अङ्ग
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Noun
अङ्ग n
- Devanagari script form of aṅga
Declension
Declension table of "अङ्ग" (neuter)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | अङ्गं (aṅgaṃ) | अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) |
Accusative (second) | अङ्गं (aṅgaṃ) | अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) |
Instrumental (third) | अङ्गेन (aṅgena) | अङ्गेहि (aṅgehi) or अङ्गेभि (aṅgebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | अङ्गस्स (aṅgassa) or अङ्गाय (aṅgāya) or अङ्गत्थं (aṅgatthaṃ) | अङ्गानं (aṅgānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | अङ्गस्मा (aṅgasmā) or अङ्गम्हा (aṅgamhā) or अङ्गा (aṅgā) | अङ्गेहि (aṅgehi) or अङ्गेभि (aṅgebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | अङ्गस्स (aṅgassa) | अङ्गानं (aṅgānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | अङ्गस्मिं (aṅgasmiṃ) or अङ्गम्हि (aṅgamhi) or अङ्गे (aṅge) | अङ्गेसु (aṅgesu) |
Vocative (calling) | अङ्ग (aṅga) | अङ्गानि (aṅgāni) |
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hangás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hangás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“corner, hirn”).
Pronunciation
Noun
अङ्ग (aṅgá) 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 | |||
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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.