ण्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ণ্য (Assamese script)
• ᬡ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• ণ্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰜𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀡𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ဏျ (Burmese script)
• ણ્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਣ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌣𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦟꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂝𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಣ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• ណ្យ (Khmer script)
• ຓ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• ണ്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᢏᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘜𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᢏᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦼𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐞𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଣ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢠ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆟𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖜𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• ණ්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩪 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚘𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• ண்ய (Tamil script)
• ణ్య (Telugu script)
• ณฺย (Thai script)
• ཎྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒝𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨘𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Mystical interpretation of the second element of अर॑ण्य (áraṇya), besides अर (ara).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɳjɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɳjɐ/

Proper noun

ण्य • (ṇya) stem, m

1. name of an ocean in the Brahmaloka
   • c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Chāndogya Upaniṣad 8.5.3

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ण्य

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ण्यः (ṇyaḥ)	ण्यौ (ṇyau) ण्या¹ (ṇyā¹)	ण्याः (ṇyāḥ) ण्यासः¹ (ṇyāsaḥ¹)
accusative	ण्यम् (ṇyam)	ण्यौ (ṇyau) ण्या¹ (ṇyā¹)	ण्यान् (ṇyān)
instrumental	ण्येन (ṇyena)	ण्याभ्याम् (ṇyābhyām)	ण्यैः (ṇyaiḥ) ण्येभिः¹ (ṇyebhiḥ¹)
dative	ण्याय (ṇyāya)	ण्याभ्याम् (ṇyābhyām)	ण्येभ्यः (ṇyebhyaḥ)
ablative	ण्यात् (ṇyāt)	ण्याभ्याम् (ṇyābhyām)	ण्येभ्यः (ṇyebhyaḥ)
genitive	ण्यस्य (ṇyasya)	ण्ययोः (ṇyayoḥ) ण्योः¹ (ṇyoḥ¹)	ण्यानाम् (ṇyānām)
locative	ण्ये (ṇye)	ण्ययोः (ṇyayoḥ) ण्योः¹ (ṇyoḥ¹)	ण्येषु (ṇyeṣu)
vocative	ण्य (ṇya)	ण्यौ (ṇyau) ण्या¹ (ṇyā¹)	ण्याः (ṇyāḥ) ण्यासः¹ (ṇyāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “ण्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 431, column 2.

Further reading

• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “ण्य”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “ṇya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.