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”) + *-tiṣ (suffix forming action nouns). See घस् (ghas) for cognates.

Pronunciation

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

	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 (ságdhyā) सग्धी¹ (ságdhī¹)	सग्धिभ्याम् (ságdhibhyām)	सग्धिभिः (ságdhibhiḥ)
dative	सग्धये (ságdhaye) सग्ध्यै² (ságdhyai²) सग्धी¹ (ságdhī¹)	सग्धिभ्याम् (ságdhibhyām)	सग्धिभ्यः (ságdhibhyaḥ)
ablative	सग्धेः (ságdheḥ) सग्ध्याः² (ságdhyāḥ²) सग्ध्यै³ (ságdhyai³)	सग्धिभ्याम् (ságdhibhyām)	सग्धिभ्यः (ságdhibhyaḥ)
genitive	सग्धेः (ságdheḥ) सग्ध्याः² (ságdhyāḥ²) सग्ध्यै³ (ságdhyai³)	सग्ध्योः (ságdhyoḥ)	सग्धीनाम् (ságdhīnām)
locative	सग्धौ (ságdhau) सग्ध्याम्² (ságdhyām²) सग्धा¹ (ságdhā¹)	सग्ध्योः (ságdhyoḥ)	सग्धिषु (ságdhiṣu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Later Sanskrit
• ³Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Malayalam: സദ്യ (sadya)

References

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