sanantana

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀦𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• सनन्तन (Devanagari script)
• সনন্তন (Bengali script)
• සනන‍්තන (Sinhalese script)
• သနန္တန or သၼၼ္တၼ or သၼၼ်တၼ (Burmese script)
• สนนฺตน or สะนันตะนะ (Thai script)
• ᩈᨶᨶ᩠ᨲᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ສນນ຺ຕນ or ສະນັນຕະນະ (Lao script)
• សនន្តន (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄚𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄚 (Chakma script)

Adjective

sanantana

1. perpetual
   • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[1], Colombo, 2009:

     5. න හි වෙරෙන වෙරාචී සම‍්මන‍්තීධ කුදාචනං 5
     අඞවරෙන ච සම‍්මන‍්ති එස ධම‍්මො සනන‍්තනො.

     5. Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṃ 5
     Averena ca sammanti esa dhammo sanantano.

     5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
     but are settled by love. This is an eternal truth.

     (literally, “5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
     but are settled by love. This truth is eternal.”)

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

2. primeval

Declension

Declension table of "sanantana" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sanantano	sanantanā
Accusative (second)	sanantanaṃ	sanantane
Instrumental (third)	sanantanena	sanantanehi or sanantanebhi
Dative (fourth)	sanantanassa or sanantanāya or sanantanatthaṃ	sanantanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sanantanasmā or sanantanamhā or sanantanā	sanantanehi or sanantanebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sanantanassa	sanantanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sanantanasmiṃ or sanantanamhi or sanantane	sanantanesu
Vocative (calling)	sanantana	sanantanā

Declension table of "sanantana" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sanantanaṃ	sanantanāni
Accusative (second)	sanantanaṃ	sanantanāni
Instrumental (third)	sanantanena	sanantanehi or sanantanebhi
Dative (fourth)	sanantanassa or sanantanāya or sanantanatthaṃ	sanantanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sanantanasmā or sanantanamhā or sanantanā	sanantanehi or sanantanebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sanantanassa	sanantanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sanantanasmiṃ or sanantanamhi or sanantane	sanantanesu
Vocative (calling)	sanantana	sanantanāni