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

From the root अञ्ज् (añj, “to honour, celebrate”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

अञ्जलि • (añjalí) 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))
   • Śiva Tāṇḍava Stotram 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 अन्जलि (anjalí)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अन्जलिः anjalíḥ	अन्जली anjalī́	अन्जलयः anjaláyaḥ
Vocative	अन्जले ánjale	अन्जली ánjalī	अन्जलयः ánjalayaḥ
Accusative	अन्जलिम् anjalím	अन्जली anjalī́	अन्जलीन् anjalī́n
Instrumental	अन्जलिना / अन्जल्या¹ anjalínā / anjalyā́¹	अन्जलिभ्याम् anjalíbhyām	अन्जलिभिः anjalíbhiḥ
Dative	अन्जलये anjaláye	अन्जलिभ्याम् anjalíbhyām	अन्जलिभ्यः anjalíbhyaḥ
Ablative	अन्जलेः / अन्जल्यः¹ anjaléḥ / anjalyáḥ¹	अन्जलिभ्याम् anjalíbhyām	अन्जलिभ्यः anjalíbhyaḥ
Genitive	अन्जलेः / अन्जल्यः¹ anjaléḥ / anjalyáḥ¹	अन्जल्योः anjalyóḥ	अन्जलीनाम् anjalīnā́m
Locative	अन्जलौ / अन्जला¹ anjalaú / anjalā́¹	अन्जल्योः anjalyóḥ	अन्जलिषु anjalíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Descendants of अञ्जलि

• 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