वैष्णव

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱৈষ্ণৱ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬿᬱ᭄ᬡᬯ (Balinese script)
• বৈষ্ণব (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰹𑰬𑰿𑰜𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑁃𑀱𑁆𑀡𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ဝဲၑ္ဏဝ (Burmese script)
• વૈષ્ણવ (Gujarati script)
• ਵੈਸ਼੍ਣਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍈𑌷𑍍𑌣𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦻꦰ꧀ꦟꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂶𑂭𑂹𑂝𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ವೈಷ್ಣವ (Kannada script)
• វៃឞ្ណវ (Khmer script)
• ໄວຩ຺ຓວ (Lao script)
• വൈഷ്ണവ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᡳᢢᢏᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘺𑘬𑘿𑘜𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠧᠧᢔᢏᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧛𑧌𑧠𑦼𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐿𑐲𑑂𑐞𑐰 (Newa script)
• ଵୈଷ୍ଣଵ (Odia script)
• ꢮꣀꢰ꣄ꢠꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆽𑆰𑇀𑆟𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖹𑖬𑖿𑖜𑖪 (Siddham script)
• වෛෂ‍්ණව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩗𑪀 𑪙𑩪𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚳𑚶𑚘𑚦 (Takri script)
• வைஷ்ணவ (Tamil script)
• వైష్ణవ (Telugu script)
• ไวษฺณว (Thai script)
• ཝཻ་ཥྞ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒻𑒭𑓂𑒝𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨇𑨯𑩇𑨘𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of विष्णु (viṣṇu).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑːjʂ.ɳɐ.ʋɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑjʂ.ɳɐ.ʋɐ/

Adjective

वैष्णव • (vaiṣṇavá) stem

1. relating or belonging to or coming from Vishnu
2. devoted to or consecrated to Vishnu

