सग्धि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সগ্ধি (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬕ᭄ᬥᬶ (Balinese script)
• সগ্ধি (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰐𑰿𑰠𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀕𑁆𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• သဂ္ဓိ (Burmese script)
• સગ્ધિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਗ੍ਧਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌗𑍍𑌧𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦒ꧀ꦣꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂏𑂹𑂡𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಗ್ಧಿ (Kannada script)
• សគ្ធិ (Khmer script)
• ສຄ຺ຘິ (Lao script)
• സഗ്ധി (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᡤᢡᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘐𑘿𑘠𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠺᢑᠾᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑦰𑧠𑧀𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐐𑑂𑐢𑐶 (Newa script)
• ସଗ୍ଧି (Odia script)
• ꢱꢔ꣄ꢤꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆓𑇀𑆣𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖐𑖿𑖠𑖰 (Siddham script)
• සග්‍ධි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩞 𑪙𑩮𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚌𑚶𑚜𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஸக்³தி⁴ (Tamil script)
• సగ్ధి (Telugu script)
• สคฺธิ (Thai script)
• ས་གྡྷི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒑𑓂𑒡𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨍𑩇𑨜𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ságzdʰiṣ, from *sa- (“together”) and the zero-grade of the Proto-Indo-Iranian root *gʰas- (“to eat”). See घस् (ghas) for cognates.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ́ɡ.dʱi/, [sɐ́ɡ̚.dʱi]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐɡ.d̪ʱi/, [ˈs̪ɐɡ̚.d̪ʱi]

Noun

सग्धि • (ságdhi) stem, f

1. a communal meal; the act of eating together
   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) IV.7.4:

     ऊर्क् च मे सूनृता च मे पयश् च मे रसश् च मे घृतं च मे मधु च मे सग्धिश् च मे सपीतिश् च मे कृषिश् च मे वृष्टिश् च मे

     ūrk ca me sūnṛtā ca me payaś ca me rasaś ca me ghṛtaṃ ca me madhu ca me sagdhiś ca me sapītiś ca me kṛṣiś ca me vṛṣṭiś ca me

     May for me strength, righteousness, milk, sap, ghee, honey, eating and drinking in company, ploughing, rain [be granted through ritual worship].

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of सग्धि (ságdhi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सग्धिः ságdhiḥ	सग्धी ságdhī	सग्धयः ságdhayaḥ
Vocative	सग्धे ságdhe	सग्धी ságdhī	सग्धयः ságdhayaḥ
Accusative	सग्धिम् ságdhim	सग्धी ságdhī	सग्धीः ságdhīḥ
Instrumental	सग्ध्या / सग्धी¹ ságdhyā / ságdhī¹	सग्धिभ्याम् ságdhibhyām	सग्धिभिः ságdhibhiḥ
Dative	सग्धये / सग्ध्यै² / सग्धी¹ ságdhaye / ságdhyai² / ságdhī¹	सग्धिभ्याम् ságdhibhyām	सग्धिभ्यः ságdhibhyaḥ
Ablative	सग्धेः / सग्ध्याः² / सग्ध्यै³ ságdheḥ / ságdhyāḥ² / ságdhyai³	सग्धिभ्याम् ságdhibhyām	सग्धिभ्यः ságdhibhyaḥ
Genitive	सग्धेः / सग्ध्याः² / सग्ध्यै³ ságdheḥ / ságdhyāḥ² / ságdhyai³	सग्ध्योः ságdhyoḥ	सग्धीनाम् ságdhīnām
Locative	सग्धौ / सग्ध्याम्² / सग्धा¹ ságdhau / ságdhyām² / ságdhā¹	सग्ध्योः ságdhyoḥ	सग्धिषु ságdhiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सग्धि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1125.