सारथि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সাৰথি (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬵᬭᬣᬶ (Balinese script)
• সারথি (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰯𑰨𑰞𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀸𑀭𑀣𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• သာရထိ (Burmese script)
• સારથિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਾਰਥਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌾𑌰𑌥𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦴꦫꦡꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂰𑂩𑂟𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಾರಥಿ (Kannada script)
• សារថិ (Khmer script)
• ສາຣຖິ (Lao script)
• സാരഥി (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠᡨᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘰𑘨𑘞𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᢗᠷᠠᠲᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧑𑧈𑦾𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐵𑐬𑐠𑐶 (Newa script)
• ସାରଥି (Odia script)
• ꢱꢵꢬꢢꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆳𑆫𑆡𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖯𑖨𑖞𑖰 (Siddham script)
• සාරථි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩛𑩼𑩬𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚭𑚤𑚚𑚮 (Takri script)
• ஸாரதி² (Tamil script)
• సారథి (Telugu script)
• สารถิ (Thai script)
• སཱ་ར་ཐི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒰𑒩𑒟𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨊𑨫𑨚𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From सरथ (saratha), from स (sa, “together”) +‎ रथ (ratha, “chariot”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɑ́ː.ɾɐ.tʰi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɑː.ɾɐ.t̪ʰi/

Noun

सारथि • (sā́rathi) stem, m

1. a charioteer, a coachman
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.57.06:

     उत्पू॒षणं॑ युवामहे॒ऽभीशूँ॑रिव॒ सार॑थिः ।
     म॒ह्या इन्द्रं॑ स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥

     útpūṣáṇaṃ yuvāmaheʼbhī́śūm̐riva sā́rathiḥ.
     mahyā́ índraṃ svastáye.

     As a charioteer draws in his reins, may we draw Pūṣan near,
     And Indra, for our great success.

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of सारथि (sā́rathi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सारथिः sā́rathiḥ	सारथी sā́rathī	सारथयः sā́rathayaḥ
Vocative	सारथे sā́rathe	सारथी sā́rathī	सारथयः sā́rathayaḥ
Accusative	सारथिम् sā́rathim	सारथी sā́rathī	सारथीन् sā́rathīn
Instrumental	सारथिना / सारथ्या¹ sā́rathinā / sā́rathyā¹	सारथिभ्याम् sā́rathibhyām	सारथिभिः sā́rathibhiḥ
Dative	सारथये sā́rathaye	सारथिभ्याम् sā́rathibhyām	सारथिभ्यः sā́rathibhyaḥ
Ablative	सारथेः / सारथ्यः¹ sā́ratheḥ / sā́rathyaḥ¹	सारथिभ्याम् sā́rathibhyām	सारथिभ्यः sā́rathibhyaḥ
Genitive	सारथेः / सारथ्यः¹ sā́ratheḥ / sā́rathyaḥ¹	सारथ्योः sā́rathyoḥ	सारथीनाम् sā́rathīnām
Locative	सारथौ / सारथा¹ sā́rathau / sā́rathā¹	सारथ्योः sā́rathyoḥ	सारथिषु sā́rathiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• पार्थसारथि (pārthasārathi)

Descendants

• Pali: sārathi
• → Hindi: सारथी (sārthī)
• → Kannada: ಸಾರಥಿ (sārathi)
• → Lao: ສາຣະຖີ (sā ra thī), ສາລະຖີ (sā la thī)
• → Malayalam: സാരഥി (sārathi)
• → Tamil: சாரதி (cārati)
• → Telugu: సారథి (sārathi)
• → Thai: สารถี (sǎa-rá-tǐi)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सारथि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 457.