saṅkha

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See also: sankha

Pali

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Etymology

Compare Sanskrit शङ्ख (śaṅkha).

Noun

saṅkha m or n

  1. chank

Declension

Declension table of "saṅkha" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)saṅkhosaṅkhā
Accusative (second)saṅkhaṃsaṅkhe
Instrumental (third)saṅkhenasaṅkhehi or saṅkhebhi
Dative (fourth)saṅkhassa or saṅkhāya or saṅkhatthaṃsaṅkhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)saṅkhasmā or saṅkhamhā or saṅkhāsaṅkhehi or saṅkhebhi
Genitive (sixth)saṅkhassasaṅkhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)saṅkhasmiṃ or saṅkhamhi or saṅkhesaṅkhesu
Vocative (calling)saṅkhasaṅkhā

When the gender is neuter, the nominative, vocative and accusative are somewhat different:

Declension table of "saṅkha" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)saṅkhaṃsaṅkhāni
Accusative (second)saṅkhaṃsaṅkhāni
Vocative (calling)saṅkhasaṅkhāni

References

Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 456.

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