रुद्र

From रुद् (rud).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾud.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɾud̪.ɾɐ/

रुद्र • (rudra)

1. 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)

रुद्र • (rudra) stem, m

1. Roarer or howler.
2. Rudra; the god of tempests and father and ruler of the wind and hunting.
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.114.3:

     अ॒श्याम॑ ते सुम॒तिं दे॑वय॒ज्यया॑ क्ष॒यद्वी॑रस्य॒ तव॑ रुद्र मीढ्वः।
     सु॒म्ना॒यन्निद्विशो॑ अ॒स्माक॒मा च॒रारि॑ष्टवीरा जुहवाम ते ह॒विः॥

     aśyā́ma te sumatíṃ devayajyáyā kṣayádvīrasya táva rudra mīḍhvaḥ.
     sumnāyánnídvíśo asmā́kamā́ carā́riṣṭavīrā juhavāma te havíḥ.

     Rudra, showerer of benefits, may we obtain, through our worship of the gods, the favour of you, who are the destroyer of heroes;come to our posterity, purposing to promote their happiness, while we, having our sons in safety, offer you oblations.

3. The number ‘eleven’ (from the 11 rudras).
4. The eleventh.
5. (music) a kind of stringed instrument (cf. रुद्री and रुद्रवीणा)

• रुद्रप्रयाग (rudraprayāga)
• रुद्राक्ष (rudrākṣa)

• Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899