कलिङ्ग

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কলিঙ্গ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬮᬶᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
• কলিঙ্গ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰩𑰰𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀮𑀺𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• ကလိင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
• કલિઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਲਿਙ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌲𑌿𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦭꦶꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂪𑂱𑂑𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಲಿಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
• កលិង្គ (Khmer script)
• ກລິງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
• കലിങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᠯᡳᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘩𑘱𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠯᠢᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧉𑧒𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐮𑐶𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
• କଲିଙ୍ଗ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢭꢶꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆬𑆴𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖩𑖰𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
• කලිඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩽𑩑𑩠 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚥𑚮𑚎𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
• கலிங்க³ (Tamil script)
• కలిఙ్గ (Telugu script)
• กลิงฺค (Thai script)
• ཀ་ལི་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒪𑒱𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨬𑨁𑨏𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.liŋ.ɡɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kɐˈl̪iŋ.ɡɐ/

Noun

कलिङ्ग • (kaliṅga) stem, m

1. (in the plural) name of a people and their country (the name is applied in the पुराणs to several places, but especially signifies a district on the Coromandel coast, extending from below Cuttack [ कटक] to the vicinity of Madras)

   Synonyms: ओड्र (oḍra), ओड्रदेश (oḍradeśa), उत्कल (utkala)

2. an inhabitant of कलिङ्ग Sāh
3. name of a king of कलिङ्ग (from whom the कलिङ्ग people are said to have originated ; he is sometimes mentioned as a son of दीर्घतमस् and सुदेष्णा, sometimes identified with बलि)

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Καλίγγαι (Kalíngai)
  • → Latin: Calingae
• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀓𑀮𑀺𑀁𑀕 (kaliṃga)
• ⇒ Telugu: కళింగము (kaḷiṅgamu)
• → Malay: Keling (see there for descendants)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कलिङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 262, column 1.