്ധി (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡠᡩᢡᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘳𑘟𑘿𑘠𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠤᢑᢑᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧔𑦿𑧠𑧀𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐸𑐡𑑂𑐢𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଶୁଦ୍ଧି (Odia script)
• ꢯꢸꢣ꣄ꢤꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆶𑆢𑇀𑆣𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖲𑖟𑖿𑖠𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ශුද‍්ධි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩒𑩭 𑪙𑩮𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚰𑚛𑚶𑚜𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஶுத்³தி⁴ (Tamil script)
• శుద్ధి (Telugu script)
• ศุทฺธิ (Thai script)
• ཤུ་དྡྷི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒳𑒠𑓂𑒡𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨃𑨛𑩇𑨜𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

शुध् (śudh) +‎ -ति (-ti).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕud.dʱi/, [ɕud̚.dʱi]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕud̪.d̪ʱi/, [ˈɕud̪̚.d̪ʱi]

Noun

शुद्धि • (śuddhi) stem, f (root शुध्)

1. (Hinduism) Shuddhi
2. (literal, figurative) cleansing, purification, purity, holiness, freedom from defilement, purificatory rite
3. setting free or securing (from any danger), rendering secure
   • Kām
   • 550 CE, Varāhamihira, Bṛhat Saṃhitā
4. justification, exculpation, innocence (established by ordeal or trial), acquittal
5. quittance, clearing off or paying off, discharge (of a debt, etc)
   • MW
6. retaliation
7. verification, correction, making true, correctness, accuracy, genuineness, truth
   • Yājñ
8. clearness, certainty, accurate knowledge regarding (with genitive case or in compounds)

   शुद्धिंकृ

   śuddhiṃ-kṛ

   to ascertain for certain

9. (arithmetic) leaving no remainder

   शुद्धिमि

   śuddhim-i

   to leave no remainder

10. subtraction of a quantity or a quantity to be subtracted
11. name of Durga
12. of one of the Śaktis of Viṣṇu
13. of Dākṣāyaṇī as worshipped at Kapāla-mocana

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of शुद्धि (śuddhi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शुद्धिः śuddhiḥ	शुद्धी śuddhī	शुद्धयः śuddhayaḥ
Vocative	शुद्धे śuddhe	शुद्धी śuddhī	शुद्धयः śuddhayaḥ
Accusative	शुद्धिम् śuddhim	शुद्धी śuddhī	शुद्धीः śuddhīḥ
Instrumental	शुद्ध्या / शुद्धी¹ śuddhyā / śuddhī¹	शुद्धिभ्याम् śuddhibhyām	शुद्धिभिः śuddhibhiḥ
Dative	शुद्धये / शुद्ध्यै² / शुद्धी¹ śuddhaye / śuddhyai² / śuddhī¹	शुद्धिभ्याम् śuddhibhyām	शुद्धिभ्यः śuddhibhyaḥ
Ablative	शुद्धेः / शुद्ध्याः² / शुद्ध्यै³ śuddheḥ / śuddhyāḥ² / śuddhyai³	शुद्धिभ्याम् śuddhibhyām	शुद्धिभ्यः śuddhibhyaḥ
Genitive	शुद्धेः / शुद्ध्याः² / शुद्ध्यै³ śuddheḥ / śuddhyāḥ² / śuddhyai³	शुद्ध्योः śuddhyoḥ	शुद्धीनाम् śuddhīnām
Locative	शुद्धौ / शुद्ध्याम्² / शुद्धा¹ śuddhau / śuddhyām² / śuddhā¹	शुद्ध्योः śuddhyoḥ	शुद्धिषु śuddhiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• अशुद्धि (aśuddhi)
• परिशुद्धि (pariśuddhi)
• विशुद्धि (viśuddhi)
• शुद्धिकर (śuddhikara)
• शुद्धिकृत (śuddhikṛta)
• शुद्धितम (śuddhitama)
• संशुद्धि (saṃśuddhi)

 

Descendants

• Pali: suddhi f (“purification”)
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀺 f (suddhi, “purification, information”)
  • Northwestern:
    • Sindhi: سدھ (sudhi)
    • Punjabi: سدھ / ਸੁੱਧ (suddha)
  • Northern:
    • Nepali: सुधि (sudhi), सुद्धि (suddhi)
  • Eastern:
    • Bengali: সুধ (śudh), সুধি (śudhi)
    • Assamese: সুধি (xudhi)
  • Central:
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: सुध (sudh), सुधी (sudhī)

      Urdu: سدھ, سدھی

    • Gujarati: સૂધ (sūdh)
    • Marathi: सुधी (sudhī)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शुद्धि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.