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पिण्ड
पिण्ड
See also: पाण्डु
Sanskrit
Noun
पिण्ड • (piṇḍa) m, n
- round mass or heap, ball, lump (RV., TS., ŚBr., etc.)
- bite of food, morsel
- a ball of rice or flour offered to ancestors (GṛŚṛS., Mn., MBh., etc.)
- food, sustenance (MBh., Kāv., etc.)
- mass, body (Ragh., Śaṃk., Vajracch.)
- calf (Mālatīm.)
- the flower of a china rose (L.)
- portico (L.)
- force, power, army (L.)
- (in the dual) fleshy parts of the shoulder above the clavicle (MBh.)
- (in the dual) protrusion on the upper forehead of an elephant (L.)
- embryo at an early stage of development (L.)
- a kind of incense (Var.
- myrrh, olibanum (L.)
- meat, flesh (L.)
- alms (Mālatīm.)
- Meyna laxiflora (L.)
- quantity, collection (L.)
- sum
- sine expressed in a series of numbers
- sound, tone
- name of a man
- iron (L.)
- steel
- fresh butter
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of पिण्ड | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | पिण्डः (piṇḍaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | पिण्डस्य (piṇḍasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | पिण्डः (piṇḍaḥ) | पिण्डौ (piṇḍau) | पिण्डाः (piṇḍāḥ) |
| Vocative | पिण्ड (piṇḍa) | पिण्डौ (piṇḍau) | पिण्डाः (piṇḍāḥ) |
| Accusative | पिण्डम् (piṇḍam) | पिण्डौ (piṇḍau) | पिण्डान् (piṇḍān) |
| Instrumental | पिण्डेन (piṇḍena) | पिण्डाभ्याम् (piṇḍābhyām) | पिण्डैः (piṇḍaiḥ) |
| Dative | पिण्डाय (piṇḍāya) | पिण्डाभ्याम् (piṇḍābhyām) | पिण्डेभ्यः (piṇḍebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | पिण्डात् (piṇḍāt) | पिण्डाभ्याम् (piṇḍābhyām) | पिण्डेभ्यः (piṇḍebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | पिण्डस्य (piṇḍasya) | पिण्डयोः (piṇḍayoḥ) | पिण्डानाम् (piṇḍānām) |
| Locative | पिण्डे (piṇḍe) | पिण्डयोः (piṇḍayoḥ) | पिण्डेषु (piṇḍeṣu) |
| Neuter a-stem declension of पिण्ड | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | पिण्डम् (piṇḍam) | ||
| Gen. sg. | पिण्डस्य (piṇḍasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | पिण्डम् (piṇḍam) | पिण्डे (piṇḍe) | पिण्डानि (piṇḍāni) |
| Vocative | पिण्ड (piṇḍa) | पिण्डे (piṇḍe) | पिण्डानि (piṇḍāni) |
| Accusative | पिण्डम् (piṇḍam) | पिण्डे (piṇḍe) | पिण्डानि (piṇḍāni) |
| Instrumental | पिण्डेन (piṇḍena) | पिण्डाभ्याम् (piṇḍābhyām) | पिण्डैः (piṇḍaiḥ) |
| Dative | पिण्डा (piṇḍā) | पिण्डाभ्याम् (piṇḍābhyām) | पिण्डेभ्यः (piṇḍebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | पिण्डात् (piṇḍāt) | पिण्डाभ्याम् (piṇḍābhyām) | पिण्डेभ्यः (piṇḍebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | पिण्डस्य (piṇḍasya) | पिण्डयोः (piṇḍayoḥ) | पिण्डानाम् (piṇḍānām) |
| Locative | पिण्डे (piṇḍe) | पिण्डयोः (piṇḍayoḥ) | पिण्डेषु (piṇḍeṣu) |
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0625
- Witzel, Michael (2003) Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia (Sino-Platonic Papers; 129), Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, page 33