प्रयाण

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্ৰয়াণ (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬭᬬᬵᬡ (Balinese script)
• প্রয়াণ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰧𑰯𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀬𑀸𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• ပြယာဏ (Burmese script)
• પ્રયાણ (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਯਾਣ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌾𑌣 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦿꦪꦴꦟ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂨𑂰𑂝 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ರಯಾಣ (Kannada script)
• ប្រយាណ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣຍາຓ (Lao script)
• പ്രയാണ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᠠᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘧𑘰𑘜 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧇𑧑𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐫𑐵𑐞 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ରଯାଣ (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢬꢫꢵꢠ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆪𑆳𑆟 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖧𑖯𑖜 (Siddham script)
• ප්‍රයාණ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩻𑩛𑩪 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚣𑚭𑚘 (Takri script)
• ப்ரயாண (Tamil script)
• ప్రయాణ (Telugu script)
• ปฺรยาณ (Thai script)
• པྲ་ཡཱ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒨𑒰𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨪𑨊𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From प्र- (pra-, “forth, forward”) +‎ यान (yāna, “going, motion”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.jɑ́ː.ɳɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.jɑː.ɳɐ/

Noun

प्रयाण • (prayā́ṇa) stem, n

1. journey, motion onwards, progress, the act of moving forward
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.46.7:

     इह प्रयाणम् अस्तु वाम् इन्द्रवायू विमोचनम् ।
     इह वां सोमपीतये ॥

     iha prayāṇam astu vām indravāyū vimocanam.
     iha vāṃ somapītaye.

     Hither, O Indra and Vāyu, be your journey here unyoke your steeds,
     Here for your draught of Soma juice.

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.81.3:

     यस्य प्रयाणम् अन्व् अन्य इद् ययुर् देवा देवस्य महिमानम् ओजसा ।
     यः पार्थिवानि विममे स एतशो रजांसि देवः सविता महित्वना ॥

     yasya prayāṇam anv anya id yayur devā devasya mahimānam ojasā.
     yaḥ pārthivāni vimame sa etaśo rajāṃsi devaḥ savitā mahitvanā.

     He, the God whose going-forth and majesty the other Deities have followed with their might,
     He who hath measured the terrestrial regions out by his great power, he is the Courser Savitar.

2. setting out, starting, commencement, beginning
3. the act of going away, departure; death

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of प्रयाण

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	प्रयाणम् (prayā́ṇam)	प्रयाणे (prayā́ṇe)	प्रयाणानि (prayā́ṇāni) प्रयाणा¹ (prayā́ṇā¹)
vocative	प्रयाण (práyāṇa)	प्रयाणे (práyāṇe)	प्रयाणानि (práyāṇāni) प्रयाणा¹ (práyāṇā¹)
accusative	प्रयाणम् (prayā́ṇam)	प्रयाणे (prayā́ṇe)	प्रयाणानि (prayā́ṇāni) प्रयाणा¹ (prayā́ṇā¹)
instrumental	प्रयाणेन (prayā́ṇena)	प्रयाणाभ्याम् (prayā́ṇābhyām)	प्रयाणैः (prayā́ṇaiḥ) प्रयाणेभिः¹ (prayā́ṇebhiḥ¹)
dative	प्रयाणाय (prayā́ṇāya)	प्रयाणाभ्याम् (prayā́ṇābhyām)	प्रयाणेभ्यः (prayā́ṇebhyaḥ)
ablative	प्रयाणात् (prayā́ṇāt)	प्रयाणाभ्याम् (prayā́ṇābhyām)	प्रयाणेभ्यः (prayā́ṇebhyaḥ)
genitive	प्रयाणस्य (prayā́ṇasya)	प्रयाणयोः (prayā́ṇayoḥ)	प्रयाणानाम् (prayā́ṇānām)
locative	प्रयाणे (prayā́ṇe)	प्रयाणयोः (prayā́ṇayoḥ)	प्रयाणेषु (prayā́ṇeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀧𑀬𑀸𑀡 (payāṇa)
  • Central:
    • Eastern Hindi:
      • Old Awadhi: पयान (payāna)
    • Western Hindi:
      • Hindi: पयान (payān)
  • Eastern:
    • Bengali-Assamese:
      • Assamese: পয়াণ (poyan, “departure, death”)
    • Bihari:
      • Old Maithili: पयान (payān)
  • Southern:
    • Marathi: पेणें (peṇẽ)
  • Western:
    • Old Gujarati: पीआणउं (pīāṇaüṃ) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-))
      • Gujarati: પિયાણું (piyāṇũ)
  • → Kannada: ಪಯಣ (payaṇa)
  • → Tamil: பயணம் (payaṇam)
• → Hindi: प्रयाण (prayāṇ)
• → Kannada: ಪ್ರಯಾಣ (prayāṇa)
• → Malayalam: പ്രയാണം (prayāṇaṁ)
• → Marathi: प्रयाण (prayāṇ)
• → Telugu: ప్రయాణము (prayāṇamu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्रयाण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 688/1.