हयग्रीव

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • হয়গ্ৰীৱ (Assamese script)
  • ᬳᬬᬕ᭄ᬭᬷᬯ (Balinese script)
  • হয়গ্রীব (Bengali script)
  • 𑰮𑰧𑰐𑰿𑰨𑰱𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀳𑀬𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀻𑀯 (Brahmi script)
  • ဟယဂြီဝ (Burmese script)
  • હયગ્રીવ (Gujarati script)
  • ਹਯਗੑਰੀਵ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌹𑌯𑌗𑍍𑌰𑍀𑌵 (Grantha script)
  • ꦲꦪꦒꦿꦷꦮ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂯𑂨𑂏𑂹𑂩𑂲𑂫 (Kaithi script)
  • ಹಯಗ್ರೀವ (Kannada script)
  • ហយគ្រីវ (Khmer script)
  • ຫຍຄ຺ຣີວ (Lao script)
  • ഹയഗ്രീവ (Malayalam script)
  • ᡥᠠᠶᠠᡤᡵᡳᡳᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘮𑘧𑘐𑘿𑘨𑘲𑘪 (Modi script)
  • ᠾᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᠺᠷᠢᠢᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧎𑧇𑦰𑧠𑧈𑧓𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐴𑐫𑐐𑑂𑐬𑐷𑐰 (Newa script)
  • ହଯଗ୍ରୀଵ (Odia script)
  • ꢲꢫꢔ꣄ꢬꢷꢮ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆲𑆪𑆓𑇀𑆫𑆵𑆮 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖮𑖧𑖐𑖿𑖨𑖱𑖪 (Siddham script)
  • හයග්‍රීව (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑪂𑩻𑩞 𑪙𑩼𑩑𑩛𑩾 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚩𑚣𑚌𑚶𑚤𑚯𑚦 (Takri script)
  • ஹயக்³ரீவ (Tamil script)
  • హయగ్రీవ (Telugu script)
  • หยคฺรีว (Thai script)
  • ཧ་ཡ་གྲཱི་ཝ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒯𑒨𑒑𑓂𑒩𑒲𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨱𑨪𑨍𑩇𑨫𑨁𑨊𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From हय (haya, “horse”) +‎ ग्रीवा (grīvā, “neck”)

Pronunciation

Noun

हयग्रीव • (hayagrīva) stem, m

  1. an avatar of Vishnu (manifested according to one legend, in order to recover the वेद carried off by two दैत्यs called मधु and कैटभ)
  2. name of a Daitya (also called ब्रह्म-वेद-प्रहर्तृ, as having carried off the वेदs at the dissolution of the universe caused by ब्रह्म's sleep at the end of the past कल्प ; in order to recover them, विष्णु became incarnate as a मत्स्य or fish, and slew हयग्रीव)

Descendants
  • → Tamil: ஹயக்ரீவன் (hayakrīvaṉ)
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