संक्रान्ति

संक्रान्ति

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬲᬂᬓ᭄ᬭᬵᬦ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• সংক্ৰান্তি (Assamese script)
• সংক্রান্তি (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰽𑰎𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀁𑀓𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌸𑌂𑌕𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• સંક્રાન્તિ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਂਕੑਰਾਨੑਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦱꦁꦏꦿꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• សំក្រាន្តិ (Khmer script)
• ಸಂಕ್ರಾನ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
• ສໍກ຺ຣານ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
• സംക്രാന്തി (Malayalam script)
• 𑘭𑘽𑘎𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᢉᠷᠠᢗᠨᢐᢈ (Mongolian script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᡬᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• သံကြာန္တိ (Burmese script)
• 𑧍𑧞𑦮𑧠𑧈𑧑𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑄𑐎𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ସଂକ୍ରାନ୍ତି (Oriya script)
• ꢱꢀꢒ꣄ꢬꢵꢥ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆁𑆑𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆤𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖽𑖎𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• සංක්රාන්ති (Sinhalese script)
• సంక్రాన్తి (Telugu script)
• สํกฺรานฺติ (Thai script)
• སཾ་ཀྲཱ་ནྟི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓀𑒏𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒢𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐŋ.kɾɑːn.ti/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐŋˈkɾɑːn̪.t̪i/

Noun

संक्रान्ति • (saṃkrānti) f

1. transference, going from one place to another, course or passage of entry into something (Kāv., MārkP..)
2. (astronomy) passage of the sun or a planet from one sign or position in the heavens into another (Sūryas.)

   उत्तरायणसंक्रान्ति

   uttarāyaṇasaṃkrānti

   passage of the sun to its northern course

3. transference of an art (from a teacher to a pupil) (Mālav. i, 15, 18)
4. transferring to a picture, image, reflection (W.)

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of संक्रान्ति (saṃkrānti)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	संक्रान्तिः saṃkrāntiḥ	संक्रान्ती saṃkrāntī	संक्रान्तयः saṃkrāntayaḥ
Vocative	संक्रान्ते saṃkrānte	संक्रान्ती saṃkrāntī	संक्रान्तयः saṃkrāntayaḥ
Accusative	संक्रान्तिम् saṃkrāntim	संक्रान्ती saṃkrāntī	संक्रान्तीः saṃkrāntīḥ
Instrumental	संक्रान्त्या saṃkrāntyā	संक्रान्तिभ्याम् saṃkrāntibhyām	संक्रान्तिभिः saṃkrāntibhiḥ
Dative	संक्रान्तये / संक्रान्त्ये¹ / संक्रान्त्यै² saṃkrāntaye / saṃkrāntye¹ / saṃkrāntyai²	संक्रान्तिभ्याम् saṃkrāntibhyām	संक्रान्तिभ्यः saṃkrāntibhyaḥ
Ablative	संक्रान्तेः / संक्रान्त्याः² saṃkrānteḥ / saṃkrāntyāḥ²	संक्रान्तिभ्याम् saṃkrāntibhyām	संक्रान्तिभ्यः saṃkrāntibhyaḥ
Genitive	संक्रान्तेः / संक्रान्त्याः² saṃkrānteḥ / saṃkrāntyāḥ²	संक्रान्त्योः saṃkrāntyoḥ	संक्रान्तीनाम् saṃkrāntīnām
Locative	संक्रान्तौ / संक्रान्त्याम्² saṃkrāntau / saṃkrāntyām²	संक्रान्त्योः saṃkrāntyoḥ	संक्रान्तिषु saṃkrāntiṣu
Notes	¹Less common ²Later Sanskrit

Descendants

• → English: Sankranti
• → Hindi: संक्रांति (saṅkrānti)
• → Lü: ᦉᧂᦃᦱᧃ (ṡangẋaan)
• → Mon: သၚ်ကြာန် (sɛŋkran)
• → Burmese: သင်္ကြန် (sangkran)
  • → English: Thingyan
• → Shan: သၢင်းၵျၢၼ်ႇ (sáang kjàan)
• → Telugu: సంక్రాంతి (saṅkrānti)
• → Thai: สงกรานต์ (sǒng-graan)
  • → English: Songkran

References

Monier Williams (1899), “संक्रान्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1127/2.