छगण

Prakrit

Noun

छगण (chagaṇa)

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀙𑀕𑀡 (“cowdung”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ছগণ (Assamese script)
• ᬙᬕᬡ (Balinese script)
• ছগণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰔𑰐𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀙𑀕𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ဆဂဏ (Burmese script)
• છગણ (Gujarati script)
• ਛਗਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌛𑌗𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦖꦒꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂓𑂏𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಛಗಣ (Kannada script)
• ឆគណ (Khmer script)
• ຉຄຓ (Lao script)
• ഛഗണ (Malayalam script)
• ᡮᠠᡤᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘔𑘐𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᠼᠠᠺᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦴𑦰𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐕𑐐𑐞 (Newa script)
• ଛଗଣ (Odia script)
• ꢘꢔꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆗𑆓𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖔𑖐𑖜 (Siddham script)
• ඡගණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩢𑩞𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚐𑚌𑚘 (Takri script)
• ச²க³ண (Tamil script)
• ఛగణ (Telugu script)
• ฉคณ (Thai script)
• ཚ་ག་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒕𑒑𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨤𑨍𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Sanskritization of Prakrit 𑀙𑀕𑀡 (chagaṇa), from the oblique stem of Sanskrit शकृत् (śakṛt).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɐ.ɡɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

छगण • (chagaṇa) stem, m

1. cowdung

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of छगण

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	छगणः (chagaṇaḥ)	छगणौ (chagaṇau) छगणा¹ (chagaṇā¹)	छगणाः (chagaṇāḥ) छगणासः¹ (chagaṇāsaḥ¹)
vocative	छगण (chagaṇa)	छगणौ (chagaṇau) छगणा¹ (chagaṇā¹)	छगणाः (chagaṇāḥ) छगणासः¹ (chagaṇāsaḥ¹)
accusative	छगणम् (chagaṇam)	छगणौ (chagaṇau) छगणा¹ (chagaṇā¹)	छगणान् (chagaṇān)
instrumental	छगणेन (chagaṇena)	छगणाभ्याम् (chagaṇābhyām)	छगणैः (chagaṇaiḥ) छगणेभिः¹ (chagaṇebhiḥ¹)
dative	छगणाय (chagaṇāya)	छगणाभ्याम् (chagaṇābhyām)	छगणेभ्यः (chagaṇebhyaḥ)
ablative	छगणात् (chagaṇāt)	छगणाभ्याम् (chagaṇābhyām)	छगणेभ्यः (chagaṇebhyaḥ)
genitive	छगणस्य (chagaṇasya)	छगणयोः (chagaṇayoḥ)	छगणानाम् (chagaṇānām)
locative	छगणे (chagaṇe)	छगणयोः (chagaṇayoḥ)	छगणेषु (chagaṇeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “छगण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 404, column 1.