नर-रूप

Hindi

Etymology

नर (nar, “man, male; human”) +‎ रूप (rūp, “form, shape, figure”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nəɾ.ɾuːp/, [nɐr.ruːp]

Noun

नर-रूप • (nar-rūp) m

1. (Hinduism) the human form; physical manifestation

Declension

Declension of नर-रूप (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नर-रूप nar-rūp	नर-रूप nar-rūp
oblique	नर-रूप nar-rūp	नर-रूपों nar-rūpõ
vocative	नर-रूप nar-rūp	नर-रूपो nar-rūpo

Adjective

नर-रूप • (nar-rūp) (indeclinable)

1. having a human form
   • 1574 – 1576, Tulsidas, Ramcharitmanas :

     बंदउँ गुरु पद कंज कृपा सिंधु नररूप हरि ।
     महामोह तम पुंज जासु बचन रबि कर निकर ॥

     banda͠u guru pad kañj kŕpā sindhu narrūp hari .
     mahāmoh tam puñj jāsu bacan rabi kar nikar .

     • Translation by Gita Press

       I bow to the lotus feet of my Guru, who is an ocean of mercy and is no other than Śrī Hari Himself in human form, and whose words are sunbeams as it were for dispersing the mass of darkness in the form of gross ignorance.