अङ्क

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hankás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hánkas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ónkos, from *h₂enk- (“curve, bend”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos), Latin uncus, Old East Slavic паукъ (paukŭ).

Noun

अङ्क • (aṅká) m

hook
- RV 1.162.13d
  यन नीक्षणं मांस्पचन्या उखाया या पात्राणि यूष्णासेचनानि |
  ऊष्मण्यापिधाना चरूणामङकाः सूनाःपरि भूषन्त्यश्वम ||
  yan nīkṣaṇaṃ māṃspacanyā ukhāyā yā pātrāṇi yūṣṇaāsecanāni |
  ūṣmaṇyāpidhānā carūṇāmaṅkāḥ sūnāḥpari bhūṣantyaśvam ||
  The trial-fork of the flesh-cooking caldron, the vessels out of which the broth is sprinkled,
  The warming-pots, the covers of the dishes, hooks, carving-boards,—all these attend the Charger.
(in the dual) part of a chariot
curve
the curve in the human, especially the female, figure above the hip (where infants sitting, astride are carried by mothers hence often = 'breast' or 'lap')
side, flank
body
proximity, place
the bend in the arm
any hook or crooked instrument
curved line
a numerical figure, cipher, a figure or mark branded on an animal etc.
any mark, line, stroke, ornament, stigma
a number
the numbers one and nine
coefficient
act of a drama
drama
military show, sham-fight
misdeed, sin

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अङ्क (aṅká)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अङ्कः aṅkáḥ	अङ्कौ aṅkaú	अङ्काः / अङ्कासः¹ aṅkā́ḥ / aṅkā́saḥ¹
Vocative	अङ्क áṅka	अङ्कौ áṅkau	अङ्काः / अङ्कासः¹ áṅkāḥ / áṅkāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अङ्कम् aṅkám	अङ्कौ aṅkaú	अङ्कान् aṅkā́n
Instrumental	अङ्केन aṅkéna	अङ्काभ्याम् aṅkā́bhyām	अङ्कैः / अङ्केभिः¹ aṅkaíḥ / aṅkébhiḥ¹
Dative	अङ्काय aṅkā́ya	अङ्काभ्याम् aṅkā́bhyām	अङ्केभ्यः aṅkébhyaḥ
Ablative	अङ्कात् aṅkā́t	अङ्काभ्याम् aṅkā́bhyām	अङ्केभ्यः aṅkébhyaḥ
Genitive	अङ्कस्य aṅkásya	अङ्कयोः aṅkáyoḥ	अङ्कानाम् aṅkā́nām
Locative	अङ्के aṅké	अङ्कयोः aṅkáyoḥ	अङ्केषु aṅkéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899), “अङ्क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0007.