Sanskrit वृद्धि vṛddhi, IPA: [ˈʋr̩d̪ːʱi], lit. 'growth', from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰ- 'to grow'. Vṛddhi itself has its origins in proto-vṛddhi, a process...

primary epithets of Vishnu and Krishna. The word Mādhava in Sanskrit is a vṛddhi derivation of the word Madhu (Sanskrit: मधु), which means honey. It is a...

basic set (in modern terms, the zero grade), but more reduced than the vṛddhi vowels (in modern terms, the lengthened grade). As an example, ṛ, i, u are...

popular name of Krishna, the son of Vasudeva and Devaki. "Vāsudeva" is a vṛddhi, a derivative of the short form "Vasudeva", a linguistic pragmatic in Sanskrit...

scripts by about the end of first millennium of the common era. Nagari is a vṛddhi derivation from नगर (nagara), which means city. The Nāgarī script appeared...

Agent nouns √jīv- ⇒ jīvá- √sṛ- ⇒ sará- √sṛp- ⇒ sarpá- √kṣam- ⇒ kṣamá- With vṛddhi-grading, where the final outcome has an ā Action nouns √kam- ⇒ kā́ma- √bhaj-...

and second grade. The first and second grades are also termed guṇa and vṛddhi respectively. The full pattern of gradation, followed by example usage:...

warfare and usually portrayed as a warrior-king. The name Vaiśravaṇa is a vṛddhi derivative (used, e.g., for patronymics) of the Sanskrit proper name Viśravaṇa...

itself is from Sanskrit सौराष्ट्र (saurāṣṭra, transl. from Saurashtra), the vṛddhi form of सुराष्ट्र (surāṣṭra, transl. Saurashtra), derived from सु (su, transl...

day conceived as a divine entity among Proto-Indo-European speakers. A vṛddhi-derivative appears in *deywós ("celestial"), the common word for "god" in...

observations and insights, the spiritual ecstasy of a yogin or Tāpasa (a vṛddhi derivative meaning "a practitioner of austerities, an ascetic"), even warmth...

literally "the conclusions of the sutras" where sūtra is lengthened into the vṛddhi derivative sautra, and combined with the word anta, meaning end or conclusion...

*h₁su-péh₂-tōr ~ *h₁su-ph₂-tr-és "having a good father" (Greek εὑπάτωρ, eupátōr). A vrddhi derivation, named after the Sanskrit grammatical term, signifying "of, belonging...

*Tīwaz; identical to *týr ('god'). From Proto-Indo-European *deywós ('god'). Vṛddhi derivative of *dyew- ('sky, heaven') Germanic Indo-European Bochica Muisca...

get the accent, accompanied by a strengthening of the grade to guṇa or vṛddhi, while in others it always falls on the ending. In non-thematic cases, the...

celebrated as a samrāṭa (Vayu Puran 45, 86)." The Sanskrit word Bhārata is a vrddhi derivation of Bharata, which was originally an epithet of Agni. The term...

itself is from Sanskrit सौराष्ट्र (saurāṣṭra, transl. from Saurashtra), the vṛddhi form of सुराष्ट्र (surāṣṭra, transl. Saurashtra), derived from सु (su, transl...

Viṣkambha Prīti Āyuśmān Saubhāgya Śobhana Atigaṇḍa Sukarma Dhrti Śūla Gaṇḍa Vṛddhi Dhruva Vyāghatā Harṣaṇa Vajra Siddhi Vyatipāta Variyas Parigha Śiva Siddha...

Sanskrit morphological system is termed "strengthening", and called guṇa and vr̥ddhi in the preconsonantal versions. There is an equivalence to terms deployed...

and have their last name as Gautam. The name Gautam (Sanskrit: गौतम, a vrddhi patronymic of Gotama and also transliterated as Gautama or Gauthama) is...

established deities subsequently influenced other figures: Maitreya, a vrddhi-derived form of Sanskrit mitra, a bodhisattva in Buddhist tradition. Latin...

the Hindu rules of impurity to be followed after the birth of a child (vṛddhi sūtaka). Sūtaka involves the practice of keeping socially isolated from...

"goat" aíx "goat" eḍa "a kind of sheep" ayts "goat" dhi, "goat" *h₂ōwyóm (a vṛddhi-derivative of *h₂éwis) "egg" ey (obsolete) "egg" (< OE ǣġ) (> Cockney "cock-egg");...

peculiarity that the initial o of "Om" is the guṇa vowel grade of u, not the vṛddhi grade, and is therefore pronounced as a monophthong with a long vowel ([oː])...

meaning "celestial" or "shining", which is a (not synchronic Sanskrit) vrddhi derivative from *diw, zero-grade of the root *dyew- meaning "to shine",...

by Pāṇini in his Aṣṭādhyāyī (4th century BCE), where the terms guṇa and vṛddhi were used to describe the phenomena now known respectively as the full grade...

goal of aṣṭāṅga yoga and means "solitude", "detachment" or "isolation", a vrddhi-derivation from kevala "alone, isolated". It is the isolation of purusha...

double meaning of 'plough' and 'livelihood'. Guus Kroonen (2013) proposes a vṛddhi-derivative of *plag/kkōn 'sod' (cf. Dutch plag 'sod', Old Norse plagg 'cloth'...

grade, the guṇa-grade vowel is traditionally thought of as a + V, and the vṛddhi-grade vowel as ā + V. Conjugational endings in Vedic convey person, number...

to "Krishna, son of Vasudeva", "Vāsudeva" in the lengthened form being a vṛddhi-derivative of the short form "Vasudeva" standing for Vasudeva Anakadundubhi...