gantha

Javanese

Romanization

gantha

1. Romanization of ꦒꦤ꧀ꦛ

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀕𑀦𑁆𑀣 (Brahmi script)
• गन्थ (Devanagari script)
• গন্থ (Bengali script)
• ගන්‍ථ (Sinhalese script)
• ဂန္ထ or ၷၼ္ထ or ၷၼ်ထ (Burmese script)
• คนฺถ or คันถะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᨶ᩠ᨳ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄນ຺ຖ or ຄັນຖະ (Lao script)
• គន្ថ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄚𑄴𑄗 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “binding”). From the date of appearance, the sense of 'composition' may be a semantic loan from Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha, “composition”).

Noun

gantha m

1. (figurative) bond, fetter
2. composition, text
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1] (overall work in Pali), page 6; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     या च पन सक्कतगन्थेसु समञ्ञा घोसाति वाघोसाति वा ता पयोगे सति एत्थापि पयुज्जते

     Yā ca pana sakkataganthesu samaññā ghosāti vāghosāti vā tā payoge sati etthāpi payujjate.

     And moreover that designation either 'voiced' or 'unvoiced' which is in Sanskrit texts is applied even here when there is occasion.

Declension

Declension table of "gantha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	gantho	ganthā
Accusative (second)	ganthaṃ	ganthe
Instrumental (third)	ganthena	ganthehi or ganthebhi
Dative (fourth)	ganthassa or ganthāya or ganthatthaṃ	ganthānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	ganthasmā or ganthamhā or ganthā	ganthehi or ganthebhi
Genitive (sixth)	ganthassa	ganthānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	ganthasmiṃ or ganthamhi or ganthe	ganthesu
Vocative (calling)	gantha	ganthā

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “gantha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead