कामबाण

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কামবাণ (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬵᬫᬩᬵᬡ (Balinese script)
• কামবাণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰯𑰦𑰤𑰯𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀸𑀫𑀩𑀸𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ကာမဗာဏ (Burmese script)
• કામબાણ (Gujarati script)
• ਕਾਮਬਾਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌾𑌮𑌬𑌾𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦴꦩꦧꦴꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂰𑂧𑂥𑂰𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಾಮಬಾಣ (Kannada script)
• កាមពាណ (Khmer script)
• ກາມພາຓ (Lao script)
• കാമബാണ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᠠᠪᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘰𑘦𑘤𑘰𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢗᠮᠠᠪᠠᢗᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧑𑧆𑧄𑧑𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐵𑐩𑐧𑐵𑐞 (Newa script)
• କାମବାଣ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢵꢪꢨꢵꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆳𑆩𑆧𑆳𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖯𑖦𑖤𑖯𑖜 (Siddham script)
• කාමබාණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩛𑩴𑩲𑩛𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚭𑚢𑚠𑚭𑚘 (Takri script)
• காமப³ாண (Tamil script)
• కామబాణ (Telugu script)
• กามพาณ (Thai script)
• ཀཱ་མ་བཱ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒰𑒧𑒥𑒰𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨊𑨢𑨠𑨊𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From काम (kāma) +‎ बाण (bāṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑː.mɐ.bɑː.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɑː.mɐˈbɑː.ɳɐ/

Noun

कामबाण • (kāma·bāṇa) stem, m

1. an arrow of the god of love

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of काम·बाण (kāma·bāṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	काम·बाणः kāma·bāṇaḥ	काम·बाणौ / काम·बाणा¹ kāma·bāṇau / kāma·bāṇā¹	काम·बाणाः / काम·बाणासः¹ kāma·bāṇāḥ / kāma·bāṇāsaḥ¹
Vocative	काम·बाण kāma·bāṇa	काम·बाणौ / काम·बाणा¹ kāma·bāṇau / kāma·bāṇā¹	काम·बाणाः / काम·बाणासः¹ kāma·bāṇāḥ / kāma·bāṇāsaḥ¹
Accusative	काम·बाणम् kāma·bāṇam	काम·बाणौ / काम·बाणा¹ kāma·bāṇau / kāma·bāṇā¹	काम·बाणान् kāma·bāṇān
Instrumental	काम·बाणेन kāma·bāṇena	काम·बाणाभ्याम् kāma·bāṇābhyām	काम·बाणैः / काम·बाणेभिः¹ kāma·bāṇaiḥ / kāma·bāṇebhiḥ¹
Dative	काम·बाणाय kāma·bāṇāya	काम·बाणाभ्याम् kāma·bāṇābhyām	काम·बाणेभ्यः kāma·bāṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	काम·बाणात् kāma·bāṇāt	काम·बाणाभ्याम् kāma·bāṇābhyām	काम·बाणेभ्यः kāma·bāṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	काम·बाणस्य kāma·bāṇasya	काम·बाणयोः kāma·bāṇayoḥ	काम·बाणानाम् kāma·bāṇānām
Locative	काम·बाणे kāma·bāṇe	काम·बाणयोः kāma·bāṇayoḥ	काम·बाणेषु kāma·bāṇeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “कामबाण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0272.