संयुग

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সংয়ুগ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬂᬬᬸᬕ (Balinese script)
• সংয়ুগ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰽𑰧𑰲𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀁𑀬𑀼𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• သံယုဂ (Burmese script)
• સંયુગ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਂਯੁਗ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌂𑌯𑍁𑌗 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦁꦪꦸꦒ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂁𑂨𑂳𑂏 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಂಯುಗ (Kannada script)
• សំយុគ (Khmer script)
• ສໍຍຸຄ (Lao script)
• സംയുഗ (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᠶᡠᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘽𑘧𑘳𑘐 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᠶ᠋ᠤᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧞𑧇𑧔𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑄𑐫𑐸𑐐 (Newa script)
• ସଂଯୁଗ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢀꢫꢸꢔ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆁𑆪𑆶𑆓 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖽𑖧𑖲𑖐 (Siddham script)
• සංයුග (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑪖𑩻𑩒𑩞 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚫𑚣𑚰𑚌 (Takri script)
• ஸஂயுக³ (Tamil script)
• సంయుగ (Telugu script)
• สํยุค (Thai script)
• སཾ་ཡུ་ག (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓀𑒨𑒳𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨸𑨪𑨃𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From सम्- (sam-) +‎ युग (yuga, “pair, couple”). Compare द्वंद्व (dvaṃdva) for semantic development.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃.ju.ɡɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐ̃.ju.ɡɐ/

Noun

संयुग • (saṃyuga) stem, n

1. union, conjunction
2. fight, conflict, war

   Synonyms: पृत् (pṛt), युद्ध (yuddha), आहव (āhava), मृध् (mṛdh), संग्राम (saṃgrāma)

   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 1.1.4:

     आत्मवान् को जितक्रोधो द्युतिमान् को ऽनसूयकः ।
     कस्य बिभ्यति देवाश् च जातरोषस्य संयुगे ॥

     ātmavān ko jitakrodho dyutimān ko ʼnasūyakaḥ.
     kasya bibhyati devāś ca jātaroṣasya saṃyuge.

     Who is self-restrained and has conquered anger, who is endowed with brilliance and free from envy?
     Who, when angered in war, is feared even by the Devas?

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of संयुग (saṃyuga)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	संयुगम् saṃyugam	संयुगे saṃyuge	संयुगानि / संयुगा¹ saṃyugāni / saṃyugā¹
Vocative	संयुग saṃyuga	संयुगे saṃyuge	संयुगानि / संयुगा¹ saṃyugāni / saṃyugā¹
Accusative	संयुगम् saṃyugam	संयुगे saṃyuge	संयुगानि / संयुगा¹ saṃyugāni / saṃyugā¹
Instrumental	संयुगेन saṃyugena	संयुगाभ्याम् saṃyugābhyām	संयुगैः / संयुगेभिः¹ saṃyugaiḥ / saṃyugebhiḥ¹
Dative	संयुगाय saṃyugāya	संयुगाभ्याम् saṃyugābhyām	संयुगेभ्यः saṃyugebhyaḥ
Ablative	संयुगात् saṃyugāt	संयुगाभ्याम् saṃyugābhyām	संयुगेभ्यः saṃyugebhyaḥ
Genitive	संयुगस्य saṃyugasya	संयुगयोः saṃyugayoḥ	संयुगानाम् saṃyugānām
Locative	संयुगे saṃyuge	संयुगयोः saṃyugayoḥ	संयुगेषु saṃyugeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “संयुग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1112.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “saṃyuga”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.