𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चाणक्य (cāṇakya).

Proper noun

𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (cāṇakka) m (Devanagari चाणक्क, Kannada ಚಾಣಕ್ಕ) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī)

1. Chanakya
   • 𑀅𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀇𑀁-𑀧𑀺 𑀘𑀁𑀤𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀓𑁄𑀯𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀡𑀸𑀇𑀁 𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂

     atthi aṇṇāiṃ-pi caṃdaüttassa kovakāraṇāiṃ cāṇakke

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁄 (cāṇakko)	𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (cāṇakkā)
Accusative	𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀁 (cāṇakkaṃ)	𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂 (cāṇakke) or 𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (cāṇakkā)
Instrumental	𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀡 (cāṇakkeṇa) or 𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀡𑀁 (cāṇakkeṇaṃ)	𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀳𑀺 (cāṇakkehi) or 𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (cāṇakkehiṃ)
Dative	𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀅 (cāṇakkāa)	—
Ablative	𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀑 (cāṇakkāo) or 𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀉 (cāṇakkāu) or 𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (cāṇakkā) or 𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀳𑀺 (cāṇakkāhi) or 𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (cāṇakkāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀲𑁆𑀲 (cāṇakkassa)	𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀡 (cāṇakkāṇa) or 𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀡𑀁 (cāṇakkāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (cāṇakkammi) or 𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂 (cāṇakke)	𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀲𑀼 (cāṇakkesu) or 𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (cāṇakkesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (cāṇakka) or 𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (cāṇakkā)	𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (cāṇakkā)

Further reading

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “चाणक्क”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 354
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 20.