सन्धान

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• संधान (saṃdhāna)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সন্ধান (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬦ᭄ᬥᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
• সন্ধান (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰡𑰿𑰠𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀥𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• သန္ဓာန (Burmese script)
• સન્ધાન (Gujarati script)
• ਸਨ੍ਧਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌨𑍍𑌧𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦤ꧀ꦣꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂢𑂹𑂡𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಸನ್ಧಾನ (Kannada script)
• សន្ធាន (Khmer script)
• ສນ຺ຘານ (Lao script)
• സന്ധാന (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᠨᢡᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘡𑘿𑘠𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠨᢑᠾᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧁𑧠𑧀𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐣𑑂𑐢𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
• ସନ୍ଧାନ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢥ꣄ꢤꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆤𑇀𑆣𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖡𑖿𑖠𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
• සන්‍ධාන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩯 𑪙𑩮𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚝𑚶𑚜𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
• ஸந்த⁴ாந (Tamil script)
• సన్ధాన (Telugu script)
• สนฺธาน (Thai script)
• ས་ནྡྷཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒢𑓂𑒡𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨝𑩇𑨜𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

सन्धा (sandhā) +‎ -अन (-ana)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐn.dʱɑː.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐn̪ˈd̪ʱɑː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

सन्धान • (sandhāna) stem, m

1. small eggplant
2. particular spell recited over weapons
3. foundry; place where metals are wrought or stored
4. change
5. bachelor

Noun

सन्धान • (sandhāna) stem, f

1. progeny

Noun

सन्धान • (sandhāna) stem, n

1. demography
2. air capacitor
3. (computing) bug fix
4. rent
5. union, alliance, junction
6. means of union
7. an act of placing or joining together or uniting; bringing together
8. an assembly or meeting of people
9. an act of taking aim
10. an act of perceiving; perception
11. obscuring
12. joint
13. fitting
14. league
15. repair
16. mixing
17. boundary
18. preparation
19. peace
20. the process of healing wound
21. fixing on
22. friendship
23. point of contact
24. growing together
25. (alcoholic beverages) spirituous alcohol
26. a kind of relish eaten to excite thirst
27. (foods) sour rice gruel
28. compounding
29. making peace with
30. bell metal
31. combination of words

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of सन्धान (sandhāna)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सन्धानम् sandhānam	सन्धाने sandhāne	सन्धानानि / सन्धाना¹ sandhānāni / sandhānā¹
Vocative	सन्धान sandhāna	सन्धाने sandhāne	सन्धानानि / सन्धाना¹ sandhānāni / sandhānā¹
Accusative	सन्धानम् sandhānam	सन्धाने sandhāne	सन्धानानि / सन्धाना¹ sandhānāni / sandhānā¹
Instrumental	सन्धानेन sandhānena	सन्धानाभ्याम् sandhānābhyām	सन्धानैः / सन्धानेभिः¹ sandhānaiḥ / sandhānebhiḥ¹
Dative	सन्धानाय sandhānāya	सन्धानाभ्याम् sandhānābhyām	सन्धानेभ्यः sandhānebhyaḥ
Ablative	सन्धानात् sandhānāt	सन्धानाभ्याम् sandhānābhyām	सन्धानेभ्यः sandhānebhyaḥ
Genitive	सन्धानस्य sandhānasya	सन्धानयोः sandhānayoḥ	सन्धानानाम् sandhānānām
Locative	सन्धाने sandhāne	सन्धानयोः sandhānayoḥ	सन्धानेषु sandhāneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “सन्धान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1144.