कलश

See also: क्लेश and क्लिश्

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कलश (kalaśa).

Noun

कलश • (kalaś) m (Urdu spelling کلش)

1. pitcher, pot
2. (Hinduism) kalasha

Declension

Declension of कलश (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कलश kalaś	कलश kalaś
oblique	कलश kalaś	कलशों kalaśõ
vocative	कलश kalaś	कलशो kalaśo

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʌlʌs]
• Phonetic Devanagari: कलस्

Noun

कलश • (kalaś)

1. (Hinduism) a kalasha
2. a pot

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কলশ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬮᬰ (Balinese script)
• কলশ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰩𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀮𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• ကလၐ (Burmese script)
• કલશ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਲਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌲𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦭꦯ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂪𑂬 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಲಶ (Kannada script)
• កលឝ (Khmer script)
• ກລຨ (Lao script)
• കലശ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠᠯᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘩𑘫 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᠯᠠᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧉𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐮𑐱 (Newa script)
• କଲଶ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢭꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆬𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖩𑖫 (Siddham script)
• කලශ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩽𑩿 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚥𑚧 (Takri script)
• கலஶ (Tamil script)
• కలశ (Telugu script)
• กลศ (Thai script)
• ཀ་ལ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒪𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨬𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

See Old Armenian կարաս (karas, “water-jar”) for possible connections. Compare also Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix, “a wine cup”) and Latin calix (“cup, chalice”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.lɐ́.ɕɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐ.l̪ɐ.ɕɐ/

Noun

कलश • (kaláśa) stem, m

1. a water-pot, pitcher, jar, dish (the breasts of a woman are frequently compared to jars)
2. a butter-tub, churn
3. a particular measure, same as a द्रोण (droṇa)
4. a round pinnacle on the top of a temple, especially the pinnacle crowning a Buddhist Caitya or stupa

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of कलश

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	कलशः (kaláśaḥ)	कलशौ (kaláśau) कलशा¹ (kaláśā¹)	कलशाः (kaláśāḥ) कलशासः¹ (kaláśāsaḥ¹)
accusative	कलशम् (kaláśam)	कलशौ (kaláśau) कलशा¹ (kaláśā¹)	कलशान् (kaláśān)
instrumental	कलशेन (kaláśena)	कलशाभ्याम् (kaláśābhyām)	कलशैः (kaláśaiḥ) कलशेभिः¹ (kaláśebhiḥ¹)
dative	कलशाय (kaláśāya)	कलशाभ्याम् (kaláśābhyām)	कलशेभ्यः (kaláśebhyaḥ)
ablative	कलशात् (kaláśāt)	कलशाभ्याम् (kaláśābhyām)	कलशेभ्यः (kaláśebhyaḥ)
genitive	कलशस्य (kaláśasya)	कलशयोः (kaláśayoḥ)	कलशानाम् (kaláśānām)
locative	कलशे (kaláśe)	कलशयोः (kaláśayoḥ)	कलशेषु (kaláśeṣu)
vocative	कलश (kálaśa)	कलशौ (kálaśau) कलशा¹ (kálaśā¹)	कलशाः (kálaśāḥ) कलशासः¹ (kálaśāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कलश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 260/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 321
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 179