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ककर्दु

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Unknown. Per Michael Witzel, borrowed from substrate.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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क॒कर्दु॑ (kakárdu) stemm

  1. (Rigvedic hapax legomenon) The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.102.6:
      क॒कर्द॑वे वृष॒भो यु॒क्त आ॑सी॒दवा॑वची॒त्सार॑थिरस्य के॒शी ।
      दुधे॑र्यु॒क्तस्य॒ द्रव॑तः स॒हान॑स ऋ॒च्छन्ति॑ ष्मा नि॒ष्पदो॑ मुद्ग॒लानी॑म् ॥
      kakárdave vṛṣabhó yuktá āsīdávāvacītsā́rathirasya keśī́.
      dúdheryuktásya drávataḥ sahā́nasa ṛcchánti ṣmā niṣpádo mudgalā́nīm.
      • 1890 translation by Ralph T. H. Griffith
        In hope of victory that bull was harnessed: Kesi the driver urged him on with shouting. As he ran swiftly with the car behind him his lifted heels pressed close on Mudgalani.
    1. destruction of enemies[1]
    2. piece of wood[2][3]

Declension

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Masculine u-stem declension of क॒कर्दु॑
singular dual plural
nominative क॒कर्दुः॑ (kakárduḥ) क॒कर्दू॑ (kakárdū) क॒कर्द॑वः (kakárdavaḥ)
accusative क॒कर्दु॑म् (kakárdum) क॒कर्दू॑ (kakárdū) क॒कर्दू॑न् (kakárdūn)
instrumental क॒कर्दु॑ना (kakárdunā) क॒कर्दु॑भ्याम् (kakárdubhyām) क॒कर्दु॑भिः (kakárdubhiḥ)
dative क॒कर्द॑वे (kakárdave) क॒कर्दु॑भ्याम् (kakárdubhyām) क॒कर्दु॑भ्यः (kakárdubhyaḥ)
ablative क॒कर्दोः॑ (kakárdoḥ) क॒कर्दु॑भ्याम् (kakárdubhyām) क॒कर्दु॑भ्यः (kakárdubhyaḥ)
genitive क॒कर्दोः॑ (kakárdoḥ) क॒कर्द्वोः॑ (kakárdvoḥ) क॒कर्दू॑नाम् (kakárdūnām)
locative क॒कर्दौ॑ (kakárdau) क॒कर्द्वोः॑ (kakárdvoḥ) क॒कर्दु॑षु (kakárduṣu)
vocative कक॑र्दो (kákardo) कक॑र्दू (kákardū) कक॑र्दवः (kákardavaḥ)

References

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  1. ^ Monier Williams (1899), “ककर्दु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 241.
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “kakárdu-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 286
  3. ^ Witzel, Michael (1999), “Substrate Languages in Old Indo-Aryan (Ṛgvedic, Middle and Late Vedic)”, in Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies[2], volume 5, number 1, page 7