रचन

See also: रचना and रचाना

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰচন (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬘᬦ (Balinese script)
• রচন (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰓𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀘𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ရစန (Burmese script)
• રચન (Gujarati script)
• ਰਚਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌚𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦕꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂒𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ರಚನ (Kannada script)
• រចន (Khmer script)
• ຣຈນ (Lao script)
• രചന (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠠᢜᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘓𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠠᢋᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑦳𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐔𑐣 (Newa script)
• ରଚନ (Odia script)
• ꢬꢗꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆖𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖓𑖡 (Siddham script)
• රචන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩡𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚏𑚝 (Takri script)
• ரசந (Tamil script)
• రచన (Telugu script)
• รจน (Thai script)
• ར་ཙ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒔𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨣𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From रच् (rac).

Noun

रचन • (racana) stem, n

1. the act of making, forming, arranging, preparing, composing Kāv.
2. mostly f( आ). arrangement, disposition, management, accomplishment, performance, preparation, production, fabrication MBh. Kāv. &c.
3. a literary production, work, composition VarBṛS. Sāh.
4. style Sāh.
5. putting on, wearing (of a garment) Mṛicch.
6. arrangement (of troops), array Pañcat.
7. contrivance, invention Kathās. BhP.
8. a creation of the mind, artificial image Jaim.
9. fixing the feathers on an arrow L.
10. dressing the hair (cf. केश-र्°) L.
11. stringing flowers or garlands W. (often ifc. with concrete meaning e.g. निवास-रेचना, a building Mṛicch. ; गीति-रचना, a song Rājat. ; कूट-रचना, an artifice, trick Kathās. ; accord. to L. also = परि-स्पन्द or परि-स्यन्द, प्रति-यत्न, ग्रन्थन, गुम्फ, व्यूह, निवेश, स्थिति ; also = पाश, भार &c., abundance, quantity ifc. after a word meaning ‘hair’ ; cf. Pāṇ. 2-3, 44 Sch.)

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of रचन (racana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रचनम् racanam	रचने racane	रचनानि / रचना¹ racanāni / racanā¹
Vocative	रचन racana	रचने racane	रचनानि / रचना¹ racanāni / racanā¹
Accusative	रचनम् racanam	रचने racane	रचनानि / रचना¹ racanāni / racanā¹
Instrumental	रचनेन racanena	रचनाभ्याम् racanābhyām	रचनैः / रचनेभिः¹ racanaiḥ / racanebhiḥ¹
Dative	रचनाय racanāya	रचनाभ्याम् racanābhyām	रचनेभ्यः racanebhyaḥ
Ablative	रचनात् racanāt	रचनाभ्याम् racanābhyām	रचनेभ्यः racanebhyaḥ
Genitive	रचनस्य racanasya	रचनयोः racanayoḥ	रचनानाम् racanānām
Locative	रचने racane	रचनयोः racanayoḥ	रचनेषु racaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Malay: rencana
  • Indonesian: rencana
• → Old Javanese: racana
• → Telugu: రచన (racana​)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रचन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 860/3.