saṅkha

See also: sankha

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀗𑁆𑀔 (Brahmi script)
• सङ्ख (Devanagari script)
• সঙ্খ (Bengali script)
• සඞ‍්ඛ (Sinhalese script)
• သင်္ခ or သင်္ၶ or သင်ၶ (Burmese script)
• สงฺข or สังขะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩘᨡ (Tai Tham script)
• ສງ຺ຂ or ສັງຂະ (Lao script)
• សង្ខ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄋𑄴𑄈 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Compare Sanskrit शङ्ख (śaṅkha).

Noun

saṅkha m or n

1. chank

Declension

Declension table of "saṅkha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	saṅkho	saṅkhā
Accusative (second)	saṅkhaṃ	saṅkhe
Instrumental (third)	saṅkhena	saṅkhehi or saṅkhebhi
Dative (fourth)	saṅkhassa or saṅkhāya or saṅkhatthaṃ	saṅkhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	saṅkhasmā or saṅkhamhā or saṅkhā	saṅkhehi or saṅkhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	saṅkhassa	saṅkhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	saṅkhasmiṃ or saṅkhamhi or saṅkhe	saṅkhesu
Vocative (calling)	saṅkha	saṅkhā

When the gender is neuter, the nominative, vocative and accusative are somewhat different:

Declension table of "saṅkha" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	saṅkhaṃ	saṅkhāni
Accusative (second)	saṅkhaṃ	saṅkhāni
Vocative (calling)	saṅkha	saṅkhāni

References

Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 456.