वृक

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Contents 1 Sanskrit 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Declension 1.3 Proper noun 1.4 Related terms 1.5 References

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[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (“‘wolf’”). Cognate with Latin lupus, Ancient Greek λύκος (lukos), Lithuanian vilkas. Native grammarians etymologize it as "the tearer" and connect it to root √vrasc, cf. वृक्ण (vṛkṇa).

[edit] Noun

वृक (vṛ́ka) m.

1. a wolf
   • RV 1.183.4a

   मा वां वर्को मा वर्कीरा दधर्षीन मा परि वर्क्तमुतमाति धक्तम |

   mā vāṃ vṛko mā vṛkīrā dadharṣīn mā pari varktamutamāti dhaktam |

   Let not the wolf, let not the she-wolf harm you. Forsake me not, nor pass me by or others.

2. a dog
3. a jackal
4. a crow
5. an owl
6. a thief
7. a Kshatriya
8. a plough
9. a thunderbolt
10. the moon
11. the sun
12. a kind of plant (= बक (baka))
13. the resin of Pinus longifolia

[edit] Declension

[edit] Proper noun

वृक (Vṛ́ka) m.

1. name of an Asura
2. name of a son of Krishna
3. name of a king
4. name of a son of Ruruka (or Bharuka)
5. name Prithu
6. name of a son of Shura
7. name of a son of Vatsaka
8. (in plural) name of a people and a country (belonging to मध्यदेश (madhya-deśa)) (cf. वार्केण्य (vārkeṇya))

[edit] Related terms

• वृकी (vṛ́kī)

[edit] References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 1008
• Arthur A. Macdonell, A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, 1893, page 294
• Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 700
• Carl Capeller, A Sanskrit-English dictionary, based upon the St. Petersburg lexicons, London: Luzac & Co., 1891, page 516