अञ्जलि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অঞ্জলি (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬜ᭄ᬚᬮᬶ (Balinese script)
• অঞ্জলি (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰩𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀮𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• အဉ္ဇလိ (Burmese script)
• અઞ્જલિ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਞ੍ਜਲਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌲𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦚ꧀ꦗꦭꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂪𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಞ್ಜಲಿ (Kannada script)
• អញ្ជលិ (Khmer script)
• ອຎ຺ຊລິ (Lao script)
• അഞ്ജലി (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯᠠᠯᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘩𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠠᡛᠽᠠᠯᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧉𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐘𑑂𑐖𑐮𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଅଞ୍ଜଲି (Odia script)
• ꢂꢛ꣄ꢙꢭꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆚𑇀𑆘𑆬𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖩𑖰 (Siddham script)
• අඤ‍්ජලි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩥 𑪙𑩣𑩽𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚓𑚶𑚑𑚥𑚮 (Takri script)
• அஞ்ஜலி (Tamil script)
• అఞ్జలి (Telugu script)
• อญฺชลิ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཉྫ་ལི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒘𑓂𑒖𑒪𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨓𑩇𑨥𑨬𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɲ.d͡ʑɐ.lí/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐɲ.d͡ʑɐ.l̪i/

Noun

अञ्जलि • (añjali) stem, m

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) Añjali Mudrā (the gesture with open hands placed side by side and slightly hollowed (as if by a beggar to receive food))
   • Śivatāṇḍavastotra 13:

     कदा निलिम्पनिर्झरीनिकुञ्जकोटरे वसन्
     विमुक्तदुर्मतिः सदा शिरःस्थम् अञ्जलिं वहन् ।
     विमुक्तलोललोचनो ललामभाललग्नकः
     शिवेति मन्त्रम् उच्चरन् कदा सुखी भवाम्य् अहम् ॥

     kadā nilimpanirjharīnikuñjakoṭare vasan
     vimuktadurmatiḥ sadā śiraḥstham añjaliṃ vahan.
     vimuktalolalocano lalāmabhālalagnakaḥ
     śiveti mantram uccaran kadā sukhī bhavāmy aham.

     When will I be living in a dwelling cave near Ganga;
     Carrying the Añjali Mudrā on my head;
     Free from greedy eyes and with forehead marked [with the auspicious Tripuṇḍra];
     Uttering the mantra ‘Śiva’, when will I be happy.

2. the hollow of the hands
3. hollow, cavity

   श्रवणाञ्जलि ― śravaṇāñjali ― cavity of the ear

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of अञ्जलि (añjali)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अञ्जलिः añjaliḥ	अञ्जली añjalī	अञ्जलयः añjalayaḥ
Vocative	अञ्जले añjale	अञ्जली añjalī	अञ्जलयः añjalayaḥ
Accusative	अञ्जलिम् añjalim	अञ्जली añjalī	अञ्जलीन् añjalīn
Instrumental	अञ्जलिना / अञ्जल्या¹ añjalinā / añjalyā¹	अञ्जलिभ्याम् añjalibhyām	अञ्जलिभिः añjalibhiḥ
Dative	अञ्जलये añjalaye	अञ्जलिभ्याम् añjalibhyām	अञ्जलिभ्यः añjalibhyaḥ
Ablative	अञ्जलेः / अञ्जल्यः¹ añjaleḥ / añjalyaḥ¹	अञ्जलिभ्याम् añjalibhyām	अञ्जलिभ्यः añjalibhyaḥ
Genitive	अञ्जलेः / अञ्जल्यः¹ añjaleḥ / añjalyaḥ¹	अञ्जल्योः añjalyoḥ	अञ्जलीनाम् añjalīnām
Locative	अञ्जलौ / अञ्जला¹ añjalau / añjalā¹	अञ्जल्योः añjalyoḥ	अञ्जलिषु añjaliṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: anzal

    Arabic script: اَنزَل

    Devanagari script: अन्ज़ल

  • Khowar: اَنجیل (anǰíl)
• Pali: añjali
  • → Burmese: အဉ္ဇလီ (anyja.li)
• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀚𑀮𑀻 (aṃjalī)
  • Central:
    • Hindustani: añjal, añjul, añjlā, añjlī, añjulī
      • Hindi: अंजल, अंजुल, अंजला, अंजली, अंजुली
      • Urdu: اَنجَل, اَنجُل, اَنجْلا, اَنجْلی, اَنجُلی
  • Eastern:
    • Assamese: আঁজলি (ãzoli)
    • Bengali: আঁজুলি (ãjuli), আঁজলা (ãjola)
    • Bihari:
      • Bhojpuri: अँजुरी (ãjurī)
    • Odia: ଆଞ୍ଜୁଳି (āñjuḷi), ଅଞ୍ଜୁଳି (añjuḷi), ଆଞ୍ଜୁଳା (āñjuḷā), ଅଞ୍ଜୁଳା (añjuḷā)
  • Northern:
    • Kumaoni: अँजुली (ā̃julī), आँचुली (ā̃culī), अँज्वाल (ãjwāl), आँजुइ (ā̃j̈ui), आँचुइ (ā̃ċui)
    • Nepali: अँजुलि (ãjuli), अँजुलो (ãjulo)
  • Northwestern:
    • Punjabi: añjlī

      Gurmukhi script: ਅੰਜਲੀ

      Shahmukhi script: انجلی

  • Southern:
    • Marathi: अंजळी (añjḷī)
    • Sinhalese: ඇදිල්ල (ædilla)
  • Western:
    • Gujarati: અંજળી (añjaḷī)

Borrowed terms

• → Hindi: अंजलि (añjli) (learned)
• → Kannada: ಅಂಜಲಿ (añjali) (learned)
• → Malayalam: അഞ്ജലി (añjali), അഞ്ഞലി (aññali)
• → Marathi: अंजलि (añjli) (learned)
• → Nepali: अञ्जलि (añjali) (learned)
• → Sinhalese: අංජලිය (aṁjaliya)
• → Tamil: அஞ்சலி (añcali) (learned)
• → Telugu: అంజలి (añjali) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “अञ्जलि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 11.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “añjali”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 9