शर्मिष्ठा

Hindi

शर्मिष्ठा तारामंडल

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शर्मिष्ठा (śarmiṣṭhā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʃəɾ.mɪʂ.ʈʰɑː/, [ʃɐɾ.mɪʂ.ʈʰäː]

Proper noun

शर्मिष्ठा • (śarmiṣṭhā) f

1. (Hinduism) Sharmishtha, the daughter of the Asura King Vrishparva
2. (astronomy) Cassiopeia constellation
3. a female given name, Sharmishtha, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of शर्मिष्ठा (sg-only fem ā-stem)

	singular
direct	शर्मिष्ठा śarmiṣṭhā
oblique	शर्मिष्ठा śarmiṣṭhā
vocative	शर्मिष्ठा śarmiṣṭhā

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “शर्मिष्ठा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4706