रुद्र
See also: रौद्र
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬭᬸᬤ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
- ৰুদ্ৰ (Assamese script)
- রুদ্র (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰲𑰟𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌰𑍁𑌦𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
- રુદ્ર (Gujarati script)
- ਰੁਦੑਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦫꦸꦢꦿ (Javanese script)
- រុទ្រ (Khmer script)
- ರುದ್ರ (Kannada script)
- ຣຸທ຺ຣ (Lao script)
- രുദ്ര (Malayalam script)
- 𑘨𑘳𑘟𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠤᢑᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᡵᡠᡩᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
- ရုဒြ (Burmese script)
- 𑧈𑧔𑦿𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐸𑐡𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
- ରୁଦ୍ର (Odia script)
- ꢬꢸꢣ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆶𑆢𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑗜𑖟𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
- රුද්ර (Sinhalese script)
- ருத³்ர (Tamil script)
- రుద్ర (Telugu script)
- รุทฺร (Thai script)
- རུ་དྲ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒳𑒠𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From रुद् (rud).
Adjective
रुद्र • (rudra)
- crying, howling, roaring, dreadful, terrific, terrible, horrible. (accord. to others ‘red, shining, glittering’, fr. a √ रुद् or रुध् connected with रुधिर ; others ‘strong, having or bestowing strength or power’, fr. a √ रुद् = वृद्, वृध् ; native authorities give also the following meanings, ‘driving away evil’ ; ‘running about and roaring’, fr. रु + द्र = द्रु2 ; ‘praiseworthy, to be praised’ ; ‘a praiser, worshipper’ = स्तोतृ Naigh. iii, 16)
Noun
रुद्र • (rudra) stem, m
- Roarer or howler.
- Rudra; the god of tempests and father and ruler of the wind and hunting.
- The number ‘eleven’ (from the 11 रुद्रs).
- The eleventh.
- (astrology) Name of the first मुहूर्त
- (music) a kind of stringed instrument (cf. रुद्री and रुद्रवीणा)
- name of the letter ए
- name of various men
- name of various teachers and authors
- name of a king
Derived terms
- रुद्रप्रयाग (rudraprayāga)
- रुद्राक्ष (rudrākṣa)
References
- Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899
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