दशरथ

Hindi

राजा दशरथ और कैकेई

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दशरथ (daśaratha).

Proper noun

दशरथ • (daśrath) m

1. (Hinduism) Dasharatha, king of Ayodhya, a descendant of the Ikshvaku dynasty and the father of Shri Rama

Declension

Declension of दशरथ (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	दशरथ daśrath
oblique	दशरथ daśrath
vocative	दशरथ daśrath

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “दशरथ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2233

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দশৰথ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬰᬭᬣ (Balinese script)
• দশরথ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰫𑰨𑰞 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀰𑀭𑀣 (Brahmi script)
• ဒၐရထ (Burmese script)
• દશરથ (Gujarati script)
• ਦਸ਼ਰਥ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌶𑌰𑌥 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦯꦫꦡ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂬𑂩𑂟 (Kaithi script)
• ದಶರಥ (Kannada script)
• ទឝរថ (Khmer script)
• ທຨຣຖ (Lao script)
• ദശരഥ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠠᡧᠠᡵᠠᡨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘫𑘨𑘞 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠠᠱᠠᠷᠠᠲᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧋𑧈𑦾 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐱𑐬𑐠 (Newa script)
• ଦଶରଥ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢯꢬꢢ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆯𑆫𑆡 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖫𑖨𑖞 (Siddham script)
• දශරථ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩿𑩼𑩬 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚧𑚤𑚚 (Takri script)
• த³ஶரத² (Tamil script)
• దశరథ (Telugu script)
• ทศรถ (Thai script)
• ད་ཤ་ར་ཐ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒬𑒩𑒟 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨮𑨫𑨚 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of दश (dáśa, “ten”) +‎ रथ (rátha, “chariot”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́.ɕɐ.ɾɐ.tʰɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐ.ɕɐ.ɾɐ.t̪ʰɐ/

Adjective

दश॑रथ • (dáśaratha) stem

1. having ten chariots

Proper noun

दशरथ • (daśaratha) stem, m

1. (Hinduism) Name of Rāma's father (descendant of Ikshvaku, sovereign of Ayodhya).

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of दशरथ

	singular
nominative	दशरथः (daśarathaḥ)
accusative	दशरथम् (daśaratham)
instrumental	दशरथेन (daśarathena)
dative	दशरथाय (daśarathāya)
ablative	दशरथात् (daśarathāt)
genitive	दशरथस्य (daśarathasya)
locative	दशरथे (daśarathe)
vocative	दशरथ (daśaratha)

Descendants

• → Hindi: दशरथ (daśrath)
• → Malayalam: ദശരഥൻ (daśarathaṉ)
• → Telugu: దశరథుడు (daśarathuḍu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “दशरथ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 472, column 1.