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साहित्य
साहित्य
Sanskrit
Etymology
From सहित (sahita)
Noun
साहित्य • (sāhitya) m
- association, connection, society, combination, union with (instrumental or compound)
- साहित्येन (sāhityena) — in combination with, together with
- agreement, harmony
- literary or rhetorical composition, rhetoric, poetry
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of साहित्य | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | साहित्यः (sāhityaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | साहित्यस्य (sāhityasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | साहित्यः (sāhityaḥ) | साहित्यौ (sāhityau) | साहित्याः (sāhityāḥ) |
| Vocative | साहित्य (sāhitya) | साहित्यौ (sāhityau) | साहित्याः (sāhityāḥ) |
| Accusative | साहित्यम् (sāhityam) | साहित्यौ (sāhityau) | साहित्यान् (sāhityān) |
| Instrumental | साहित्येन (sāhityena) | साहित्याभ्याम् (sāhityābhyām) | साहित्यैः (sāhityaiḥ) |
| Dative | साहित्याय (sāhityāya) | साहित्याभ्याम् (sāhityābhyām) | साहित्येभ्यः (sāhityebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | साहित्यात् (sāhityāt) | साहित्याभ्याम् (sāhityābhyām) | साहित्येभ्यः (sāhityebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | साहित्यस्य (sāhityasya) | साहित्ययोः (sāhityayoḥ) | साहित्यानाम् (sāhityānām) |
| Locative | साहित्ये (sāhitye) | साहित्ययोः (sāhityayoḥ) | साहित्येषु (sāhityeṣu) |
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 1212