बुध्

See also: बुध, बोधि, बाध्, बाधा, and बाँध

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• বুধ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬩᬸᬥ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বুধ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰲𑰠𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑀼𑀥𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဗုဓ် (Burmese script)
• બુધ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਬੁਧੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑍁𑌧𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦸꦣ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑂳𑂡𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಬುಧ್ (Kannada script)
• ពុធ៑ (Khmer script)
• ພຸຘ຺ (Lao script)
• ബുധ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᡠᢡ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘳𑘠𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠤᢑᠾ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑧔𑧀𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑐸𑐢𑑂 (Newa script)
• ବୁଧ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢨꢸꢤ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑆶𑆣𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖲𑖠𑖿 (Siddham script)
• බුධ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲𑩒𑩮 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚰𑚜𑚶 (Takri script)
• பு³த்⁴ (Tamil script)
• బుధ్ (Telugu script)
• พุธฺ (Thai script)
• བུ་དྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑒳𑒡𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑨃𑨜𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰúdʰs, from *bʰewdʰ- (“to wake”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /búdʱ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /bud̪ʱ/

Adjective

बुध् • (búdh)

1. awaking
2. intelligent, wise

Declension

Masculine root-stem declension of बुध् (budh)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भुत् bhut	बुधौ / बुधा¹ budhau / budhā¹	बुधः budhaḥ
Vocative	भुत् bhut	बुधौ / बुधा¹ budhau / budhā¹	बुधः budhaḥ
Accusative	बुधम् budham	बुधौ / बुधा¹ budhau / budhā¹	बुधः budhaḥ
Instrumental	बुधा budhā	भुद्भ्याम् bhudbhyām	भुद्भिः bhudbhiḥ
Dative	बुधे budhe	भुद्भ्याम् bhudbhyām	भुद्भ्यः bhudbhyaḥ
Ablative	बुधः budhaḥ	भुद्भ्याम् bhudbhyām	भुद्भ्यः bhudbhyaḥ
Genitive	बुधः budhaḥ	बुधोः budhoḥ	बुधाम् budhām
Locative	बुधि budhi	बुधोः budhoḥ	भुत्सु bhutsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine root-stem declension of बुध् (budh)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भुत् bhut	बुधौ / बुधा¹ budhau / budhā¹	बुधः budhaḥ
Vocative	भुत् bhut	बुधौ / बुधा¹ budhau / budhā¹	बुधः budhaḥ
Accusative	बुधम् budham	बुधौ / बुधा¹ budhau / budhā¹	बुधः budhaḥ
Instrumental	बुधा budhā	भुद्भ्याम् bhudbhyām	भुद्भिः bhudbhiḥ
Dative	बुधे budhe	भुद्भ्याम् bhudbhyām	भुद्भ्यः bhudbhyaḥ
Ablative	बुधः budhaḥ	भुद्भ्याम् bhudbhyām	भुद्भ्यः bhudbhyaḥ
Genitive	बुधः budhaḥ	बुधोः budhoḥ	बुधाम् budhām
Locative	बुधि budhi	बुधोः budhoḥ	भुत्सु bhutsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter root-stem declension of बुध् (budh)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भुत् bhut	बुधी budhī	बुन्धि bundhi
Vocative	भुत् bhut	बुधी budhī	बुन्धि bundhi
Accusative	भुत् bhut	बुधी budhī	बुन्धि bundhi
Instrumental	बुधा budhā	भुद्भ्याम् bhudbhyām	भुद्भिः bhudbhiḥ
Dative	बुधे budhe	भुद्भ्याम् bhudbhyām	भुद्भ्यः bhudbhyaḥ
Ablative	बुधः budhaḥ	भुद्भ्याम् bhudbhyām	भुद्भ्यः bhudbhyaḥ
Genitive	बुधः budhaḥ	बुधोः budhoḥ	बुधाम् budhām
Locative	बुधि budhi	बुधोः budhoḥ	भुत्सु bhutsu

