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): /ˈkɐ.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)
vocative	कलश (kálaśa)	कलशौ (kálaśau) कलशा¹ (kálaśā¹)	कलशाः (kálaśāḥ) कलशासः¹ (kálaśāsaḥ¹)
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)

• 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