ग्रन्थ
Hindi
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬕ᭄ᬭᬦ᭄ᬣ (Balinese script)
- গ্ৰন্থ (Assamese script)
- গ্রন্থ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰿𑰨𑰡𑰿𑰞 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀦𑁆𑀣 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥 (Grantha script)
- ગ્રન્થ (Gujarati script)
- ਗੑਰਨੑਥ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦒꦿꦤ꧀ꦡ (Javanese script)
- គ្រន្ថ (Khmer script)
- ಗ್ರನ್ಥ (Kannada script)
- ຄ຺ຣນ຺ຖ (Lao script)
- ഗ്രന്ഥ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘐𑘿𑘨𑘡𑘿𑘞 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠷᠠᠨᠲᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᡤᡵᠠᠨᡨᠠ (Manchu script)
- ဂြန္ထ (Burmese script)
- 𑦰𑧠𑧈𑧁𑧠𑦾 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑑂𑐬𑐣𑑂𑐠 (Newa script)
- ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥ (Oriya script)
- ꢔ꣄ꢬꢥ꣄ꢢ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑇀𑆫𑆤𑇀𑆡 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖿𑖨𑖡𑖿𑖞 (Siddham script)
- ග්රන්ථ (Sinhalese script)
- గ్రన్థ (Telugu script)
- คฺรนฺถ (Thai script)
- གྲ་ནྠ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑓂𑒩𑒢𑓂𑒟 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From the root ग्रन्थ् (granth, “to tie together”) from Proto-Indo-European *gretH- (“to tie”).[1]
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) |
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kashmiri: گَنڈ (ganḍ)
- Pali: gantha
- Prakrit: 𑀕𑀀𑀣 (gam̐tha)
- Central:
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Hindustani: gath
- Hindi: गथ
- Urdu: گَتھ
- Old Gujarati:
- Marwari: गंझोड़ो (gañjhoṛo)
- Hindustani: gath
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Eastern:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: গঁথা (gõtha)
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Northern:
- Khasa Prakrit:
- Central Pahari:
- Garhwali: गाँठु (gā̃ṭhu)
- Central Pahari:
- Khasa Prakrit:
- Southern:
- Helu:
- Sinhalese: ගත (gata)
- Helu:
- Western:
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Takka Apabhramsa:
- Old Punjabi: ਗੱਥੁ (gatthu)
- Punjabi: gath
- Gurmukhi: ਗਥ
- Shahmukhi: گَتھ
- Punjabi: gath
- Old Punjabi: ਗੱਥੁ (gatthu)
- Vracada Apabhramsa:
- Sindhi: g̠aṇḍhu, g̠aṇḍho
- Arabic: ڳَڻڍُ, ڳَڻڍو
- Devanagari: ॻंढु, ॻंढो
- Sindhi: g̠aṇḍhu, g̠aṇḍho
- Takka Apabhramsa:
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Central:
- → Dhivehi: ގުރަނދަ (guraⁿda) (learned)
- → Middle Chinese: 伽蘭他 (MC ɡɨɑ lɑn tʰɑ)
- → Tocharian A: granth (learned)
- → Tocharian B: krānt (learned)
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Monier Williams (1899), “ग्रन्थ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0371.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “grantha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 233
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