कनिष्क

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কনিষ্ক (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬦᬶᬱ᭄ᬓ (Balinese script)
• কনিষ্ক (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰡𑰰𑰬𑰿𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀦𑀺𑀱𑁆𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ကနိၑ္က (Burmese script)
• કનિષ્ક (Gujarati script)
• ਕਨਿਸ਼੍ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌨𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦤꦶꦰ꧀ꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂢𑂱𑂭𑂹𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಕನಿಷ್ಕ (Kannada script)
• កនិឞ្ក (Khmer script)
• ກນິຩ຺ກ (Lao script)
• കനിഷ്ക (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᠨᡳᢢᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘡𑘱𑘬𑘿𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠨᠢᢔᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧁𑧒𑧌𑧠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐣𑐶𑐲𑑂𑐎 (Newa script)
• କନିଷ୍କ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢥꢶꢰ꣄ꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆤𑆴𑆰𑇀𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖡𑖰𑖬𑖿𑖎 (Siddham script)
• කනිෂ‍්ක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩯𑩑𑪀 𑪙𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚝𑚮𑚶𑚊 (Takri script)
• கநிஷ்க (Tamil script)
• కనిష్క (Telugu script)
• กนิษฺก (Thai script)
• ཀ་ནི་ཥྐ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒢𑒱𑒭𑓂𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨝𑨁𑨯𑩇𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Bactrian Κανηϸκι (Kanēški).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.niʂ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐˈn̪iʂ.kɐ/

Proper noun

कनिष्क • (kaniṣka) stem, m

1. Kanishka (an emperor of the Kushan Empire, who reigned from c. 127−150 CE)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कनिष्क (kaniṣka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कनिष्कः kaniṣkaḥ	कनिष्कौ / कनिष्का¹ kaniṣkau / kaniṣkā¹	कनिष्काः / कनिष्कासः¹ kaniṣkāḥ / kaniṣkāsaḥ¹
Vocative	कनिष्क kaniṣka	कनिष्कौ / कनिष्का¹ kaniṣkau / kaniṣkā¹	कनिष्काः / कनिष्कासः¹ kaniṣkāḥ / kaniṣkāsaḥ¹
Accusative	कनिष्कम् kaniṣkam	कनिष्कौ / कनिष्का¹ kaniṣkau / kaniṣkā¹	कनिष्कान् kaniṣkān
Instrumental	कनिष्केण kaniṣkeṇa	कनिष्काभ्याम् kaniṣkābhyām	कनिष्कैः / कनिष्केभिः¹ kaniṣkaiḥ / kaniṣkebhiḥ¹
Dative	कनिष्काय kaniṣkāya	कनिष्काभ्याम् kaniṣkābhyām	कनिष्केभ्यः kaniṣkebhyaḥ
Ablative	कनिष्कात् kaniṣkāt	कनिष्काभ्याम् kaniṣkābhyām	कनिष्केभ्यः kaniṣkebhyaḥ
Genitive	कनिष्कस्य kaniṣkasya	कनिष्कयोः kaniṣkayoḥ	कनिष्काणाम् kaniṣkāṇām
Locative	कनिष्के kaniṣke	कनिष्कयोः kaniṣkayoḥ	कनिष्केषु kaniṣkeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Bengali: কণিষ্ক (koniśko)
• → English: Kanishka
• → Hindi: कनिष्क (kaniṣk)
• → Middle Chinese: 迦膩色伽 (kˠa ɳˠiɪ^H ʃɨk̚ ɡɨɑ)
  • Mandarin: 迦膩色伽 / 迦腻色伽 (Jiānìsèqié)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कनिष्क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 249.