दुर्गा

See also: दरगा, दरोग़, and दुर्ग

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দুৰ্গা (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬸᬃᬕᬵ (Balinese script)
• দুর্গা (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰲𑰨𑰿𑰐𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀼𑀭𑁆𑀕𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဒုရ်္ဂါ (Burmese script)
• દુર્ગા (Gujarati script)
• ਦੁਰ੍ਗਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍁𑌰𑍍𑌗𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦸꦂꦒꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂳𑂩𑂹𑂏𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ದುರ್ಗಾ (Kannada script)
• ទុគ៌ា (Khmer script)
• ທຸຣ຺ຄາ (Lao script)
• ദുര്ഗാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡠᡵᡤᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘳𑘨𑘿𑘐𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠤᠷᠺᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧔𑧈𑧠𑦰𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐸𑐬𑑂𑐐𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଦୁର୍ଗା (Odia script)
• ꢣꢸꢬ꣄ꢔꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆶𑆫𑇀𑆓𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖲𑖨𑖿𑖐𑖯 (Siddham script)
• දුර්‍ගා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩒𑩼 𑪙𑩞𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚰𑚤𑚶𑚌𑚭 (Takri script)
• து³ர்க³ா (Tamil script)
• దుర్గా (Telugu script)
• ทุรฺคา (Thai script)
• དུ་རྒཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒳𑒩𑓂𑒑𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨃𑨫𑩇𑨍𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of दुर्- (dur-, “with difficulty”) +‎ गा (gā, “to approach”), literally “difficult to approach”.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /duɾ.ɡɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪uɾ.ɡɑː/

Proper noun

दुर्गा • (durgā́) stem, f

1. (Hinduism) Durga, a form of Parvati.
2. (literary) ‘the inaccessible or terrific goddess’.
   • c. 1100 BCE, Mahanarayana Upanishad 2:

     तामग्निव॑र्णान्तप॑सा ज्वलन्तीं वैरोचनींकर्मफलेषु जुष्टाम्।
     दुर्गान्देवी शरणमहं प्रपद्ये सुतर॑सि तरसे नमः॥

     tā́mágnívarṇāntapasā jvalantīṃ vairocanīṃkarmaphaleṣu juṣṭām.
     dúrgā́ndévī́ śaraṇamahaṃ prapadye sutarasi tarase namaḥ.

     I take refuge in that Goddess, who has the lusture of fire, who is radiant due to her penance, who gives the fruits of all actions, and who is difficult to obtain. O Devi, we bow to you who are skilled in making us cross all difficulties.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:दुर्गा

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of दुर्गा (durgā́)
	Singular
Nominative	दुर्गा durgā́
Vocative	दुर्गे dúrge
Accusative	दुर्गाम् durgā́m
Instrumental	दुर्गया / दुर्गा¹ durgáyā / durgā́¹
Dative	दुर्गायै durgā́yai
Ablative	दुर्गायाः / दुर्गायै² durgā́yāḥ / durgā́yai²
Genitive	दुर्गायाः / दुर्गायै² durgā́yāḥ / durgā́yai²
Locative	दुर्गायाम् durgā́yām
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• → Assamese: দুর্গা, দুৰগা (duroga)
• → Awadhi: दुर्गा (durgā)
• → Balinese: ᬤᬸᬃᬕᬵ
• Bengali: দুগ্গা (dugga), দুগি (dugi)
• → Bengali: দুর্গা (durga) (learned)
• → Burmese: ဒူရဂါ (dura.ga), ဒုရ်္ဂါ (durga)
• → Chinese: 杜爾加／杜尔加
• → English: Durga
• → Esperanto: Durgo
• → French: Durga, Dourgo, Dourga
• → Gujarati: દુર્ગા (durgā)
• → Greek: Δύργα (Dýrga)
• → Hindi: दुर्गा (durgā)
• → Japanese: ドゥルガー
• → Javanese: ꦢꦸꦂꦒꦴ (durgā)
• → Kannada: ದುರ್ಗಾ (durgā), ದುರ್ಗೆ (durge)
• → Khmer: ទុគ៌ា (tŭគ៌ា)
• → Korean: 두르가 (dureuga) (learned)
• → Limbu: ᤍᤢᤷᤃᤠ (durga)
• → Marathi: दुर्गा (durgā)
• → Malayalam: ദുർഗ്ഗ (duṟgga), ദുർഗാ (duṟgā) (learned)
• → Manipuri: ꯗꯨꯔꯒꯥ (dooragaa)
• → Nepali: दुर्गा (durgā)
• → Odia: ଦୁର୍ଗା (durgā)
• → Prakrit: दुग्गा (duggā), दुर्गे (durge), दुरगा (duragā) (learned)
• → Punjabi: ਦੁਰਗਾ (durgā)
• → Persian: دورگا
• → Russian: Дурга (Durga)
• → Santali: ᱫᱩᱨᱜᱟ (durga)
• → Sinhalese: දුර්ගා (durgā) (learned)
• → Sundanese: ᮓᮥᮁᮌ (durga)
• → Sylheti: ꠖꠥꠞ꠆ꠉꠣ (durga)
• → Tamil: துர்கா (turkā)
• → Telugu: దుర్గ (durga)
• → Thai: ดัวร์กา
• → Tibetan: དུར་གཱ (dur gā), དུརྒཱ (durgā)
• → Ukrainian: Ду́рга (Dúrha)
• → Urdu: درگا

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दुर्गा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 487/2.