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अङ्ग
अङ्ग
Sanskrit
Noun
अङ्ग • (aṅga) m
- (√ अम् Uṇ.), a limb of the body
- a limb, member
- the body
- a subordinate division or department, especially of a science, as the six वेदाङ्गs hence the number six
- Name of the chief sacred texts of the जैनs
- a limb or subdivision of मन्त्र or counsel (said to be five, viz. 1. कर्मणाम् आरम्भोपायः, means of commencing operations ; 2. पुरुष-द्रव्य-सम्पद्, providing men and materials ; 3. देश-काल-विभाग, distribution of place and time ; 4. विपत्ति-प्रतीकार, counter-action of disaster ; 5. कार्य-सिद्धि, successful accomplishment ; whence मन्त्र is said to be पञ्चाङ्ग)
- any subdivision, a supplement
- (grammar) the base of a word, but in the strong cases only.
- anything inferior or secondary, anything immaterial or unessential, » अङ्ग-ता
- (rhetoric) an illustration
- (drama) the whole of the subordinate characters
- expedient
- a mental organ, the mind
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of अङ्ग | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | अङ्गः (aṅgaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | अङ्गस्य (aṅgasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अङ्गः (aṅgaḥ) | अङ्गौ (aṅgau) | अङ्गाः (aṅgāḥ) |
| Vocative | अङ्ग (aṅga) | अङ्गौ (aṅgau) | अङ्गाः (aṅgāḥ) |
| Accusative | अङ्गम् (aṅgam) | अङ्गौ (aṅgau) | अङ्गान् (aṅgān) |
| Instrumental | अङ्गेन (aṅgena) | अङ्गाभ्याम् (aṅgābhyām) | अङ्गैः (aṅgaiḥ) |
| Dative | अङ्गाय (aṅgāya) | अङ्गाभ्याम् (aṅgābhyām) | अङ्गेभ्यः (aṅgebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | अङ्गात् (aṅgāt) | अङ्गाभ्याम् (aṅgābhyām) | अङ्गेभ्यः (aṅgebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | अङ्गस्य (aṅgasya) | अङ्गयोः (aṅgayoḥ) | अङ्गानाम् (aṅgānām) |
| Locative | अङ्गे (aṅge) | अङ्गयोः (aṅgayoḥ) | अङ्गेषु (aṅgeṣu) |
References
- Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.