काञ्जिक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কাঞ্জিক (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬵᬜ᭄ᬚᬶᬓ (Balinese script)
• কাঞ্জিক (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰯𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰰𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀸𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀺𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ကာဉ္ဇိက (Burmese script)
• કાઞ્જિક (Gujarati script)
• ਕਾਞ੍ਜਿਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌾𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌿𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦴꦚ꧀ꦗꦶꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂰𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂱𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಾಞ್ಜಿಕ (Kannada script)
• កាញ្ជិក (Khmer script)
• ກາຎ຺ຊິກ (Lao script)
• കാഞ്ജിക (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯᡳᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘰𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘱𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢗᡛᠽᠢᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧑𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧒𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐵𑐘𑑂𑐖𑐶𑐎 (Newa script)
• କାଞ୍ଜିକ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢵꢛ꣄ꢙꢶꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆳𑆚𑇀𑆘𑆴𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖯𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖰𑖎 (Siddham script)
• කාඤ‍්ජික (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩛𑩥 𑪙𑩣𑩑𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚭𑚓𑚶𑚑𑚮𑚊 (Takri script)
• காஞ்ஜிக (Tamil script)
• కాఞ్జిక (Telugu script)
• กาญฺชิก (Thai script)
• ཀཱ་ཉྫི་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒰𑒘𑓂𑒖𑒱𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨊𑨓𑩇𑨥𑨁𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Tamil கஞ்சி (kañci).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑːɲ.d͡ʑí.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɑːɲˈd͡ʑi.kɐ/

Noun

काञ्जिक • (kāñjika) stem, n

1. Sour rice gruel made from fermented rice used in Ayurveda

Usage notes

Kāñjika (काञ्जिक, “Heating through boiling acidic liquid”):—Sanskrit technical term used in Rasaśāstra literature (Medicinal Alchemy) such as the Rasaprakāśasudhākara or the Rasaratna-samuccaya. Kāñjika is an alchemical process commonly applied to various recipes involving Mercury (rasa).

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of काञ्जिक (kāñjika)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	काञ्जिकम् kāñjikam	काञ्जिके kāñjike	काञ्जिकानि / काञ्जिका¹ kāñjikāni / kāñjikā¹
Vocative	काञ्जिक kāñjika	काञ्जिके kāñjike	काञ्जिकानि / काञ्जिका¹ kāñjikāni / kāñjikā¹
Accusative	काञ्जिकम् kāñjikam	काञ्जिके kāñjike	काञ्जिकानि / काञ्जिका¹ kāñjikāni / kāñjikā¹
Instrumental	काञ्जिकेन kāñjikena	काञ्जिकाभ्याम् kāñjikābhyām	काञ्जिकैः / काञ्जिकेभिः¹ kāñjikaiḥ / kāñjikebhiḥ¹
Dative	काञ्जिकाय kāñjikāya	काञ्जिकाभ्याम् kāñjikābhyām	काञ्जिकेभ्यः kāñjikebhyaḥ
Ablative	काञ्जिकात् kāñjikāt	काञ्जिकाभ्याम् kāñjikābhyām	काञ्जिकेभ्यः kāñjikebhyaḥ
Genitive	काञ्जिकस्य kāñjikasya	काञ्जिकयोः kāñjikayoḥ	काञ्जिकानाम् kāñjikānām
Locative	काञ्जिके kāñjike	काञ्जिकयोः kāñjikayoḥ	काञ्जिकेषु kāñjikeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Hindi: कांजी (kāñjī), काँजी (kāñjī)