saṅkha

See also: sankha

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀲𑀗𑁆𑀔 (Brahmi script)
  • सङ्ख (Devanagari script)
  • সঙ্খ (Bengali script)
  • සඞ‍්ඛ (Sinhalese script)
  • သင်္ခ or သင်္ၶ or သင်ၶ (Burmese script)
  • สงฺข or สังขะ (Thai script)
  • ᩈᩘᨡ (Tai Tham script)
  • ສງ຺ຂ or ສັງຂະ (Lao script)
  • សង្ខ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄥𑄋𑄴𑄈 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Compare Sanskrit शङ्ख (śaṅkha).

Noun

saṅkha m or n

  1. chank

Declension
Declension table of "saṅkha" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)saṅkhosaṅkhā
Accusative (second)saṅkhaṃsaṅkhe
Instrumental (third)saṅkhenasaṅkhehi or saṅkhebhi
Dative (fourth)saṅkhassa or saṅkhāya or saṅkhatthaṃsaṅkhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)saṅkhasmā or saṅkhamhā or saṅkhāsaṅkhehi or saṅkhebhi
Genitive (sixth)saṅkhassasaṅkhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)saṅkhasmiṃ or saṅkhamhi or saṅkhesaṅkhesu
Vocative (calling)saṅkhasaṅkhā

When the gender is neuter, the nominative, vocative and accusative are somewhat different:

Declension table of "saṅkha" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)saṅkhaṃsaṅkhāni
Accusative (second)saṅkhaṃsaṅkhāni
Vocative (calling)saṅkhasaṅkhāni

References

Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 456.

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