पुरंदर

Hindi

Alternative forms

• पुरन्दर (purandar)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पुरंदर (puraṃdara).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pʊ.ɾən.d̪əɾ/, [pʊ.ɾɐ̃n̪.d̪ɐɾ]

Proper noun

पुरंदर • (purandar) m (Hinduism)

1. a name of Indra
2. a name of Agni
3. a name of Shiva

Noun

पुरंदर • (purandar) m (Urdu spelling پُرَنْدَر)

1. (rare) a thief

   Synonym: चोर (cor)

Declension

Declension of पुरंदर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पुरंदर purandar	पुरंदर purandar
oblique	पुरंदर purandar	पुरंदरों purandarõ
vocative	पुरंदर purandar	पुरंदरो purandaro

Further reading

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পুৰংদৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬸᬭᬂᬤᬭ (Balinese script)
• পুরংদর (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰲𑰨𑰽𑰟𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀁𑀤𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ပုရံဒရ (Burmese script)
• પુરંદર (Gujarati script)
• ਪੁਰਂਦਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌂𑌦𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦸꦫꦁꦢꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂁𑂠𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಪುರಂದರ (Kannada script)
• បុរំទរ (Khmer script)
• ປຸຣໍທຣ (Lao script)
• പുരംദര (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡠᢀ᠋ᡵᠠᡩᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘳𑘨𑘽𑘟𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠤᢀ᠋ᠷᠠᢑᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧔𑧈𑧞𑦿𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐸𑐬𑑄𑐡𑐬 (Newa script)
• ପୁରଂଦର (Odia script)
• ꢦꢸꢬꢀꢣꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆶𑆫𑆁𑆢𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖲𑖨𑖽𑖟𑖨 (Siddham script)
• පුරංදර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩒𑩼𑪖𑩭𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚰𑚤𑚫𑚛𑚤 (Takri script)
• புரஂத³ர (Tamil script)
• పురందర (Telugu script)
• ปุรํทร (Thai script)
• པུ་རཾ་ད་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒳𑒩𑓀𑒠𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨃𑨫𑨸𑨛𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From पुरम् (puram) +‎ दर (dara, “breaking, destroying, cleaving”), literally “destroyer of forts or strongholds”.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pu.ɾɐn.dɐ.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /puˈɾɐn̪.d̪ɐ.ɾɐ/

Proper noun

पुरंदर • (puraṃdará) stem, m (Hinduism)

1. an epithet of Indra
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.20.7:

     स वृत्रहेन्द्रः कृष्णयोनीः पुरंदरो दासीरैरयद्वि ।
     अजनयन्मनवे क्षामपश्च सत्रा शंसं यजमानस्य तूतोत् ॥

     sa vṛtrahendraḥ kṛṣṇayonīḥ puraṃdaro dāsīrairayadvi.
     ajanayanmanave kṣāmapaśca satrā śaṃsaṃ yajamānasya tūtot.

     Indra the Vṛtra-slayer, Fort-destroyer, scattered the Dāsa hosts who dwelt in darkness.
     For men hath he created earth and waters, and ever helped the prayer of him who worships.

2. an epithet of Agni
3. an epithet of Shiva

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पुरंदर (puraṃdará)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पुरंदरः puraṃdaráḥ	पुरंदरौ / पुरंदरा¹ puraṃdaraú / puraṃdarā́¹	पुरंदराः / पुरंदरासः¹ puraṃdarā́ḥ / puraṃdarā́saḥ¹
Vocative	पुरंदर púraṃdara	पुरंदरौ / पुरंदरा¹ púraṃdarau / púraṃdarā¹	पुरंदराः / पुरंदरासः¹ púraṃdarāḥ / púraṃdarāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पुरंदरम् puraṃdarám	पुरंदरौ / पुरंदरा¹ puraṃdaraú / puraṃdarā́¹	पुरंदरान् puraṃdarā́n
Instrumental	पुरंदरेण puraṃdaréṇa	पुरंदराभ्याम् puraṃdarā́bhyām	पुरंदरैः / पुरंदरेभिः¹ puraṃdaraíḥ / puraṃdarébhiḥ¹
Dative	पुरंदराय puraṃdarā́ya	पुरंदराभ्याम् puraṃdarā́bhyām	पुरंदरेभ्यः puraṃdarébhyaḥ
Ablative	पुरंदरात् puraṃdarā́t	पुरंदराभ्याम् puraṃdarā́bhyām	पुरंदरेभ्यः puraṃdarébhyaḥ
Genitive	पुरंदरस्य puraṃdarásya	पुरंदरयोः puraṃdaráyoḥ	पुरंदराणाम् puraṃdarā́ṇām
Locative	पुरंदरे puraṃdaré	पुरंदरयोः puraṃdaráyoḥ	पुरंदरेषु puraṃdaréṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Noun

पुरंदर • (puraṃdará) stem, m

1. a thief

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:चोर

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पुरंदर (puraṃdará)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पुरंदरः puraṃdaráḥ	पुरंदरौ / पुरंदरा¹ puraṃdaraú / puraṃdarā́¹	पुरंदराः / पुरंदरासः¹ puraṃdarā́ḥ / puraṃdarā́saḥ¹
Vocative	पुरंदर púraṃdara	पुरंदरौ / पुरंदरा¹ púraṃdarau / púraṃdarā¹	पुरंदराः / पुरंदरासः¹ púraṃdarāḥ / púraṃdarāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पुरंदरम् puraṃdarám	पुरंदरौ / पुरंदरा¹ puraṃdaraú / puraṃdarā́¹	पुरंदरान् puraṃdarā́n
Instrumental	पुरंदरेण puraṃdaréṇa	पुरंदराभ्याम् puraṃdarā́bhyām	पुरंदरैः / पुरंदरेभिः¹ puraṃdaraíḥ / puraṃdarébhiḥ¹
Dative	पुरंदराय puraṃdarā́ya	पुरंदराभ्याम् puraṃdarā́bhyām	पुरंदरेभ्यः puraṃdarébhyaḥ
Ablative	पुरंदरात् puraṃdarā́t	पुरंदराभ्याम् puraṃdarā́bhyām	पुरंदरेभ्यः puraṃdarébhyaḥ
Genitive	पुरंदरस्य puraṃdarásya	पुरंदरयोः puraṃdaráyoḥ	पुरंदराणाम् puraṃdarā́ṇām
Locative	पुरंदरे puraṃdaré	पुरंदरयोः puraṃdaráyoḥ	पुरंदरेषु puraṃdaréṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “पुरंदर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 635.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पुरंदर”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan