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Javanese
Romanization
gantha
- Romanization of ꦒꦤ꧀ꦛ
Pali
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “binding”). From the date of appearance, the sense of 'composition' may be a semantic loan from Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “composition”).
Noun
gantha m
- (figurative) bond, fetter
- composition, text
c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (overall work 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 "gantha" (masculine)
References
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “gantha”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead