abhidhāna
Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Sanskrit अभिधान (abhidhāna); arguably a calque composed as abhi- + dhāna (“receptacle”)
Noun
abhidhāna n
- name, appellation, expression
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar], page 252; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- सब्बेसं तिण्णं पठममज्झिमुत्तमपुरिसानं एकाभिधाने परो पुरिसो गहेतब्बो। सो च पठति, ते च पठन्ति, त्वञ्च पठसि तुम्हे च पठथ, अहञ्च पठामि = मयं पठाम; सो पचति, ते च पचन्ति, त्वञ्च पचन्ति, तुम्हे च पठथ, अहञ्च पचआमि = मयं पचाम एवं सेसासु विभत्तीसु परो पुरिसो योजेतब्बो॥
- Sabbesaṃ tiṇṇaṃ paṭhamamajjhimuttamapurisānaṃ ekābhidhāne paro puriso gahetabbo. So ca paṭhati, te ca paṭhanti, tvañca paṭhasi, tumhe ca paṭhatha, ahañca paṭhāmi = mayaṃ paṭhāma; so pacati, te ca pacanti, tvañca pacasi, tumhe ca pacatha, ahañca pacāmi = mayaṃ pacāma. Evaṃ sesāsu vibhattīsu paro puriso yojetabbo.
- With all three, third, second, and first persons, in one expression, the last person is to be taken. He reads, they read, thou readest, you read, and I read = we read; he cooks, they cook, thou cookest, you cook , and I cook = we cook. The last person is to be applied thus for other endings.
Declension
Declension table of "abhidhāna" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | abhidhānaṃ | abhidhānāni |
| Accusative (second) | abhidhānaṃ | abhidhānāni |
| Instrumental (third) | abhidhānena | abhidhānehi or abhidhānebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | abhidhānassa or abhidhānāya or abhidhānatthaṃ | abhidhānānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | abhidhānasmā or abhidhānamhā or abhidhānā | abhidhānehi or abhidhānebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | abhidhānassa | abhidhānānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | abhidhānasmiṃ or abhidhānamhi or abhidhāne | abhidhānesu |
| Vocative (calling) | abhidhāna | abhidhānāni |
References
Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli Language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875.
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