Derived terms

• उषर्बुध् (uṣarbúdh) (उषर्भुत् (uṣarbhút, nom. sg))
• प्रबुध् (prabúdh) (प्रर्भुत् (prabhút, nom. sg))

Root

बुध् • (√budh)

1. to come to; wake up; recover consciousness after fainting
2. to observe, heed, attend to (with acc. or gen.)
3. to perceive, notice, learn, understand, become or be aware of or acquainted with
4. to think of, i.e. present a person (‘with’ instr.)
5. to know to be, recognize as (with two acc.)
6. to deem, consider or regard as (with two acc.)
7. to revive the scent (of a perfume)
8. to cause (a flower) to expand
9. to cause to observe or attend, admonish, advise
10. to make a person acquainted with, remind or inform of. impart or communicate anything to (with two acc.)

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root बुध्‎ (0 c, 6 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• बुध्यते (búdhyate, Present)
• बोधति (bódhati, Present)
• भोत्स्यति (bhotsyati, Future)
• बोद्धा (boddhā, Periphrastic Future)
• अबुद्ध (ábuddha, Aorist)
• अबोधिषत् (ábodhiṣat, Aorist)
• बुबोध (bubódha, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• बुध्यते (budhyáte, Passive)
• अबोधि (ábodhi, Passive Aorist)
• बोधयति (bodháyati, Causative)
• अबूबुधत् (ábūbudhat, Causative Aorist)
• बोध्यते (bodhyáte, Passive of Causative)
• बुभुत्सति (bubhutsati, Desiderative)
• बुबोधिषति (bubodhiṣati, Desiderative)
• बुबुधिषति (bubudhiṣati, Desiderative)
• बोबुधीति (bobudhīti, Intensive)
• बोबुध्यते (bobudhyate, Intensive)
• बोबोद्धि (boboddhi, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• बोद्धुम् (boddhum, Infinitive)
• बुधे (búdhe, Infinitive)
• बुधि (budhí, Infinitive)
• बुद्ध्वा (buddhvā, Gerund)
• बुध्य (budhya, Gerund)
• बोध्य (bodhya, Gerundive)
• बोद्धव्य (boddhavya, Gerundive)
• बोधितव्य (bodhitavya, Gerundive)
• बोधनीय (bodhanīya, Gerundive)
• बुद्ध (buddhá, Past Participle)
• बोधयितव्य (bodhayitavya, Causative Gerundive)
• बुभुत्सु (bubhutsu, Desiderative Participle)
• बुबोधयिषु (bubodhayiṣu, Desiderative Participle of Causative)
• बिबोधयिषु (bibodhayiṣu, Desiderative Participle of Causative)

Derived Nominal Forms

• अबुध् (abudh)
• अबुध्य (abudhya)
• बुद्धि (buddhi)
• बुध् (budh)
• बुभुत्सा (bubhutsā)
• बोद्धृ (boddhṛ)
• बोध (bodhá)
• बोधक (bodhaka)
• बोधन (bódhana)
• बोधयिष्णु (bodhayiṣṇu)
• बोधि (bodhi)
• बोधिन् (bodhin)
• बोधयितृ (bodhayitṛ)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अनुबुध् (anubudh)
• अवबुध् (avabudh)
• आबुध् (ābudh)
• उद्बुध् (udbudh)
• निबुध् (nibudh)
• प्रतिबुध् (pratibudh)
• प्रतिसम्बुध् (pratisambudh)
• प्रबुध् (prabudh)
• विप्रबुध् (viprabudh)
• विबुध् (vibudh)
• समवबुध् (samavabudh)
• समुद्बुध् (samudbudh)
• संनिबुध् (saṃnibudh)
• सम्प्रतिबुध् (sampratibudh)
• सम्प्रबुध् (samprabudh)
• सम्बुध् (sambudh)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “बुध्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 733.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 106
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 228; 233-234