गव्यूति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

গৱ্যূতি (Assamese script)
ᬕᬯ᭄ᬬᬹᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
গব্যূতি (Bengali script)
𑰐𑰪𑰿𑰧𑰳𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀕𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀽𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဂဝျူတိ (Burmese script)
ગવ્યૂતિ (Gujarati script)
ਗਵ੍ਯੂਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌗𑌵𑍍𑌯𑍂𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦒꦮꦾꦹꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂏𑂫𑂹𑂨𑂴𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಗವ್ಯೂತಿ (Kannada script)
គវ្យូតិ (Khmer script)
ຄວ຺ຍູຕິ (Lao script)
ഗവ്യൂതി (Malayalam script)
ᡤᠠᠸᠶᡠᡠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘐𑘪𑘿𑘧𑘴𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠺᠠᠧᠶ᠋ᠤᠤᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦰𑧊𑧠𑧇𑧕𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐐𑐰𑑂𑐫𑐹𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଗଵ୍ଯୂତି (Odia script)
ꢔꢮ꣄ꢫꢹꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆓𑆮𑇀𑆪𑆷𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖐𑖪𑖿𑖧𑖳𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ගව්‍යූති (Sinhalese script)
𑩞𑩾 𑪙𑩻𑩒𑩛𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚌𑚦𑚶𑚣𑚱𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
க³வ்யூதி (Tamil script)
గవ్యూతి (Telugu script)
ควฺยูติ (Thai script)
ག་ཝྱཱུ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒑𑒫𑓂𑒨𑒴𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨍𑨭𑩇𑨪𑨃𑨊𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gáwHyuHtiš (“pasture, grassland”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬌𐬀𐬊𐬌𐬙𐬌 (gaoiiaoⁱti, “pasture”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ́ʋ.juː.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡɐʋ.juː.t̪i/

Noun

गव्यू॑ति • (gávyūti) stem, f

pasture, pastureland
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.65.4:
  आ नो॑ मित्रावरुणा ह॒व्यजु॑ष्टिं घृ॒तैर् गव्यू॑तिम् उक्षत॒म् इळा॑भिः ।
  प्रति॑ वा॒म् अत्र॒ वर॒म् आ जना॑य पृणी॒तम् उ॒द्नो दि॒व्यस्य॒ चारोः॑ ॥
  ā́ no mitrāvaruṇā havyájuṣṭiṃ ghṛtáir gávyūtim ukṣatam íḷābhiḥ.
  práti vām átra váram ā́ jánāya pṛṇītám udnó divyásya cā́roḥ.
  Come, taste our offering, Varuṇa and Mitra: bedew our pasture with sweet food and fatness.
  Pour down in plenty here upon the people the choicest of your fair celestial water.
field, domain, place
road, way, path
Synonyms: मार्ग (mārga), पथ (patha), अध्वन् (adhvan)
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 11.15:
  प्रतूर्वन्न् एह्य् अवक्रामन्न् अशस्ती रुद्रस्य गाणपत्यम् मयोभूर् एहि ।
  उर्व् अन्तरिक्षं वीहि ।
  स्वस्तिगव्यूतिर् अभयानि कृण्वन् पूष्णा सयुजा सह ॥
  pratūrvann ehy avakrāmann aśastī rudrasya gāṇapatyam mayobhūr ehi.
  urv antarikṣaṃ vīhi.
  svastigavyūtir abhayāni kṛṇvan pūṣṇā sayujā saha.
  Come speeding on and trampling imprecations; come gladdening to the chieftainship of Rudra.
  Speed through the wide air, whose paths are pleasant,
  Come, providing safety, with Pūṣan as your companion.
a measure of length, equalling 2 Krośas

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of गव्यू॑ति
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	गव्यू॑तिः (gávyūtiḥ)	गव्यू॑ती (gávyūtī)	गव्यू॑तयः (gávyūtayaḥ)
accusative	गव्यू॑तिम् (gávyūtim)	गव्यू॑ती (gávyūtī)	गव्यू॑तीः (gávyūtīḥ)
instrumental	गव्यू॑त्या (gávyūtyā) गव्यू॑ती¹ (gávyūtī¹)	गव्यू॑तिभ्याम् (gávyūtibhyām)	गव्यू॑तिभिः (gávyūtibhiḥ)
dative	गव्यू॑तये (gávyūtaye) गव्यू॑त्यै² (gávyūtyai²) गव्यू॑ती¹ (gávyūtī¹)	गव्यू॑तिभ्याम् (gávyūtibhyām)	गव्यू॑तिभ्यः (gávyūtibhyaḥ)
ablative	गव्यू॑तेः (gávyūteḥ) गव्यू॑त्याः² (gávyūtyāḥ²) गव्यू॑त्यै³ (gávyūtyai³)	गव्यू॑तिभ्याम् (gávyūtibhyām)	गव्यू॑तिभ्यः (gávyūtibhyaḥ)
genitive	गव्यू॑तेः (gávyūteḥ) गव्यू॑त्याः² (gávyūtyāḥ²) गव्यू॑त्यै³ (gávyūtyai³)	गव्यू॑त्योः (gávyūtyoḥ)	गव्यू॑तीनाम् (gávyūtīnām)
locative	गव्यू॑तौ (gávyūtau) गव्यू॑त्याम्² (gávyūtyām²) गव्यू॑ता¹ (gávyūtā¹)	गव्यू॑त्योः (gávyūtyoḥ)	गव्यू॑तिषु (gávyūtiṣu)
vocative	गव्यू॑ते (gávyūte)	गव्यू॑ती (gávyūtī)	गव्यू॑तयः (gávyūtayaḥ)

¹Vedic
²Later Sanskrit
³Brāhmaṇas

References

Monier Williams (1899), “गव्यूति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 351.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “गव्यूति”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 83
Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “gavyūti”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Arthur Berriedale Keith, Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1912), “gavyūti”, in Vedic index of names and subjects, volume 1, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. [Published for the Government of India], →OCLC, page 223