चन्द्रगुप्त

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চন্দ্ৰগুপ্ত (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬦ᭄ᬤ᭄ᬭᬕᬸᬧ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
• চন্দ্রগুপ্ত (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰿𑰨𑰐𑰲𑰢𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀕𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• စန္ဒြဂုပ္တ (Burmese script)
• ચન્દ્રગુપ્ત (Gujarati script)
• ਚਨ੍ਦ੍ਰਗੁਪ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌗𑍁𑌪𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦒꦸꦥ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂹𑂩𑂏𑂳𑂣𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಚನ್ದ್ರಗುಪ್ತ (Kannada script)
• ចន្ទ្រគុប្ត (Khmer script)
• ຈນ຺ທ຺ຣຄຸປ຺ຕ (Lao script)
• ചന്ദ്രഗുപ്ത (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠᠨᡩᡵᠠᡤᡠᢒᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘿𑘨𑘐𑘳𑘢𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠠᠨᢑᠷᠠᠺᠤᢒᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧠𑧈𑦰𑧔𑧂𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂𑐬𑐐𑐸𑐥𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
• ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରଗୁପ୍ତ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢥ꣄ꢣ꣄ꢬꢔꢸꢦ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆤𑇀𑆢𑇀𑆫𑆓𑆶𑆥𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖿𑖨𑖐𑖲𑖢𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
• චන්‍ද්‍රගුප‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩯 𑪙𑩭 𑪙𑩼𑩞𑩒𑩰 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚌𑚰𑚞𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
• சந்த்³ரகு³ப்த (Tamil script)
• చన్ద్రగుప్త (Telugu script)
• จนฺทฺรคุปฺต (Thai script)
• ཙ་ནྡྲ་གུ་པྟ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒢𑓂𑒠𑓂𑒩𑒑𑒳𑒣𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨝𑩇𑨛𑩇𑨫𑨍𑨃𑨞𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of चन्द्र (candrá, “moon”) +‎ गुप्त (guptá, “protected, hidden”), literally “protected by the moon/hidden by the moon”.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐn.dɾɐ.ɡup.tɐ́/, [t͡ɕɐn.dɾɐ.ɡup̚.tɐ́]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐn̪.d̪ɾɐˈɡup.t̪ɐ/, [t͡ɕɐn̪.d̪ɾɐˈɡup̚.t̪ɐ]

Proper noun

चन्द्रगुप्त • (candraguptá) stem, m

1. a male given name
2. Chandragupta Maurya (first emperor of the Mauryan Empire), father of Bindusara
3. Chandragupta I (an emperor of the Gupta Empire)
4. Chandragupta II aka Chandragupta Vikramaditya (an emperor of the Gupta Empire)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of चन्द्रगुप्त (candraguptá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	चन्द्रगुप्तः candraguptáḥ	चन्द्रगुप्तौ / चन्द्रगुप्ता¹ candraguptaú / candraguptā́¹	चन्द्रगुप्ताः / चन्द्रगुप्तासः¹ candraguptā́ḥ / candraguptā́saḥ¹
Vocative	चन्द्रगुप्त cándragupta	चन्द्रगुप्तौ / चन्द्रगुप्ता¹ cándraguptau / cándraguptā¹	चन्द्रगुप्ताः / चन्द्रगुप्तासः¹ cándraguptāḥ / cándraguptāsaḥ¹
Accusative	चन्द्रगुप्तम् candraguptám	चन्द्रगुप्तौ / चन्द्रगुप्ता¹ candraguptaú / candraguptā́¹	चन्द्रगुप्तान् candraguptā́n
Instrumental	चन्द्रगुप्तेन candragupténa	चन्द्रगुप्ताभ्याम् candraguptā́bhyām	चन्द्रगुप्तैः / चन्द्रगुप्तेभिः¹ candraguptaíḥ / candraguptébhiḥ¹
Dative	चन्द्रगुप्ताय candraguptā́ya	चन्द्रगुप्ताभ्याम् candraguptā́bhyām	चन्द्रगुप्तेभ्यः candraguptébhyaḥ
Ablative	चन्द्रगुप्तात् candraguptā́t	चन्द्रगुप्ताभ्याम् candraguptā́bhyām	चन्द्रगुप्तेभ्यः candraguptébhyaḥ
Genitive	चन्द्रगुप्तस्य candraguptásya	चन्द्रगुप्तयोः candraguptáyoḥ	चन्द्रगुप्तानाम् candraguptā́nām
Locative	चन्द्रगुप्ते candragupté	चन्द्रगुप्तयोः candraguptáyoḥ	चन्द्रगुप्तेषु candraguptéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: Candagutta
• → Ancient Greek: Σανδρόκοττος (Sandrókottos)
  • → Latin: Sandrocottus, Androcottus, Sandracoptus, Sandracottus
    • → German: Sandrocottus, Sandrokottus, Sandrokottos, Sandracottus, Sandrakottus, Sandrakottos, Sandrocottos (rare)
• → Bhojpuri: 𑂒𑂁𑂠𑂹𑂩𑂏𑂳𑂣𑂹𑂞 (candragupt) (learned)
• → English: Chandragupta
• → Hindi: चंद्रगुप्त (candragupt) (learned)
• → Marathi: चंद्रगुप्त (candragupta) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “चन्द्रगुप्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 387.