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वैष्णव (vaiṣṇavá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वैष्णवः vaiṣṇaváḥ	वैष्णवौ / वैष्णवा¹ vaiṣṇavaú / vaiṣṇavā́¹	वैष्णवाः / वैष्णवासः¹ vaiṣṇavā́ḥ / vaiṣṇavā́saḥ¹
Vocative	वैष्णव vaíṣṇava	वैष्णवौ / वैष्णवा¹ vaíṣṇavau / vaíṣṇavā¹	वैष्णवाः / वैष्णवासः¹ vaíṣṇavāḥ / vaíṣṇavāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वैष्णवम् vaiṣṇavám	वैष्णवौ / वैष्णवा¹ vaiṣṇavaú / vaiṣṇavā́¹	वैष्णवान् vaiṣṇavā́n
Instrumental	वैष्णवेन vaiṣṇavéna	वैष्णवाभ्याम् vaiṣṇavā́bhyām	वैष्णवैः / वैष्णवेभिः¹ vaiṣṇavaíḥ / vaiṣṇavébhiḥ¹
Dative	वैष्णवाय vaiṣṇavā́ya	वैष्णवाभ्याम् vaiṣṇavā́bhyām	वैष्णवेभ्यः vaiṣṇavébhyaḥ
Ablative	वैष्णवात् vaiṣṇavā́t	वैष्णवाभ्याम् vaiṣṇavā́bhyām	वैष्णवेभ्यः vaiṣṇavébhyaḥ
Genitive	वैष्णवस्य vaiṣṇavásya	वैष्णवयोः vaiṣṇaváyoḥ	वैष्णवानाम् vaiṣṇavā́nām
Locative	वैष्णवे vaiṣṇavé	वैष्णवयोः vaiṣṇaváyoḥ	वैष्णवेषु vaiṣṇavéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ī-stem declension of वैष्णवी (vaiṣṇavī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वैष्णवी vaiṣṇavī	वैष्णव्यौ / वैष्णवी¹ vaiṣṇavyau / vaiṣṇavī¹	वैष्णव्यः / वैष्णवीः¹ vaiṣṇavyaḥ / vaiṣṇavīḥ¹
Vocative	वैष्णवि vaiṣṇavi	वैष्णव्यौ / वैष्णवी¹ vaiṣṇavyau / vaiṣṇavī¹	वैष्णव्यः / वैष्णवीः¹ vaiṣṇavyaḥ / vaiṣṇavīḥ¹
Accusative	वैष्णवीम् vaiṣṇavīm	वैष्णव्यौ / वैष्णवी¹ vaiṣṇavyau / vaiṣṇavī¹	वैष्णवीः vaiṣṇavīḥ
Instrumental	वैष्णव्या vaiṣṇavyā	वैष्णवीभ्याम् vaiṣṇavībhyām	वैष्णवीभिः vaiṣṇavībhiḥ
Dative	वैष्णव्यै vaiṣṇavyai	वैष्णवीभ्याम् vaiṣṇavībhyām	वैष्णवीभ्यः vaiṣṇavībhyaḥ
Ablative	वैष्णव्याः / वैष्णव्यै² vaiṣṇavyāḥ / vaiṣṇavyai²	वैष्णवीभ्याम् vaiṣṇavībhyām	वैष्णवीभ्यः vaiṣṇavībhyaḥ
Genitive	वैष्णव्याः / वैष्णव्यै² vaiṣṇavyāḥ / vaiṣṇavyai²	वैष्णव्योः vaiṣṇavyoḥ	वैष्णवीनाम् vaiṣṇavīnām
Locative	वैष्णव्याम् vaiṣṇavyām	वैष्णव्योः vaiṣṇavyoḥ	वैष्णवीषु vaiṣṇavīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of वैष्णव (vaiṣṇavá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वैष्णवम् vaiṣṇavám	वैष्णवे vaiṣṇavé	वैष्णवानि / वैष्णवा¹ vaiṣṇavā́ni / vaiṣṇavā́¹
Vocative	वैष्णव vaíṣṇava	वैष्णवे vaíṣṇave	वैष्णवानि / वैष्णवा¹ vaíṣṇavāni / vaíṣṇavā¹
Accusative	वैष्णवम् vaiṣṇavám	वैष्णवे vaiṣṇavé	वैष्णवानि / वैष्णवा¹ vaiṣṇavā́ni / vaiṣṇavā́¹
Instrumental	वैष्णवेन vaiṣṇavéna	वैष्णवाभ्याम् vaiṣṇavā́bhyām	वैष्णवैः / वैष्णवेभिः¹ vaiṣṇavaíḥ / vaiṣṇavébhiḥ¹
Dative	वैष्णवाय vaiṣṇavā́ya	वैष्णवाभ्याम् vaiṣṇavā́bhyām	वैष्णवेभ्यः vaiṣṇavébhyaḥ
Ablative	वैष्णवात् vaiṣṇavā́t	वैष्णवाभ्याम् vaiṣṇavā́bhyām	वैष्णवेभ्यः vaiṣṇavébhyaḥ
Genitive	वैष्णवस्य vaiṣṇavásya	वैष्णवयोः vaiṣṇaváyoḥ	वैष्णवानाम् vaiṣṇavā́nām
Locative	वैष्णवे vaiṣṇavé	वैष्णवयोः vaiṣṇaváyoḥ	वैष्णवेषु vaiṣṇavéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

वैष्णव • (vaiṣṇava) stem, m

1. a worshipper of Vishnu, a follower of Vaishnavism

Descendants

• → Assamese: বৈষ্ণব (boisnobo)
• → Bengali: বৈষ্ণব (bōiśnob)
• → English: Vaishnava
  • ⇒ English: Vaishnavism, Vaishnavist
• → Gujarati: વૈષ્ણવ (vaiṣṇav)
• → Hindi: वैष्णव (vaiṣṇav)
• → Kannada: ವೈಷ್ಣವ (vaiṣṇava)
• → Malayalam: വൈഷ്ണവ (vaiṣṇava)
• → Old Bengali: *বৈষ্টৱঁ (*baiṣṭavã) (semi-learned)
  • Bengali: বোষ্টম (bōśṭom)
• → Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: वैष्णव (vaiṣṇava)

  Modi script: 𑘪𑘺𑘬𑘿𑘜𑘪 (vaiṣṇava)

  • → Marathi: वैष्णव (vaiṣṇav)
• → Tamil: வைஷ்ணவ (vaiṣṇava)
• ⇒ Telugu: వైష్ణవము (vaiṣṇavamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वैष्णव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1027, column 2.