paṭisandhi

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀝𑀺𑀲𑀦𑁆𑀥𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• पटिसन्धि (Devanagari script)
• পটিসন্ধি (Bengali script)
• පටිසන්‍ධි (Sinhalese script)
• ပဋိသန္ဓိ or ပꩦိသၼ္ꩪိ or ပꩦိသၼ်ꩪိ (Burmese script)
• ปฏิสนฺธิ or ปะฏิสันธิ (Thai script)
• ᨷᨭᩥᩈᨶ᩠ᨵᩥ (Tai Tham script)
• ປຏິສນ຺ຘິ or ປະຏິສັນຘິ (Lao script)
• បដិសន្ធិ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄑𑄨𑄥𑄚𑄴𑄙𑄨 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Buddhist application of what was quite possibly inherited from Sanskrit प्रतिसंधि (pratisaṃdhi, “reunion”), but may also have been formed as suggested by surface analysis, paṭi- +‎ sandhi.

Noun

paṭisandhi f

1. reincarnation
2. metempsychosis, the supposed transmigration at death of the soul of a human being or animal into a new body of the same or a different species.
3. conception

Declension

Declension table of "paṭisandhi" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	paṭisandhi	paṭisandhiyo or paṭisandhī
Accusative (second)	paṭisandhiṃ	paṭisandhiyo or paṭisandhī
Instrumental (third)	paṭisandhiyā	paṭisandhīhi or paṭisandhībhi
Dative (fourth)	paṭisandhiyā	paṭisandhīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	paṭisandhiyā or paṭisandhyā	paṭisandhīhi or paṭisandhībhi
Genitive (sixth)	paṭisandhiyā	paṭisandhīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	paṭisandhiyā or paṭisandhiyaṃ or paṭisandhyaṃ	paṭisandhīsu
Vocative (calling)	paṭisandhi	paṭisandhiyo or paṭisandhī

Descendants

• → Burmese: ပဋိသန္ဓေ (pa.ti.sandhe), → သန္ဓေ (sandhe)
• → Khmer: បដិសន្ធិ (paʼdesɑnthiʼ)
• → Sanskrit: प्रतिसंधि (pratisaṃdhi, “rebirth”) (learned)