संधि

See also: सुधा, सुध, सीधा, सीधे, साधू, and साधु

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬲᬂᬥᬶ (Balinese script)
• সংধি (Assamese script)
• সংধি (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰽𑰠𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀁𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌸𑌂𑌧𑌿 (Grantha script)
• સંધિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਂਧਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦱꦁꦣꦶ (Javanese script)
• សំធិ (Khmer script)
• ಸಂಧಿ (Kannada script)
• ສໍຘິ (Lao script)
• സംധി (Malayalam script)
• 𑘭𑘽𑘠𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᢑᠾᢈ (Mongolian script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᢡᡳ (Manchu script)
• သံဓိ (Burmese script)
• 𑧍𑧞𑧀𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑄𑐢𑐶 (Newa script)
• ସଂଧି (Oriya script)
• ꢱꢀꢤꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆁𑆣𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖽𑖠𑖰 (Siddham script)
• සංධි (Sinhalese script)
• సంధి (Telugu script)
• สํธิ (Thai script)
• སཾ་དྷི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓀𑒡𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From the root संधा (saṃdhā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐn.dʱi/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐn̪.d̪ʱi/

Adjective

संधि • (saṃdhí)

1. containing a conjunction or transition from one to the other etc.

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of संधि (saṃdhí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	संधिः saṃdhíḥ	संधी saṃdhī́	संधयः saṃdháyaḥ
Vocative	संधे sáṃdhe	संधी sáṃdhī	संधयः sáṃdhayaḥ
Accusative	संधिम् saṃdhím	संधी saṃdhī́	संधीन् saṃdhī́n
Instrumental	संधिना / संध्या¹ saṃdhínā / saṃdhyā̀¹	संधिभ्याम् saṃdhíbhyām	संधिभिः saṃdhíbhiḥ
Dative	संधये / संध्ये² saṃdháye / saṃdhyè²	संधिभ्याम् saṃdhíbhyām	संधिभ्यः saṃdhíbhyaḥ
Ablative	संधेः / संध्यः² saṃdhéḥ / saṃdhyàḥ²	संधिभ्याम् saṃdhíbhyām	संधिभ्यः saṃdhíbhyaḥ
Genitive	संधेः / संध्यः² saṃdhéḥ / saṃdhyàḥ²	संध्योः saṃdhyóḥ	संधीनाम् saṃdhīnā́m
Locative	संधौ saṃdhaú	संध्योः saṃdhyóḥ	संधिषु saṃdhíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Less common

Feminine i-stem declension of संधि (saṃdhí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	संधिः saṃdhíḥ	संधी saṃdhī́	संधयः saṃdháyaḥ
Vocative	संधे sáṃdhe	संधी sáṃdhī	संधयः sáṃdhayaḥ
Accusative	संधिम् saṃdhím	संधी saṃdhī́	संधीः saṃdhī́ḥ
Instrumental	संध्या saṃdhyā̀	संधिभ्याम् saṃdhíbhyām	संधिभिः saṃdhíbhiḥ
Dative	संधये / संध्ये¹ / संध्यै² saṃdháye / saṃdhyè¹ / saṃdhyaì²	संधिभ्याम् saṃdhíbhyām	संधिभ्यः saṃdhíbhyaḥ
Ablative	संधेः / संध्याः² saṃdhéḥ / saṃdhyā̀ḥ²	संधिभ्याम् saṃdhíbhyām	संधिभ्यः saṃdhíbhyaḥ
Genitive	संधेः / संध्याः² saṃdhéḥ / saṃdhyā̀ḥ²	संध्योः saṃdhyóḥ	संधीनाम् saṃdhīnā́m
Locative	संधौ / संध्याम्² saṃdhaú / saṃdhyā̀m²	संध्योः saṃdhyóḥ	संधिषु saṃdhíṣu
Notes	¹Less common ²Later Sanskrit

