kandana

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀦𑁆𑀤𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• कन्दन (Devanagari script)
• কন্দন (Bengali script)
• කන්‍දන (Sinhalese script)
• ကန္ဒန or ၵၼ္ၻၼ or ၵၼ်ၻၼ (Burmese script)
• กนฺทน or กันทะนะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᨶ᩠ᨴᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ກນ຺ທນ or ກັນທະນະ (Lao script)
• កន្ទន (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄚𑄴𑄘𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit क्रन्दन (krandana). Related to kandati.

Noun

kandana n

1. act of crying, lamentation

Declension

Declension table of "kandana" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kandanaṃ	kandanāni
Accusative (second)	kandanaṃ	kandanāni
Instrumental (third)	kandanena	kandanehi or kandanebhi
Dative (fourth)	kandanassa or kandanāya or kandanatthaṃ	kandanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kandanasmā or kandanamhā or kandanā	kandanehi or kandanebhi
Genitive (sixth)	kandanassa	kandanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kandanasmiṃ or kandanamhi or kandane	kandanesu
Vocative (calling)	kandana	kandanāni

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “krandana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 186
• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kandana”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 186

Woiwurrung

Noun

kandana

1. mouth, lips

References

• Barry J. Blake, Woiwurrung, in The Aboriginal Language of Melbourne and Other Sketches (1991; edited by R. M. W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake; OUP, Handbook of Australian Languages 4), pages 31–124