वेदना

वेदना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वेदना (vedanā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋeːd̪.nɑː/, [ʋeːd̪̚.n̪äː]

Noun

वेदना • (vednā) f

1. suffering, pain, anguish

   Synonym: व्यथा (vyathā)

Declension

Declension of वेदना (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वेदना vednā	वेदनाएँ vednāẽ
oblique	वेदना vednā	वेदनाओं vednāõ
vocative	वेदना vednā	वेदनाओ vednāo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “वेदना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वेदना (vedanā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bed̪ʌnä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: बेदना

Noun

वेदना • (vedanā)

1. suffering, pain, anguish

   Synonyms: दुःख (duḥkha), पीडा (pīḍā)

References

• “वेदना”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (Nepālī Br̥hat Śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• vedanā (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑁂𑀤𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ৰেদনা (Bengali script)
• වෙදනා (Sinhalese script)
• ဝေဒနာ or ဝေၻၼႃ (Burmese script)
• เวทนา or เวทะนา (Thai script)
• ᩅᩮᨴᨶᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ເວທນາ or ເວທະນາ (Lao script)
• វេទនា (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄬𑄘𑄚𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

वेदना f

1. Devanagari script form of vedanā

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬯᬾᬤᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
• ৱেদনা (Assamese script)
• বেদনা (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰸𑰟𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑁂𑀤𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌵𑍇𑌦𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
• વેદના (Gujarati script)
• ਵੇਦਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦮꦺꦢꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
• វេទនា (Khmer script)
• ವೇದನಾ (Kannada script)
• ເວທນາ (Lao script)
• വേദനാ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘪𑘹𑘟𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠧᢑᠠᠨᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᠸᡝᡩᠠᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• ဝေဒနာ (Burmese script)
• 𑧊𑧚𑦿𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐾𑐡𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଵେଦନା (Oriya script)
• ꢮꢾꢣꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆼𑆢𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖸𑖟𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
• වේදනා (Sinhalese script)
• వేదనా (Telugu script)
• เวทนา (Thai script)
• ཝེ་ད་ནཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒹𑒠𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Likely the feminine of a specialized sense of वेदन (vedana, “knowledge, perception, feeling”), from the root विद् (vid).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐj.dɐ.nɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋeː.d̪ɐ.n̪ɑː/

Noun

वेदना • (vedanā) f [1]

1. pain, agony

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of वेदना (vedanā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वेदना vedanā	वेदने vedane	वेदनाः vedanāḥ
Vocative	वेदने vedane	वेदने vedane	वेदनाः vedanāḥ
Accusative	वेदनाम् vedanām	वेदने vedane	वेदनाः vedanāḥ
Instrumental	वेदनया / वेदना¹ vedanayā / vedanā¹	वेदनाभ्याम् vedanābhyām	वेदनाभिः vedanābhiḥ
Dative	वेदनायै vedanāyai	वेदनाभ्याम् vedanābhyām	वेदनाभ्यः vedanābhyaḥ
Ablative	वेदनायाः vedanāyāḥ	वेदनाभ्याम् vedanābhyām	वेदनाभ्यः vedanābhyaḥ
Genitive	वेदनायाः vedanāyāḥ	वेदनयोः vedanayoḥ	वेदनानाम् vedanānām
Locative	वेदनायाम् vedanāyām	वेदनयोः vedanayoḥ	वेदनासु vedanāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: vedanā
  • → Thai: เวทนา (wee-tá-naa)
• →Tatsama:

  • Hindi: वेदना (vednā)
  • Nepali: वेदना (vedanā)
  • Tamil: வேதனை (vētaṉai)

References

1. Monier Williams (1899), “वेदना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1016, column 3.

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “वेदनम्,_वेदना”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan