दधन्
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Sanskrit[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰé-dʰh₁-n̥ ~ *dʰé-dʰh₁én-s; ultimately from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
दधन् • (dadhán) stem, n
- coagulated milk; thick sour milk; curd, yoghurt
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.81.1:
- प्र सोमस्य पवमानस्योर्मय इन्द्रस्य यन्ति जठरं सुपेशसः ।
दध्ना यदीमुन्नीता यशसा गवां दानाय शूरमुदमन्दिषुः सुताः ॥- pra somasya pavamānasyormaya indrasya yanti jaṭharaṃ supeśasaḥ.
dadhnā yadīmunnītā yaśasā gavāṃ dānāya śūramudamandiṣuḥ sutāḥ. - The beauteously adorned waves of Soma move onward to Indra's throat, as he purifies himself,
When they, brought forward with the lovely curd of kine, effused, have cheered the Hero to bestow his gifts.
- pra somasya pavamānasyormaya indrasya yanti jaṭharaṃ supeśasaḥ.
- प्र सोमस्य पवमानस्योर्मय इन्द्रस्य यन्ति जठरं सुपेशसः ।
Declension[edit]
| Neuter an-stem declension of दधन् (dadhán) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | दध dadhá |
दध्नी / दधनी dadhnī́ / dadhánī |
दधानि / दध¹ / दधा¹ dadhā́ni / dadhá¹ / dadhā́¹ |
| Vocative | दधन् / दध dádhan / dádha |
दध्नी / दधनी dádhnī / dádhanī |
दधानि / दध¹ / दधा¹ dádhāni / dádha¹ / dádhā¹ |
| Accusative | दध dadhá |
दध्नी / दधनी dadhnī́ / dadhánī |
दधानि / दध¹ / दधा¹ dadhā́ni / dadhá¹ / dadhā́¹ |
| Instrumental | दध्ना dadhnā́ |
दधभ्याम् dadhábhyām |
दधभिः dadhábhiḥ |
| Dative | दध्ने dadhné |
दधभ्याम् dadhábhyām |
दधभ्यः dadhábhyaḥ |
| Ablative | दध्नः dadhnáḥ |
दधभ्याम् dadhábhyām |
दधभ्यः dadhábhyaḥ |
| Genitive | दध्नः dadhnáḥ |
दध्नोः dadhnóḥ |
दध्नाम् dadhnā́m |
| Locative | दध्नि / दधनि / दधन्¹ dadhní / dadháni / dadhán¹ |
दध्नोः dadhnóḥ |
दधसु dadhásu |
| Notes |
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Related terms[edit]
- दधि (dadhi)
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “दधन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 468.