अङ्ग

Pali

Alternative forms

aṅga or anga (Latin script)
𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
অঙ্গ (Bengali script)
අඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
အင်္ဂ or ဢင်္ၷ or ဢင်ၷ (Burmese script)
องฺค or อังคะ (Thai script)
ᩋᩘᨣ (Tai Tham script)
ອງ຺ຄ or ອັງຄະ (Lao script)
អង្គ (Khmer script)
𑄃𑄋𑄴𑄉 (Chakma script)

Noun

अङ्ग n

Devanagari script form of aṅga

Declension

Declension table of "अङ्ग" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
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)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ᬅᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
অঙ্গ (Assamese script)
অঙ্গ (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
અઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
ਅਙੑਗ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦄꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
អង្គ (Khmer script)
ಅಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
ອງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
അങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
𑘀𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
ᠠᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
ᠠᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
အင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
𑦠𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
ଅଙ୍ଗ (Oriya script)
ꢂꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
අඞ්ග (Sinhalese script)
అఙ్గ (Telugu script)
องฺค (Thai script)
ཨ་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hángas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hángas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“corner”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́ŋ.ɡɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐŋ.ɡɐ/

Noun

अङ्ग • (áṅga) 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 (áṅga)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अङ्गः áṅgaḥ	अङ्गौ áṅgau	अङ्गाः / अङ्गासः¹ áṅgāḥ / áṅgāsaḥ¹
Vocative	अङ्ग áṅga	अङ्गौ áṅgau	अङ्गाः / अङ्गासः¹ áṅgāḥ / áṅgāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अङ्गम् áṅgam	अङ्गौ áṅgau	अङ्गान् áṅgān
Instrumental	अङ्गेन áṅgena	अङ्गाभ्याम् áṅgābhyām	अङ्गैः / अङ्गेभिः¹ áṅgaiḥ / áṅgebhiḥ¹
Dative	अङ्गाय áṅgāya	अङ्गाभ्याम् áṅgābhyām	अङ्गेभ्यः áṅgebhyaḥ
Ablative	अङ्गात् áṅgāt	अङ्गाभ्याम् áṅgābhyām	अङ्गेभ्यः áṅgebhyaḥ
Genitive	अङ्गस्य áṅgasya	अङ्गयोः áṅgayoḥ	अङ्गानाम् áṅgānām
Locative	अङ्गे áṅge	अङ्गयोः áṅgayoḥ	अङ्गेषु áṅgeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga)

Descendants

Dardic:
- Kalasha: aṅ
- Kashmiri: انگ‎
Pali: aṅga
Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀔 (aṃkha)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Hindustani: ã̄g, ã̄gā
      - Hindi: आँग, आँगा (āṅgā)
      - Urdu: آںگ‎, آںگَہ‎
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: আঙ্গ (aṅgo)
    - Bengali: আঙ (aṅ)
    - Bihari:
      - Maithili: आँग (ā̃g)
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Central Pahari:
      - Kumaoni: आङ (āṅ)
    - Eastern Pahari:
      - Nepali: आङ (āṅ)
    - Western Pahari:
      - Bhadrawahi: अङ्ग (aṅg)
- Northwestern:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Takka Apabhramsa:
      - Punjabi: aṅg
        Gurmukhi script: ਅੰਗ
        
        Shahmukhi script: انگ‎
    - Vracada Apabhramsa:
      - Sindhi: aṅu
        Arabic script: اڱُ‎
        
        Devanagari script: अङु
        
        ⇒ Sindhi: chāṅo
        Arabic script: چَاڱُ‎
        
        Devanagari script: चाङु
- Southern:
  - Helu:
    - Dhivehi: އަންގަ‎ (an̊ga)
    - Sinhalese: අඟ (aⁿga), ඇඟ (æⁿga)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Konkani: āṅga
      Devanagari script: आंग
      
      Latin script: ang
      
      Kannada script: ಆಂಗ್
    - Marathi: आँग (āĕṅga)
      - ⇒ Marathi: अँगाविणे (aĕṅgāviṇe)
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: આઁગ (ām̐ga)
      - ⇒ Gujarati: આગવું (āgavũ), અઁગાઉ (am̐gāu)
Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀔~𑀟
- Northern:
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Central Pahari:
      - Garhwali: आँगड़ी (āṅgṛī)
      - Kumaoni: आङर (āṅar), आङड़ो (āṅṛo)
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: આંગડીી (ā̃gaḍīī)
Prakrit: *𑀅𑀁𑀔~𑀮𑁆𑀮
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: આંગલી (ā̃galī), આંગલું (ā̃galũ)

Borrowed terms

→ Malay: angka (“numeral”)
- Indonesian: angka
→ Malayalam: അംഗം (aṅgaṃ)
→ Telugu: అంగము (aṅgamu)
→ Tocharian B: ānk

References

Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed. 1899.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “anga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 6

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