आधान

आधान

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬆᬥᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
• আধান (Assamese script)
• আধান (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰠𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀥𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌆𑌧𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
• આધાન (Gujarati script)
• ਆਧਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦄꦴꦣꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
• អាធាន (Khmer script)
• ಆಧಾನ (Kannada script)
• ອາຘານ (Lao script)
• ആധാന (Malayalam script)
• 𑘁𑘠𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᢑᠾᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢡᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• အာဓာန (Burmese script)
• 𑦡𑧀𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐢𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଆଧାନ (Oriya script)
• ꢃꢤꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆣𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖠𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ආධාන (Sinhalese script)
• ఆధాన (Telugu script)
• อาธาน (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་དྷཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒡𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From आ- (ā-) +‎ धान (dhāna).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.dʱɑː.nɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈd̪ʱɑː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

आधान • (ādhā́na) n

1. putting near or upon, depositing, placing
2. lighting, kindling, placing a fire
3. impregnating
4. a ceremony performed before coition
5. the place in which anything is deposited or rests
6. the bit of a bridle
7. containing, being in possession of
8. assigning, attributing, employing
9. taking, having, receiving
10. pledging, depositing
11. causing, effecting
12. adding

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of आधान (ādhā́na)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आधानम् ādhā́nam	आधाने ādhā́ne	आधानानि / आधाना¹ ādhā́nāni / ādhā́nā¹
Vocative	आधान ā́dhāna	आधाने ā́dhāne	आधानानि / आधाना¹ ā́dhānāni / ā́dhānā¹
Accusative	आधानम् ādhā́nam	आधाने ādhā́ne	आधानानि / आधाना¹ ādhā́nāni / ādhā́nā¹
Instrumental	आधानेन ādhā́nena	आधानाभ्याम् ādhā́nābhyām	आधानैः / आधानेभिः¹ ādhā́naiḥ / ādhā́nebhiḥ¹
Dative	आधानाय ādhā́nāya	आधानाभ्याम् ādhā́nābhyām	आधानेभ्यः ādhā́nebhyaḥ
Ablative	आधानात् ādhā́nāt	आधानाभ्याम् ādhā́nābhyām	आधानेभ्यः ādhā́nebhyaḥ
Genitive	आधानस्य ādhā́nasya	आधानयोः ādhā́nayoḥ	आधानानाम् ādhā́nānām
Locative	आधाने ādhā́ne	आधानयोः ādhā́nayoḥ	आधानेषु ādhā́neṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “आधान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 138.