आख्यान
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- আখ্যান (Assamese script)
- ᬆᬔ᭄ᬬᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
- আখ্যান (Bengali script)
- 𑰁𑰏𑰿𑰧𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆𑀔𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- အာချာန (Burmese script)
- આખ્યાન (Gujarati script)
- ਆਖ੍ਯਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆𑌖𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴꦑꦾꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄𑂎𑂹𑂨𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಆಖ್ಯಾನ (Kannada script)
- អាខ្យាន (Khmer script)
- ອາຂ຺ຍານ (Lao script)
- ആഖ്യാന (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ᠊ᠠᡘᠶᠠ᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁𑘏𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢗᠻᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡𑦯𑧠𑧇𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁𑐏𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
- ଆଖ୍ଯାନ (Odia script)
- ꢃꢓ꣄ꢫꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄𑆒𑇀𑆪𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁𑖏𑖿𑖧𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
- ආඛ්යාන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛𑩝 𑪙𑩻𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁𑚋𑚶𑚣𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
- ஆக்²யாந (Tamil script)
- ఆఖ్యాన (Telugu script)
- อาขฺยาน (Thai script)
- ཨཱ་ཁྱཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂𑒐𑓂𑒨𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊𑨌𑩇𑨪𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
आ- (ā-) + ख्यान (khyāna)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɑːkʰ.jɑː.nɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɑːkʰ.jɑː.n̪ɐ/
Noun
आख्यान • (ākhyāna) stem, n
- communication (Pāṇ., Kap., Kathās., etc.)
- narration, story (ŚBr., Nir., Pāṇ., etc.)
- (drama) telling of events which happened off-stage (Sāh.)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) | आख्याने (ākhyāne) | आख्यानानि (ākhyānāni) |
| accusative | आख्यानम् (ākhyānam) | आख्याने (ākhyāne) | आख्यानानि (ākhyānāni) |
| instrumental | आख्यानेन (ākhyānena) | आख्यानाभ्याम् (ākhyānābhyām) | आख्यानैः (ākhyānaiḥ) |
| dative | आख्यानाय (ākhyānāya) | आख्यानाभ्याम् (ākhyānābhyām) | आख्यानेभ्यः (ākhyānebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | आख्यानात् (ākhyānāt) | आख्यानाभ्याम् (ākhyānābhyām) | आख्यानेभ्यः (ākhyānebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | आख्यानस्य (ākhyānasya) | आख्यानयोः (ākhyānayoḥ) | आख्यानानाम् (ākhyānānām) |
| locative | आख्याने (ākhyāne) | आख्यानयोः (ākhyānayoḥ) | आख्यानेषु (ākhyāneṣu) |
| vocative | आख्यान (ākhyāna) | आख्याने (ākhyāne) | आख्यानानि (ākhyānāni) |
Descendants
- → Pali: akkhāna
- → Thai: อาขยาน (aa-kà-yaan)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “आख्यान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0129.