ग्रन्थ
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative scripts
- ᬕ᭄ᬭᬦ᭄ᬣ (Balinese script)
- গ্ৰন্থ (Assamese script)
- গ্রন্থ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰿𑰨𑰡𑰿𑰞 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀦𑁆𑀣 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥 (Grantha script)
- ગ્રન્થ (Gujarati script)
- ꦒꦿꦤ꧀ꦡ (Javanese script)
- គ្រន្ថ (Khmer script)
- ಗ್ರನ್ಥ (Kannada script)
- ຄ຺ຣນ຺ຖ (Lao script)
- 𑘐𑘿𑘨𑘡𑘿𑘞 (Modi script)
- ဂြန္ထ (Burmese script)
- 𑦰𑧠𑧈𑧁𑧠𑦾 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑑂𑐬𑐣𑑂𑐠 (Newa script)
- ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥ (Oriya script)
- ꢔ꣄ꢬꢥ꣄ꢢ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑇀𑆫𑆤𑇀𑆡 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖿𑖨𑖡𑖿𑖞 (Siddham script)
- గ్రన్థ (Telugu script)
- คฺรนฺถ (Thai script)
- གྲནྠ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑓂𑒩𑒢𑓂𑒟 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology[edit]
See ग्रन्थि (granthi, “a knot”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ग्रन्थ • (grantha) m
- tying, binding, stringing together
- = ग्रन्थि (granthí), a knot
- honeycomb
- an artificial arrangement of words, (especially of 32 syllables = श्लोक (śloka)), verse, composition, treatise, literary production, book in prose or verse, text (opposed to अर्थ (artha, “meaning”))
- verse
- composition, treatise, literary production, book in prose or verse, text
- a section
- Guru Granth Sahib, the book or sacred scriptures of the Sikhs containing short moral poems by Nanak Shah and others
- wealth, property
Declension[edit]
| Masculine a-stem declension of ग्रन्थ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | ग्रन्थः (granthaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | ग्रन्थस्य (granthasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | ग्रन्थः (granthaḥ) | ग्रन्थौ (granthau) | ग्रन्थाः (granthāḥ) |
| Vocative | ग्रन्थ (grantha) | ग्रन्थौ (granthau) | ग्रन्थाः (granthāḥ) |
| Accusative | ग्रन्थम् (grantham) | ग्रन्थौ (granthau) | ग्रन्थान् (granthān) |
| Instrumental | ग्रन्थेन (granthena) | ग्रन्थाभ्याम् (granthābhyām) | ग्रन्थैः (granthaiḥ) |
| Dative | ग्रन्थाय (granthāya) | ग्रन्थाभ्याम् (granthābhyām) | ग्रन्थेभ्यः (granthebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | ग्रन्थात् (granthāt) | ग्रन्थाभ्याम् (granthābhyām) | ग्रन्थेभ्यः (granthebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | ग्रन्थस्य (granthasya) | ग्रन्थयोः (granthayoḥ) | ग्रन्थानाम् (granthānām) |
| Locative | ग्रन्थे (granthe) | ग्रन्थयोः (granthayoḥ) | ग्रन्थेषु (grantheṣu) |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899), “ग्रन्थ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0371.