विरोचन

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ৱিৰোচন (Assamese script)
ᬯᬶᬭᭀᬘᬦ (Balinese script)
বিরোচন (Bengali script)
𑰪𑰰𑰨𑰺𑰓𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀯𑀺𑀭𑁄𑀘𑀦 (Brahmi script)
ဝိရောစန (Burmese script)
વિરોચન (Gujarati script)
ਵਿਰੋਚਨ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌵𑌿𑌰𑍋𑌚𑌨 (Grantha script)
ꦮꦶꦫꦺꦴꦕꦤ (Javanese script)
𑂫𑂱𑂩𑂷𑂒𑂢 (Kaithi script)
ವಿರೋಚನ (Kannada script)
វិរោចន (Khmer script)
ວິໂຣຈນ (Lao script)
വിരോചന (Malayalam script)
ᠸᡳᡵᠣᢜᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘪𑘱𑘨𑘻𑘓𑘡 (Modi script)
ᠸᠢᠷᠣᠸᠠᢋᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧊𑧒𑧈𑧜𑦳𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐰𑐶𑐬𑑀𑐔𑐣 (Newa script)
ଵିରୋଚନ (Odia script)
ꢮꢶꢬꣂꢗꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆮𑆴𑆫𑆾𑆖𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖪𑖰𑖨𑖺𑖓𑖡 (Siddham script)
විරොචන (Sinhalese script)
𑩾𑩑𑩼𑩕𑩡𑩯 (Soyombo script)
𑚦𑚮𑚤𑚴𑚏𑚝 (Takri script)
விரோசந (Tamil script)
విరోచన (Telugu script)
วิโรจน (Thai script)
ཝི་རོ་ཙ་ན (Tibetan script)
𑒫𑒱𑒩𑒼𑒔𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
𑨭𑨁𑨫𑨆𑨣𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From वि- (vi-) +‎ रोचन (rocana, “light; splendour”). Also analysable as वि- (vi-, “distributing; away”, verbal prefix) +‎ रुच् (ruc, root) +‎ -अन (-ana, agent suffix) with regular accent; i.e. "the one that shines forth; emitter of light".

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.ɾɐ́w.t͡ɕɐ.nɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋiˈɾoː.t͡ɕɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

विरोचन • (virócana) stem, m

the sun
the moon

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of विरोचन (virócana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	विरोचनः virócanaḥ	विरोचनौ / विरोचना¹ virócanau / virócanā¹	विरोचनाः / विरोचनासः¹ virócanāḥ / virócanāsaḥ¹
Vocative	विरोचन vírocana	विरोचनौ / विरोचना¹ vírocanau / vírocanā¹	विरोचनाः / विरोचनासः¹ vírocanāḥ / vírocanāsaḥ¹
Accusative	विरोचनम् virócanam	विरोचनौ / विरोचना¹ virócanau / virócanā¹	विरोचनान् virócanān
Instrumental	विरोचनेन virócanena	विरोचनाभ्याम् virócanābhyām	विरोचनैः / विरोचनेभिः¹ virócanaiḥ / virócanebhiḥ¹
Dative	विरोचनाय virócanāya	विरोचनाभ्याम् virócanābhyām	विरोचनेभ्यः virócanebhyaḥ
Ablative	विरोचनात् virócanāt	विरोचनाभ्याम् virócanābhyām	विरोचनेभ्यः virócanebhyaḥ
Genitive	विरोचनस्य virócanasya	विरोचनयोः virócanayoḥ	विरोचनानाम् virócanānām
Locative	विरोचने virócane	विरोचनयोः virócanayoḥ	विरोचनेषु virócaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

वैरोचन (vairocana)

Proper noun

विरोचन • (virócana) m

(Vedic religion) name of an Asura

References

Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “विरोचनः”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1464
Monier Williams (1899) “Vi-rócana”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 983/2.