आखण्डल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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): /ɑːˈkʰɐɳ.ɖɐ.l̪ɐ/

Proper noun

आखण्डल • (ākhaṇḍala) stem, m

1. "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 (ākhaṇḍala)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आखण्डलः ākhaṇḍalaḥ	आखण्डलौ / आखण्डला¹ ākhaṇḍalau / ākhaṇḍalā¹	आखण्डलाः / आखण्डलासः¹ ākhaṇḍalāḥ / ākhaṇḍalāsaḥ¹
Vocative	आखण्डल ākhaṇḍala	आखण्डलौ / आखण्डला¹ ākhaṇḍalau / ākhaṇḍalā¹	आखण्डलाः / आखण्डलासः¹ ākhaṇḍalāḥ / ākhaṇḍalāsaḥ¹
Accusative	आखण्डलम् ākhaṇḍalam	आखण्डलौ / आखण्डला¹ ākhaṇḍalau / ākhaṇḍalā¹	आखण्डलान् ākhaṇḍalān
Instrumental	आखण्डलेन ākhaṇḍalena	आखण्डलाभ्याम् ākhaṇḍalābhyām	आखण्डलैः / आखण्डलेभिः¹ ākhaṇḍalaiḥ / 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
Notes	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