Sanskrit वृद्धि vṛddhi, IPA: [ˈʋr̩d̪ːʱi], lit. 'growth', from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰ- 'to grow'. Vṛddhi itself has its origins in proto-vṛddhi, a process...

primary epithets of Vishnu and Krishna. The word Mādhava in Sanskrit is a vṛddhi derivation of the word Madhu (Sanskrit: मधु), which means honey. It is a...

basic set (in modern terms, the zero grade), but more reduced than the vṛddhi vowels (in modern terms, the lengthened grade). As an example, ṛ, i, u are...

popular name of Krishna, the son of Vasudeva and Devaki. "Vāsudeva" is a vṛddhi, a derivative of the short form "Vasudeva", a linguistic pragmatic in Sanskrit...

scripts by about the end of first millennium of the common era. Nagari is a vṛddhi derivation from नगर (nagara), which means city. The Nāgarī script appeared...

are Hindu rules of impurity to be followed after the birth of a child (vṛddhi sūtak). Sūtak involves the practice of keeping socially isolated from relatives...

celebrated as a samrāta (Vayu Purana 45, 86)." The Sanskrit word Bhārata is a vṛddhi derivation of Bharata, which was originally an epithet of Agni. The term...

Agent nouns √jīv- ⇒ jīvá- √sṛ- ⇒ sará- √sṛp- ⇒ sarpá- √kṣam- ⇒ kṣamá- With vṛddhi-grading, where the final outcome has an ā Action nouns √kam- ⇒ kā́ma- √bhaj-...

and have their last name as Gautam. The name Gautam (Sanskrit: गौतम, a vrddhi patronymic of Gotama and also transliterated as Gautama or Gauthama) is...

and second grade. The first and second grades are also termed guṇa and vṛddhi respectively. The full pattern of gradation, followed by example usage:...