Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“rope”). Cognate with Ancient Greek καῖρος (kaîros), Old Armenian սարդ (sard) and Albanian thur. Given the semantics, the second part of the compound may refer to iron; cf. खरपात्र (kharapātra, “iron pot”), खरसोनि (kharasoni, “iron vessel”), खरालिक (kharālika, “iron arrow”), प्रखर (prakhara, “iron armor”).
शृङ्खल • (śṛṅkhala) stem, m
| Masculine a-stem declension of शृङ्खल (śṛṅkhala) | |||
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| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | शृङ्खलः śṛṅkhalaḥ |
शृङ्खलौ / शृङ्खला¹ śṛṅkhalau / śṛṅkhalā¹ |
शृङ्खलाः / शृङ्खलासः¹ śṛṅkhalāḥ / śṛṅkhalāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | शृङ्खल śṛṅkhala |
शृङ्खलौ / शृङ्खला¹ śṛṅkhalau / śṛṅkhalā¹ |
शृङ्खलाः / शृङ्खलासः¹ śṛṅkhalāḥ / śṛṅkhalāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | शृङ्खलम् śṛṅkhalam |
शृङ्खलौ / शृङ्खला¹ śṛṅkhalau / śṛṅkhalā¹ |
शृङ्खलान् śṛṅkhalān |
| Instrumental | शृङ्खलेन śṛṅkhalena |
शृङ्खलाभ्याम् śṛṅkhalābhyām |
शृङ्खलैः / शृङ्खलेभिः¹ śṛṅkhalaiḥ / śṛṅkhalebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | शृङ्खलाय śṛṅkhalāya |
शृङ्खलाभ्याम् śṛṅkhalābhyām |
शृङ्खलेभ्यः śṛṅkhalebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | शृङ्खलात् śṛṅkhalāt |
शृङ्खलाभ्याम् śṛṅkhalābhyām |
शृङ्खलेभ्यः śṛṅkhalebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | शृङ्खलस्य śṛṅkhalasya |
शृङ्खलयोः śṛṅkhalayoḥ |
शृङ्खलानाम् śṛṅkhalānām |
| Locative | शृङ्खले śṛṅkhale |
शृङ्खलयोः śṛṅkhalayoḥ |
शृङ्खलेषु śṛṅkhaleṣu |
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