वाघत्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱাঘত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬵᬖᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বাঘত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰯𑰑𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀸𑀖𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝါဃတ် (Burmese script)
• વાઘત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਾਘਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌾𑌘𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦴꦓꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂰𑂐𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವಾಘತ್ (Kannada script)
• វាឃត៑ (Khmer script)
• ວາຆຕ຺ (Lao script)
• വാഘത് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢚᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘰𑘑𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᢗᠺᠾᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧑𑦱𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐵𑐑𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵାଘତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢵꢕꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆳𑆔𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖯𑖑𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වාඝත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩛𑩟𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚭𑚍𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• வாக⁴த் (Tamil script)
• వాఘత్ (Telugu script)
• วาฆตฺ (Thai script)
• ཝཱ་གྷ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒰𑒒𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨊𑨎𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰ-ét, from *h₁wegʷʰ- (“to pray, to praise”). Cognate with Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai, “to pray”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.ɡʱɐ́t/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑː.ɡʱɐt̪/

Noun

वाघत् • (vāghát) stem, m

1. the institutor or initiator of the Vedic ritual worship
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.5.16:

     पुरुत्रा चिद्धि वां नरा विह्वयन्ते मनीषिणः ।
     वाघद्भिर् अश्विना गतम् ॥

     purutrā ciddhi vāṃ narā vihvayante manīṣiṇaḥ.
     vāghadbhir aśvinā gatam.

     Verily sages call on you, ye Heroes, in full many a place.
     Come, O Aśvins, having been called upon by the initating priests.

Declension

Masculine at-stem declension of वाघत् (vāghát)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वाघन् vāghán	वाघन्तौ / वाघन्ता¹ vāghántau / vāghántā¹	वाघन्तः vāghántaḥ
Vocative	वाघन् vā́ghan	वाघन्तौ / वाघन्ता¹ vā́ghantau / vā́ghantā¹	वाघन्तः vā́ghantaḥ
Accusative	वाघन्तम् vāghántam	वाघन्तौ / वाघन्ता¹ vāghántau / vāghántā¹	वाघतः vāghatáḥ
Instrumental	वाघता vāghatā́	वाघद्भ्याम् vāghádbhyām	वाघद्भिः vāghádbhiḥ
Dative	वाघते vāghaté	वाघद्भ्याम् vāghádbhyām	वाघद्भ्यः vāghádbhyaḥ
Ablative	वाघतः vāghatáḥ	वाघद्भ्याम् vāghádbhyām	वाघद्भ्यः vāghádbhyaḥ
Genitive	वाघतः vāghatáḥ	वाघतोः vāghatóḥ	वाघताम् vāghatā́m
Locative	वाघति vāghatí	वाघतोः vāghatóḥ	वाघत्सु vāghátsu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वाघत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 935, column 3.