आखण्डल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

আখণ্ডল (Assamese script)
ᬆᬔᬡ᭄ᬟᬮ (Balinese script)
আখণ্ডল (Bengali script)
𑰁𑰏𑰜𑰿𑰚𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀆𑀔𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀮 (Brahmi script)
အာခဏ္ဍလ (Burmese script)
આખણ્ડલ (Gujarati script)
ਆਖਣ੍ਡਲ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌆𑌖𑌣𑍍𑌡𑌲 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦴꦑꦟ꧀ꦝꦭ (Javanese script)
𑂄𑂎𑂝𑂹𑂙𑂪 (Kaithi script)
ಆಖಣ್ಡಲ (Kannada script)
អាខណ្ឌល (Khmer script)
ອາຂຓ຺ຑລ (Lao script)
ആഖണ്ഡല (Malayalam script)
ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡘᠠᢏᡷᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘁𑘏𑘜𑘿𑘚𑘩 (Modi script)
ᠠᢗᠻᠠᢏᢎᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦡𑦯𑦼𑧠𑦺𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
𑐁𑐏𑐞𑑂𑐜𑐮 (Newa script)
ଆଖଣ୍ଡଲ (Odia script)
ꢃꢓꢠ꣄ꢞꢭ (Saurashtra script)
𑆄𑆒𑆟𑇀𑆝𑆬 (Sharada script)
𑖁𑖏𑖜𑖿𑖚𑖩 (Siddham script)
ආඛණ‍්ඩල (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩛𑩝𑩪 𑪙𑩨𑩽 (Soyombo script)
𑚁𑚋𑚘𑚶𑚖𑚥 (Takri script)
ஆக²ண்ட³ல (Tamil script)
ఆఖణ్డల (Telugu script)
อาขณฺฑล (Thai script)
ཨཱ་ཁ་ཎྜ་ལ (Tibetan script)
𑒂𑒐𑒝𑓂𑒛𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨊𑨌𑨘𑩇𑨖𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to break, destroy”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kʰɐɳ.ɖɐ.lɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kʰɐɳ.ɖɐ.l̪ɐ/

Proper noun

आखण्डल • (ākhaṇḍala) stem, m

"destroyer, breaker"; an epithet of Indra
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.17.12:
  शाचि॑गो॒ शाचि॑पूजना॒यं रणा॑य ते सु॒तः ।
  आख॑ण्डल॒ प्र हू॑यसे ॥
  śā́cigo śā́cipūjanāyáṃ ráṇāya te sutáḥ.
  ā́khaṇḍala prá hūyase.
  Famed for thy radiance, worshipped well this juice is shed for thy delight
  Thou art invoked, O Indra!

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आखण्डल
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आखण्डलः (ākhaṇḍalaḥ)	आखण्डलौ (ākhaṇḍalau) आखण्डला¹ (ākhaṇḍalā¹)	आखण्डलाः (ākhaṇḍalāḥ) आखण्डलासः¹ (ākhaṇḍalāsaḥ¹)
vocative	आखण्डल (ākhaṇḍala)	आखण्डलौ (ākhaṇḍalau) आखण्डला¹ (ākhaṇḍalā¹)	आखण्डलाः (ākhaṇḍalāḥ) आखण्डलासः¹ (ākhaṇḍalāsaḥ¹)
accusative	आखण्डलम् (ākhaṇḍalam)	आखण्डलौ (ākhaṇḍalau) आखण्डला¹ (ākhaṇḍalā¹)	आखण्डलान् (ākhaṇḍalān)
instrumental	आखण्डलेन (ākhaṇḍalena)	आखण्डलाभ्याम् (ākhaṇḍalābhyām)	आखण्डलैः (ākhaṇḍalaiḥ) आखण्डलेभिः¹ (ākhaṇḍalebhiḥ¹)
dative	आखण्डलाय (ākhaṇḍalāya)	आखण्डलाभ्याम् (ākhaṇḍalābhyām)	आखण्डलेभ्यः (ākhaṇḍalebhyaḥ)
ablative	आखण्डलात् (ākhaṇḍalāt)	आखण्डलाभ्याम् (ākhaṇḍalābhyām)	आखण्डलेभ्यः (ākhaṇḍalebhyaḥ)
genitive	आखण्डलस्य (ākhaṇḍalasya)	आखण्डलयोः (ākhaṇḍalayoḥ)	आखण्डलानाम् (ākhaṇḍalānām)
locative	आखण्डले (ākhaṇḍale)	आखण्डलयोः (ākhaṇḍalayoḥ)	आखण्डलेषु (ākhaṇḍaleṣu)

¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “आखण्डल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 129.
Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “आखण्डल”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 311