स्पन्द्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• স্পন্দ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲ᭄ᬧᬦ᭄ᬤ᭄ (Balinese script)
• স্পন্দ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰿𑰢𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑁆𑀧𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သ္ပန္ဒ် (Burmese script)
• સ્પન્દ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ੍ਪਨ੍ਦ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍍𑌪𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱ꧀ꦥꦤ꧀ꦢ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂹𑂣𑂢𑂹𑂠𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸ್ಪನ್ದ್ (Kannada script)
• ស្បន្ទ៑ (Khmer script)
• ສ຺ປນ຺ທ຺ (Lao script)
• സ്പന്ദ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᢒᠠᠨᡩ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘿𑘢𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᢒᠠᠨᢑ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧠𑧂𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑂𑐥𑐣𑑂𑐡𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସ୍ପନ୍ଦ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱ꣄ꢦꢥ꣄ꢣ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑇀𑆥𑆤𑇀𑆢𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖿𑖢𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ස‍්පන්‍ද් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁 𑪙𑩰𑩯 𑪙𑩭 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚶𑚞𑚝𑚶𑚛𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸ்பந்த்³ (Tamil script)
• స్పన్ద్ (Telugu script)
• สฺปนฺทฺ (Thai script)
• སྤ་ནྡ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓂𑒣𑒢𑓂𑒠𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑩇𑨞𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably Proto-Indo-European *sphend- (“to quiver”). Compare Ancient Greek σφενδόνη (sphendónē, “sling”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /spɐnd/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪pɐn̪d̪/

Root

स्पन्द् • (spand) 1 A

1. to quiver, throb, twitch, tremble
2. to vibrate, quake, palpitate, throb with life
3. to move, be active
4. to flash into life

Derived terms

• स्पन्दते (spándate)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “स्पन्द्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1268.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 196
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्पन्द्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “स्पन्द्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0989”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0989