aggahaṇa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀳𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• अग्गहण (Devanagari script)
• অগ্গহণ (Bengali script)
• අග‍්ගහණ (Sinhalese script)
• အဂ္ဂဟဏ or ဢၷ္ၷႁꧣ or ဢၷ်ၷႁꧣ (Burmese script)
• อคฺคหณ or อัคคะหะณะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨣ᩠ᨣᩉᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ອຄ຺ຄຫຓ or ອັຄຄະຫະຓະ (Lao script)
• អគ្គហណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄉𑄴𑄉𑄦𑄕 (Chakma script)

Etymology

ā- +‎ gah (“seize”) +‎ -ana

Noun

aggahaṇa n

1. seizure, taking
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1] (overall work in Pali), page 12; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     चसहग्गहणेन धकारस्स हकारादेसो होति;

     Casahaggahaṇena dhakārassa hakārādeso hoti;

     By taking it together with 'ca', one gets a change of 'dh' to 'h';

Declension

Declension table of "aggahaṇa" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	aggahaṇaṃ	aggahaṇāni
Accusative (second)	aggahaṇaṃ	aggahaṇāni
Instrumental (third)	aggahaṇena	aggahaṇehi or aggahaṇebhi
Dative (fourth)	aggahaṇassa or aggahaṇāya or aggahaṇatthaṃ	aggahaṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	aggahaṇasmā or aggahaṇamhā or aggahaṇā	aggahaṇehi or aggahaṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)	aggahaṇassa	aggahaṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	aggahaṇasmiṃ or aggahaṇamhi or aggahaṇe	aggahaṇesu
Vocative (calling)	aggahaṇa	aggahaṇāni