ग्रन्थ
Sanskrit
Noun
ग्रन्थ • (grantha) m
- tying, binding, stringing together
- = ग्रन्थि (granthí), a knot
- honeycomb
- an artificial arrangement of words, (especially of 32 syllables = श्लोक (śloka)), verse, composition, treatise, literary production, book in prose or verse, text (opposed to अर्थ (artha, “meaning”)).
- verse
- composition, treatise, literary production, book in prose or verse, text
- a section
- Guru Granth Sahib, the book or sacred scriptures of the Sikhs containing short moral poems by Nanak Shah and others
- wealth, property
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of ग्रन्थ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | ग्रन्थः (granthaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | ग्रन्थस्य (granthasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | ग्रन्थः (granthaḥ) | ग्रन्थौ (granthau) | ग्रन्थाः (granthāḥ) |
| Vocative | ग्रन्थ (grantha) | ग्रन्थौ (granthau) | ग्रन्थाः (granthāḥ) |
| Accusative | ग्रन्थम् (grantham) | ग्रन्थौ (granthau) | ग्रन्थान् (granthān) |
| Instrumental | ग्रन्थेन (granthena) | ग्रन्थाभ्याम् (granthābhyām) | ग्रन्थैः (granthaiḥ) |
| Dative | ग्रन्थाय (granthāya) | ग्रन्थाभ्याम् (granthābhyām) | ग्रन्थेभ्यः (granthebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | ग्रन्थात् (granthāt) | ग्रन्थाभ्याम् (granthābhyām) | ग्रन्थेभ्यः (granthebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | ग्रन्थस्य (granthasya) | ग्रन्थयोः (granthayoḥ) | ग्रन्थानाम् (granthānām) |
| Locative | ग्रन्थे (granthe) | ग्रन्थयोः (granthayoḥ) | ग्रन्थेषु (grantheṣu) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “ग्रन्थ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0371.
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