समञ्ञा
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- samaññā (Latin script)
- 𑀲𑀫𑀜𑁆𑀜𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- সমঞ্ঞা (Bengali script)
- සමඤ්ඤා (Sinhalese script)
- သမညာ (Burmese script)
- สมญฺญา or สะมัญญา (Thai script)
- ᩈᨾᨬ᩠ᨬᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ສມຎ຺ຎາ or ສະມັຎຎາ (Lao script)
- សមញ្ញា (Khmer script)
Noun
समञ्ञा f
- Devanagari script form of samaññā (“designation”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (in Pali), page 6; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- या च पन सक्कतगन्थेसु समञ्ञा घोसाति वाघोसाति वा ता पयोगे सति एत्थापि पयुज्जते
- Yā ca pana sakkataganthesu samaññā ghosāti vāghosāti vā tā payoge sati etthāpi payujjate.
- And moreover that designation either 'voiced' or 'unvoiced' which is in Sanskrit texts is applied even here when there is occasion.
Declension
Declension table of "समञ्ञा" (feminine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | समञ्ञा | समञ्ञायो or समञ्ञा |
| Accusative (second) | समञ्ञं | समञ्ञायो or समञ्ञा |
| Instrumental (third) | समञ्ञाय | समञ्ञाहि or समञ्ञाभि |
| Dative (fourth) | समञ्ञाय | समञ्ञानं |
| Ablative (fifth) | समञ्ञाय | समञ्ञाहि or समञ्ञाभि |
| Genitive (sixth) | समञ्ञाय | समञ्ञानं |
| Locative (seventh) | समञ्ञाय or समञ्ञायं | समञ्ञासु |
| Vocative (calling) | समञ्ञे | समञ्ञायो or समञ्ञा |