आख्यान
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- আখ্যান (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬔ᭄ᬬᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
- আখ্যান (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰏𑰿𑰧𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀔𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- အာချာန (Burmese script)
- આખ્યાન (Gujarati script)
- ਆਖ੍ਯਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌖𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦑꦾꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂎𑂹𑂨𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಆಖ್ಯಾನ (Kannada script)
- អាខ្យាន (Khmer script)
- ອາຂ຺ຍານ (Lao script)
- ആഖ്യാന (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᡘᠶᠠ᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘏𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᠻᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑦯𑧠𑧇𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐏𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଆଖ୍ଯାନ (Odia script)
- ꢃꢓ꣄ꢫꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆒𑇀𑆪𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖏𑖿𑖧𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ආඛ්යාන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑩝 𑪙𑩻𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚋𑚶𑚣𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
- ஆக்²யாந (Tamil script)
- ఆఖ్యాన (Telugu script)
- อาขฺยาน (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་ཁྱཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒐𑓂𑒨𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨌𑩇𑨪𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]From the root आख्या (ākhyā, “to tell”) + -न (-na).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]आ॒ख्यान॑ • (ākhyā́na) stem, n
- communication (Pāṇ., Kap., Kathās., etc.)
- narration, story (ŚBr., Nir., Pāṇ., etc.)
- (drama) telling of events which happened off-stage (Sāh.)
Declension
[edit]| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | आ॒ख्यान॑म् (ākhyā́nam) | आ॒ख्याने॑ (ākhyā́ne) | आ॒ख्याना॑नि (ākhyā́nāni) आ॒ख्याना॑¹ (ākhyā́nā¹) |
| accusative | आ॒ख्यान॑म् (ākhyā́nam) | आ॒ख्याने॑ (ākhyā́ne) | आ॒ख्याना॑नि (ākhyā́nāni) आ॒ख्याना॑¹ (ākhyā́nā¹) |
| instrumental | आ॒ख्याने॑न (ākhyā́nena) | आ॒ख्याना॑भ्याम् (ākhyā́nābhyām) | आ॒ख्यानैः॑ (ākhyā́naiḥ) आ॒ख्याने॑भिः¹ (ākhyā́nebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | आ॒ख्याना॑य (ākhyā́nāya) | आ॒ख्याना॑भ्याम् (ākhyā́nābhyām) | आ॒ख्याने॑भ्यः (ākhyā́nebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | आ॒ख्याना॑त् (ākhyā́nāt) | आ॒ख्याना॑भ्याम् (ākhyā́nābhyām) | आ॒ख्याने॑भ्यः (ākhyā́nebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | आ॒ख्यान॑स्य (ākhyā́nasya) | आ॒ख्यान॑योः (ākhyā́nayoḥ) | आ॒ख्याना॑नाम् (ākhyā́nānām) |
| locative | आ॒ख्याने॑ (ākhyā́ne) | आ॒ख्यान॑योः (ākhyā́nayoḥ) | आ॒ख्याने॑षु (ākhyā́neṣu) |
| vocative | आख्या॑न (ā́khyāna) | आख्या॑ने (ā́khyāne) | आख्या॑नानि (ā́khyānāni) आख्या॑ना¹ (ā́khyānā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899), “आख्यान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 129, column 2.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ākhyā́na”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 47
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “ākhyāna”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.