Word history

Wiktionary records దాశరథి (dāśarathi) as a Telugu surname. The entry identifies Sanskrit dāśarathi as the source and records its literary use as a patronymic of Rama. The older form is derived from Daśaratha, with a lengthened initial vowel. దాశరథి preserves that derived form. The lexical account concerns a name formation in literature, rather than an assertion about an individual’s ancestry or family tree.

Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Telugu entry, etymology and surname sense · Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword dāśarathi, page 477, column 1, entry L91887

Literal dictionary sense

dāśarathi: Related to Dasharatha.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword dāśarathi, page 477, column 1, entry L91887

Native-script forms

దాశరథి · Telugu

Sources and attribution

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