Neuter i-stem declension of संधि (saṃdhí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	संधि saṃdhí	संधिनी saṃdhínī	संधी / संधि / संधीनि¹ saṃdhī́ / saṃdhí / saṃdhī́ni¹
Vocative	संधि / संधे saṃdhí / sáṃdhe	संधिनी sáṃdhinī	संधी / संधि / संधीनि¹ sáṃdhī / saṃdhí / sáṃdhīni¹
Accusative	संधि saṃdhí	संधिनी saṃdhínī	संधी / संधि / संधीनि¹ saṃdhī́ / saṃdhí / saṃdhī́ni¹
Instrumental	संधिना / संध्या² saṃdhínā / saṃdhyā̀²	संधिभ्याम् saṃdhíbhyām	संधिभिः saṃdhíbhiḥ
Dative	संधये / संध्ये³ saṃdháye / saṃdhyè³	संधिभ्याम् saṃdhíbhyām	संधिभ्यः saṃdhíbhyaḥ
Ablative	संधेः / संधिनः¹ / संध्यः³ saṃdhéḥ / saṃdhínaḥ¹ / saṃdhyàḥ³	संधिभ्याम् saṃdhíbhyām	संधिभ्यः saṃdhíbhyaḥ
Genitive	संधेः / संधिनः¹ / संध्यः³ saṃdhéḥ / saṃdhínaḥ¹ / saṃdhyàḥ³	संधिनोः saṃdhínoḥ	संधीनाम् saṃdhīnā́m
Locative	संधिनि saṃdhíni	संधिनोः saṃdhínoḥ	संधिषु saṃdhíṣu
Notes	¹Later Sanskrit ²Vedic ³Less common

Noun

संधि • (saṃdhí) m

Examples (Sanskrit grammar)
गच्छति ईश्वरः (gacchati īśvaraḥ) → गच्छतीश्वरः (gacchatīśvaraḥ, “the lord goes”) एव अवशिष्यते (eva avaśiṣyate) → एवावशिष्यते (evāvaśiṣyate, “itself remains”)

1. junction, connection, combination, union with (+ instrumental)
2. association, intercourse with (+ instrumental)
3. comprehension, totality, the whole essence or scope of
4. agreement, compact
5. alliance, league, reconciliation, peace between (+genitive) or with (+instrumental with or without सह (saha)), making a treaty of peace, negotiating alliances
6. (phonology, grammar) sandhi, euphonic combination
7. contrivance, management
8. place or point of connection or contact, juncture, hinge, boundary, boundary line
9. critical juncture, crisis, opportune moment
10. joint, articulation (of the body; especially applied to the five junctures of the parts of the eye)
11. interstice, crevice, interval
12. the space between heaven and earth, horizon
13. the interval between day and night, twilight
14. seam
15. fold
16. wall or the hole or cavity or breach in a wall made by a housebreaker
17. (anatomy) vagina, vulva
18. (drama) juncture or division of a drama
19. a period at the expiration of each युग (yuga) or age
20. pause, rest
21. part, portion, piece of anything
22. a particular स्तोत्र (stotra)
23. (in mensuration) the connecting link of a perpendicular
24. the common side of a double triangle
25. name of a son of प्रसुश्रुत (Prasuśruta)

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of संधि
Nom. sg.	संधिः (saṃdhiḥ)
Gen. sg.	संधेः (saṃdheḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	संधिः (saṃdhiḥ)	संधी (saṃdhī)	संधयः (saṃdhayaḥ)
Vocative	संधे (saṃdhe)	संधी (saṃdhī)	संधयः (saṃdhayaḥ)
Accusative	संधिम् (saṃdhim)	संधी (saṃdhī)	संधीन् (saṃdhīn)
Instrumental	संधिना (saṃdhinā)	संधिभ्याम् (saṃdhibhyām)	संधिभिः (saṃdhibhiḥ)
Dative	संधये (saṃdhaye)	संधिभ्याम् (saṃdhibhyām)	संधिभ्यः (saṃdhibhyaḥ)
Ablative	संधेः (saṃdheḥ)	संधिभ्याम् (saṃdhibhyām)	संधिभ्यः (saṃdhibhyaḥ)
Genitive	संधेः (saṃdheḥ)	संध्योः (saṃdhyoḥ)	संधीनाम् (saṃdhīnām)
Locative	संधौ (saṃdhau)	संध्योः (saṃdhyoḥ)	संधिषु (saṃdhiṣu)

Descendants

• → English: sandhi
• → Tamil: சந்தி (canti)

Proper noun

संधि • (saṃdhí) f

1. name of a goddess presiding over junction or union

References

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2023), “saṃdhi”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Monier Williams (1899), “संधि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1144.