वाङ्मय
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬯᬵᬗ᭄ᬫᬬ (Balinese script)
- ৱাঙ্ময (Assamese script)
- বাঙ্ময (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰯𑰒𑰿𑰦𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀸𑀗𑁆𑀫𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌵𑌾𑌙𑍍𑌮𑌯 (Grantha script)
- વાઙ્મય (Gujarati script)
- ਵਾਙੑਮਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦮꦴꦔ꧀ꦩꦪ (Javanese script)
- វាង្មយ (Khmer script)
- ವಾಙ್ಮಯ (Kannada script)
- ວາງ຺ມຍ (Lao script)
- വാങ്മയ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘪𑘰𑘒𑘿𑘦𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠠᢗᢊᠮᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠸᠠ᠊ᠠᢛᠮᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- ဝါင်္မယ (Burmese script)
- 𑧊𑧑𑦲𑧠𑧆𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐵𑐒𑑂𑐩𑐫 (Newa script)
- ଵାଙ୍ମଯ (Oriya script)
- ꢮꢵꢖ꣄ꢪꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆳𑆕𑇀𑆩𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖯𑖒𑖿𑖦𑖧 (Siddham script)
- වාඞ්මය (Sinhalese script)
- వాఙ్మయ (Telugu script)
- วางฺมย (Thai script)
- ཝཱ་ངྨ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒰𑒓𑓂𑒧𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
वाङ् (vāṅ) + मय (maya).
Adjective
वाङ्मय • (vāṅmáya)
- eloquent, rhetorical
Noun
वाङ्मय • (vāṅmáya) m or n
- speech, eloquence, rhetoric
- literature
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of वाङ्मय (vāṅmáya) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | वाङ्मयः vāṅmáyaḥ | वाङ्मयौ vāṅmáyau | वाङ्मयाः / वाङ्मयासः¹ vāṅmáyāḥ / vāṅmáyāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | वाङ्मय vā́ṅmaya | वाङ्मयौ vā́ṅmayau | वाङ्मयाः / वाङ्मयासः¹ vā́ṅmayāḥ / vā́ṅmayāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | वाङ्मयम् vāṅmáyam | वाङ्मयौ vāṅmáyau | वाङ्मयान् vāṅmáyān |
| Instrumental | वाङ्मयेन vāṅmáyena | वाङ्मयाभ्याम् vāṅmáyābhyām | वाङ्मयैः / वाङ्मयेभिः¹ vāṅmáyaiḥ / vāṅmáyebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | वाङ्मयाय vāṅmáyāya | वाङ्मयाभ्याम् vāṅmáyābhyām | वाङ्मयेभ्यः vāṅmáyebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | वाङ्मयात् vāṅmáyāt | वाङ्मयाभ्याम् vāṅmáyābhyām | वाङ्मयेभ्यः vāṅmáyebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | वाङ्मयस्य vāṅmáyasya | वाङ्मययोः vāṅmáyayoḥ | वाङ्मयानाम् vāṅmáyānām |
| Locative | वाङ्मये vāṅmáye | वाङ्मययोः vāṅmáyayoḥ | वाङ्मयेषु vāṅmáyeṣu |
| Notes |
| ||
| Neuter a-stem declension of वाङ्मय (vāṅmáya) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | वाङ्मयम् vāṅmáyam | वाङ्मये vāṅmáye | वाङ्मयानि / वाङ्मया¹ vāṅmáyāni / vāṅmáyā¹ |
| Vocative | वाङ्मय vā́ṅmaya | वाङ्मये vā́ṅmaye | वाङ्मयानि / वाङ्मया¹ vā́ṅmayāni / vā́ṅmayā¹ |
| Accusative | वाङ्मयम् vāṅmáyam | वाङ्मये vāṅmáye | वाङ्मयानि / वाङ्मया¹ vāṅmáyāni / vāṅmáyā¹ |
| Instrumental | वाङ्मयेन vāṅmáyena | वाङ्मयाभ्याम् vāṅmáyābhyām | वाङ्मयैः / वाङ्मयेभिः¹ vāṅmáyaiḥ / vāṅmáyebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | वाङ्मयाय vāṅmáyāya | वाङ्मयाभ्याम् vāṅmáyābhyām | वाङ्मयेभ्यः vāṅmáyebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | वाङ्मयात् vāṅmáyāt | वाङ्मयाभ्याम् vāṅmáyābhyām | वाङ्मयेभ्यः vāṅmáyebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | वाङ्मयस्य vāṅmáyasya | वाङ्मययोः vāṅmáyayoḥ | वाङ्मयानाम् vāṅmáyānām |
| Locative | वाङ्मये vāṅmáye | वाङ्मययोः vāṅmáyayoḥ | वाङ्मयेषु vāṅmáyeṣu |
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Descendants
- → Hindi: वाङ्मय (vāṅmay)
- → Marathi: वाङ्मय (vāṅmay)
References
- “वाङ्म॑य” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 482, column 2.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “वाङ्मय”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 275
- Monier Williams (1899), “वाङ्मय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 937, column 2.
- Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 747