वाघत्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬯᬵᬖᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • ৱাঘত্ (Assamese script)
  • বাঘত্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰪𑰯𑰑𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀯𑀸𑀖𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌵𑌾𑌘𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • વાઘત્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਵਾਘਤੑ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦮꦴꦓꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • វាឃត៑ (Khmer script)
  • ವಾಘತ್ (Kannada script)
  • ວາຆຕ຺ (Lao script)
  • വാഘത് (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘪𑘰𑘑𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠸᠠᢗᠺᠾᠠᢐ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢚᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
  • ဝါဃတ် (Burmese script)
  • 𑧊𑧑𑦱𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐰𑐵𑐑𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ଵାଘତ୍ (Oriya script)
  • ꢮꢵꢕꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆮𑆳𑆔𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖪𑖯𑖑𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • වාඝත් (Sinhalese script)
  • వాఘత్ (Telugu script)
  • วาฆตฺ (Thai script)
  • ཝཱ་གྷ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒫𑒰𑒒𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

वाघत् • (vāghát) 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.
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