नेक्षण

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নেক্ষণ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬾᬓ᭄ᬱᬡ (Balinese script)
• নেক্ষণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰸𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• နေက္ၑဏ (Burmese script)
• નેક્ષણ (Gujarati script)
• ਨੇਕ੍ਸ਼ਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑍇𑌕𑍍𑌷𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦺꦏ꧀ꦰꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂵𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ನೇಕ್ಷಣ (Kannada script)
• នេក្ឞណ (Khmer script)
• ເນກ຺ຩຓ (Lao script)
• നേക്ഷണ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡝᡬᢢᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘹𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠧᢉᢔᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧚𑦮𑧠𑧌𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐾𑐎𑑂𑐲𑐞 (Newa script)
• ନେକ୍ଷଣ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢾꢒ꣄ꢰꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆼𑆑𑇀𑆰𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖸𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖜 (Siddham script)
• නෙක්‍ෂණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩔𑩜 𑪙𑪀𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚲𑚊𑚶𑚘 (Takri script)
• நேக்ஷண (Tamil script)
• నేక్షణ (Telugu script)
• เนกฺษณ (Thai script)
• ནེ་ཀྵ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒹𑒏𑓂𑒭𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨄𑨋𑩇𑨯𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root निक्ष् (nikṣ, “to pierce”) +‎ -अन (-ana) (with guṇation), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nayȷ́žʰ- (“to pierce”). Related to Rigvedic नीक्षण (nīkṣaṇa) and cognate to Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (naēza, “tip of a needle”). Also compare Persian نیش (niš, “lance”), نیزه (“spear”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́jk.ʂɐ.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪eːk.ʂɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

नेक्षण • (nékṣaṇa) stem, n

1. a sharp stick or a fork used for cooking
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 9.6.17:

     स्रुग्दर्विर्नेक्षणम्आयवनं द्रोणकलशाः कुम्भ्यो वायव्यानि
     पात्राणीयमेव कृष्णाजिनम् ॥

     srugdarvirnekṣaṇamāyavanaṃ droṇakalaśāḥ kumbhyo vāyavyāni
     pātrāṇīyameva kṛṣṇājinam.

     The spoon, ladle, fork, stirring-prong are [equivalent to] the wooden Soma tubs; the earthen cooking-pots are [equivalent to] the mortar-shaped Soma vessels;
     this earth is just [equivalent to] the black-antelope's skin.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of नेक्षण (nékṣaṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नेक्षणम् nékṣaṇam	नेक्षणे nékṣaṇe	नेक्षणानि / नेक्षणा¹ nékṣaṇāni / nékṣaṇā¹
Vocative	नेक्षण nékṣaṇa	नेक्षणे nékṣaṇe	नेक्षणानि / नेक्षणा¹ nékṣaṇāni / nékṣaṇā¹
Accusative	नेक्षणम् nékṣaṇam	नेक्षणे nékṣaṇe	नेक्षणानि / नेक्षणा¹ nékṣaṇāni / nékṣaṇā¹
Instrumental	नेक्षणेन nékṣaṇena	नेक्षणाभ्याम् nékṣaṇābhyām	नेक्षणैः / नेक्षणेभिः¹ nékṣaṇaiḥ / nékṣaṇebhiḥ¹
Dative	नेक्षणाय nékṣaṇāya	नेक्षणाभ्याम् nékṣaṇābhyām	नेक्षणेभ्यः nékṣaṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	नेक्षणात् nékṣaṇāt	नेक्षणाभ्याम् nékṣaṇābhyām	नेक्षणेभ्यः nékṣaṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	नेक्षणस्य nékṣaṇasya	नेक्षणयोः nékṣaṇayoḥ	नेक्षणानाम् nékṣaṇānām
Locative	नेक्षणे nékṣaṇe	नेक्षणयोः nékṣaṇayoḥ	नेक्षणेषु nékṣaṇeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “नेक्षण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 568, column 3.
• Arthur Berriedale Keith, Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1912) “nekṣaṇa”, in Vedic index of names and subjects, volume 1, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. [Published for the Government of India], →OCLC, page 458