अङ्ग
Pali
Alternative forms
Declension
Declension table of "अङ्ग" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | अङ्गं (aṅgaṃ) | अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) |
| Accusative (second) | अङ्गं (aṅgaṃ) | अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) |
| Instrumental (third) | अङ्गेन (aṅgena) | अङ्गेहि (aṅgehi) or अङ्गेभि (aṅgebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | अङ्गस्स (aṅgassa) or अङ्गाय (aṅgāya) or अङ्गत्थं (aṅgatthaṃ) | अङ्गानं (aṅgānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | अङ्गस्मा (aṅgasmā) or अङ्गम्हा (aṅgamhā) or अङ्गा (aṅgā) | अङ्गेहि (aṅgehi) or अङ्गेभि (aṅgebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | अङ्गस्स (aṅgassa) | अङ्गानं (aṅgānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | अङ्गस्मिं (aṅgasmiṃ) or अङ्गम्हि (aṅgamhi) or अङ्गे (aṅge) | अङ्गेसु (aṅgesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | अङ्ग (aṅga) | अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অঙ্গ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
- অঙ্গ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
- အင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
- અઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਙ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂑𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
- អង្គ (Khmer script)
- ອງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
- അങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
- ଅଙ୍ଗ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
- අඞ්ග (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩠 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚎𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
- அங்க³ (Tamil script)
- అఙ్గ (Telugu script)
- องฺค (Thai script)
- ཨ་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨏𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hángas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hángas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“corner”).
Noun
अङ्ग • (áṅga) stem, m
- (√ अम् Uṇ.), a limb of the body
- a limb, member
- the body
- a subordinate division or department, especially of a science, as the six वेदाङ्गs hence the number six
- name of the chief sacred texts of the जैनs
- a limb or subdivision of मन्त्र or counsel (said to be five, viz. 1. कर्मणाम् आरम्भोपायः, means of commencing operations ; 2. पुरुष-द्रव्य-सम्पद्, providing men and materials ; 3. देश-काल-विभाग, distribution of place and time ; 4. विपत्ति-प्रतीकार, counter-action of disaster ; 5. कार्य-सिद्धि, successful accomplishment ; whence मन्त्र is said to be पञ्चाङ्ग)
- any subdivision, a supplement
- (grammar) the base of a word, but in the strong cases only
- anything inferior or secondary, anything immaterial or unessential, » अङ्ग-ता
- (rhetoric) an illustration
- (drama) the whole of the subordinate characters
- expedient
- a mental organ, the mind
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of अङ्ग (áṅga) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अङ्गः áṅgaḥ |
अङ्गौ / अङ्गा¹ áṅgau / áṅgā¹ |
अङ्गाः / अङ्गासः¹ áṅgāḥ / áṅgāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | अङ्ग áṅga |
अङ्गौ / अङ्गा¹ áṅgau / áṅgā¹ |
अङ्गाः / अङ्गासः¹ áṅgāḥ / áṅgāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | अङ्गम् áṅgam |
अङ्गौ / अङ्गा¹ áṅgau / áṅgā¹ |
अङ्गान् áṅgān |
| Instrumental | अङ्गेन áṅgena |
अङ्गाभ्याम् áṅgābhyām |
अङ्गैः / अङ्गेभिः¹ áṅgaiḥ / áṅgebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | अङ्गाय áṅgāya |
अङ्गाभ्याम् áṅgābhyām |
अङ्गेभ्यः áṅgebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | अङ्गात् áṅgāt |
अङ्गाभ्याम् áṅgābhyām |
अङ्गेभ्यः áṅgebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | अङ्गस्य áṅgasya |
अङ्गयोः áṅgayoḥ |
अङ्गानाम् áṅgānām |
| Locative | अङ्गे áṅge |
अङ्गयोः áṅgayoḥ |
अङ्गेषु áṅgeṣu |
| Notes |
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Derived terms
- चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga)
Descendants
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Pali: aṅga
- Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀔 (aṃkha)
- Central:
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Hindustani: ã̄g, ã̄gā
- Hindi: आँग, आँगा (āṅgā)
- Urdu: آںگ (ā̃g), آںگَہ (ā̃ga)
- Hindustani: ã̄g, ã̄gā
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Eastern:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: আঙ্গ (aṅgo)
- Bengali: আঙ (aṅ)
- Bihari:
- Maithili: आँग (ā̃g)
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Northern:
- Northwestern:
- Southern:
- Western:
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Gujarati: આઁગ (ām̐ga)
- ⇒ Gujarati: આગવું (āgavũ), અઁગાઉ (am̐gāu)
- Gujarati: આઁગ (ām̐ga)
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Central:
- Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀔~𑀟
- Northern:
- Khasa Prakrit:
- Central Pahari:
- Garhwali: आँगड़ी (āṅgṛī)
- Kumaoni: आङर (āṅar), आङड़ो (āṅṛo)
- Central Pahari:
- Khasa Prakrit:
- Western:
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Gujarati: આંગડીી (ā̃gaḍīī)
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Northern:
- Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀔~𑀮𑁆𑀮
- Western:
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Gujarati: આંગલી (ā̃galī), આંગલું (ā̃galũ)
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Western:
Borrowed terms
Etymology 2
Of unclear origin. The traditional derivation from अङ्ग् (aṅg, “to go”) is semantically unappealing. Others connect the word to Old Prussian anga (“whether”).
Particle
अङ्ग • (aṅga)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 7/2-3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 48
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “anga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 6
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 30-1
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