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): /ˈt͡ɕʰɐ.ɡɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

छगण • (chagaṇa) stem, m

1. cowdung

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of छगण (chagaṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	छगणः chagaṇaḥ	छगणौ / छगणा¹ chagaṇau / chagaṇā¹	छगणाः / छगणासः¹ chagaṇāḥ / chagaṇāsaḥ¹
Vocative	छगण chagaṇa	छगणौ / छगणा¹ chagaṇau / chagaṇā¹	छगणाः / छगणासः¹ chagaṇāḥ / chagaṇāsaḥ¹
Accusative	छगणम् chagaṇam	छगणौ / छगणा¹ chagaṇau / chagaṇā¹	छगणान् chagaṇān
Instrumental	छगणेन chagaṇena	छगणाभ्याम् chagaṇābhyām	छगणैः / छगणेभिः¹ chagaṇaiḥ / 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
Notes	¹Vedic

References

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