ग्रन्थ्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- ग्रथ् (grath)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬕ᭄ᬭᬦ᭄ᬣ᭄ (Balinese script)
- গ্ৰন্থ্ (Assamese script)
- গ্রন্থ্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰿𑰨𑰡𑰿𑰞𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀦𑁆𑀣𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ગ્રન્થ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਗੑਰਨੑਥੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦒꦿꦤ꧀ꦡ꧀ (Javanese script)
- គ្រន្ថ៑ (Khmer script)
- ಗ್ರನ್ಥ್ (Kannada script)
- ຄ຺ຣນ຺ຖ຺ (Lao script)
- ഗ്രന്ഥ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘐𑘿𑘨𑘡𑘿𑘞𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠷᠠᠨᠲ (Mongolian script)
- ᡤᡵᠠᠨᡨ (Manchu script)
- ဂြန္ထ် (Burmese script)
- 𑦰𑧠𑧈𑧁𑧠𑦾𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑑂𑐬𑐣𑑂𑐠𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢔ꣄ꢬꢥ꣄ꢢ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑇀𑆫𑆤𑇀𑆡𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖿𑖨𑖡𑖿𑖞𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ග්රන්ථ් (Sinhalese script)
- గ్రన్థ్ (Telugu script)
- คฺรนฺถฺ (Thai script)
- གྲ་ནྠ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑓂𑒩𑒢𑓂𑒟𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gretH- (“to tie”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡɾɐntʰ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡɾɐn̪t̪ʰ/
Root
ग्रन्थ् • (granth)
- to tie, fasten
- to string together, arrange, connect in a regular series
- to string words together, compose (a literary work)
Derived terms
- ग्रन्थ (grantha, “a binding”)
- ग्रन्थि (granthí, “a knot”)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “ग्रन्थ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0370.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “ग्रन्थ्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 039
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “ग्रन्थ्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0385-0390