वञ्चन

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vañcana (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ৰঞ্চন (Bengali script)
• වඤ‍්චන (Sinhalese script)
• ဝဉ္စန or ဝၺ္ၸၼ or ဝၺ်ၸၼ (Burmese script)
• วญฺจน or วัญจะนะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᨬ᩠ᨧᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ວຎ຺ຈນ or ວັຎຈະນະ (Lao script)
• វញ្ចន (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄐𑄴𑄌𑄚 (Chakma script)

Noun

वञ्चन n

1. Devanagari script form of vañcana

Declension

Declension table of "वञ्चन" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	वञ्चनं (vañcanaṃ)	वञ्चनानि (vañcanāni)
Accusative (second)	वञ्चनं (vañcanaṃ)	वञ्चनानि (vañcanāni)
Instrumental (third)	वञ्चनेन (vañcanena)	वञ्चनेहि (vañcanehi) or वञ्चनेभि (vañcanebhi)
Dative (fourth)	वञ्चनस्स (vañcanassa) or वञ्चनाय (vañcanāya) or वञ्चनत्थं (vañcanatthaṃ)	वञ्चनानं (vañcanānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	वञ्चनस्मा (vañcanasmā) or वञ्चनम्हा (vañcanamhā) or वञ्चना (vañcanā)	वञ्चनेहि (vañcanehi) or वञ्चनेभि (vañcanebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	वञ्चनस्स (vañcanassa)	वञ्चनानं (vañcanānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	वञ्चनस्मिं (vañcanasmiṃ) or वञ्चनम्हि (vañcanamhi) or वञ्चने (vañcane)	वञ्चनेसु (vañcanesu)
Vocative (calling)	वञ्चन (vañcana)	वञ्चनानि (vañcanāni)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৱঞ্চন (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬜ᭄ᬘᬦ (Balinese script)
• বঞ্চন (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဝဉ္စန (Burmese script)
• વઞ્ચન (Gujarati script)
• ਵਞ੍ਚਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦚ꧀ꦕꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂖𑂹𑂒𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ವಞ್ಚನ (Kannada script)
• វញ្ចន (Khmer script)
• ວຎ຺ຈນ (Lao script)
• വഞ്ചന (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠨᡳᠶᢜᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘗𑘿𑘓𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᡛᢋᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑦷𑧠𑦳𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐘𑑂𑐔𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଵଞ୍ଚନ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢛ꣄ꢗꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆚𑇀𑆖𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖡 (Siddham script)
• වඤ්‍චන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩥 𑪙𑩡𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚓𑚶𑚏𑚝 (Takri script)
• வஞ்சந (Tamil script)
• వఞ్చన (Telugu script)
• วญฺจน (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཉྩ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒘𑓂𑒔𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨓𑩇𑨣𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root वञ्च् (vañc).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐɲ.t͡ɕɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐɲ.t͡ɕɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

वञ्चन • (vañcana) stem, n (feminine वञ्चना)

1. cheating; fraud
2. illusion; delusion

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of वञ्चन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	वञ्चनम् (vañcanam)	वञ्चने (vañcane)	वञ्चनानि (vañcanāni) वञ्चना¹ (vañcanā¹)
vocative	वञ्चन (vañcana)	वञ्चने (vañcane)	वञ्चनानि (vañcanāni) वञ्चना¹ (vañcanā¹)
accusative	वञ्चनम् (vañcanam)	वञ्चने (vañcane)	वञ्चनानि (vañcanāni) वञ्चना¹ (vañcanā¹)
instrumental	वञ्चनेन (vañcanena)	वञ्चनाभ्याम् (vañcanābhyām)	वञ्चनैः (vañcanaiḥ) वञ्चनेभिः¹ (vañcanebhiḥ¹)
dative	वञ्चनाय (vañcanāya)	वञ्चनाभ्याम् (vañcanābhyām)	वञ्चनेभ्यः (vañcanebhyaḥ)
ablative	वञ्चनात् (vañcanāt)	वञ्चनाभ्याम् (vañcanābhyām)	वञ्चनेभ्यः (vañcanebhyaḥ)
genitive	वञ्चनस्य (vañcanasya)	वञ्चनयोः (vañcanayoḥ)	वञ्चनानाम् (vañcanānām)
locative	वञ्चने (vañcane)	वञ्चनयोः (vañcanayoḥ)	वञ्चनेषु (vañcaneṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Old Javanese: bañcana
  • Javanese: ꦧꦚ꧀ꦕꦤ (bancana)
  • → Balinese: ᬩᬜ᭄ᬘᬦ (bancana), ᬩᭂᬜ᭄ᬘᬦ (bencana)
  • → Malay: bencana
    • Indonesian: bencana
• Pali: vañcana

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वञ्चन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 914.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “वञ्चन”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “वञ्चन”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press