अञ्जलि
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অঞ্জলি (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬜ᭄ᬚᬮᬶ (Balinese script)
- অঞ্জলি (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰩𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀮𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- အဉ္ဇလိ (Burmese script)
- અઞ્જલિ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਞ੍ਜਲਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌲𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦚ꧀ꦗꦭꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂪𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಞ್ಜಲಿ (Kannada script)
- អញ្ជលិ (Khmer script)
- ອຎ຺ຊລິ (Lao script)
- അഞ്ജലി (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯᠠᠯᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘩𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠠᡛᠽᠠᠯᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧉𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐘𑑂𑐖𑐮𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଅଞ୍ଜଲି (Odia script)
- ꢂꢛ꣄ꢙꢭꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆚𑇀𑆘𑆬𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖩𑖰 (Siddham script)
- අඤ්ජලි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩥 𑪙𑩣𑩽𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚓𑚶𑚑𑚥𑚮 (Takri script)
- அஞ்ஜலி (Tamil script)
- అఞ్జలి (Telugu script)
- อญฺชลิ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཉྫ་ལི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒘𑓂𑒖𑒪𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨓𑩇𑨥𑨬𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. Traditionally derived from the root अञ्ज् (añj), taken to invoke a sense "to bend" > "to honor, celebrate" which may or may not be related to the usual "anoint" sense, which is supported by Kuiper. Mayrhofer somewhat prefers an alternate derivation from an unattested *ऋञ्जलि (ṛñjalí), from ऋञ्ज (ṛñjá, “reaching out or advancing forth”), from the root ऋज् (ṛj, “to direct, stretch”), i.e. "(with both hands) stretched forth".[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐɲ.d͡ʑɐ.lí/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐɲ.d͡ʑɐ.l̪i/
Noun
अ॒ञ्ज॒लि • (añjalí) stem, m
- (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) Añjali Mudrā (the gesture with open hands placed side by side and slightly hollowed (as if by a beggar to receive food))
- Śivatāṇḍavastotra 13:
- कदा निलिम्पनिर्झरीनिकुञ्जकोटरे वसन्
विमुक्तदुर्मतिः सदा शिरःस्थम् अञ्जलिं वहन् ।
विमुक्तलोललोचनो ललामभाललग्नकः
शिवेति मन्त्रम् उच्चरन् कदा सुखी भवाम्य् अहम् ॥- kadā nilimpanirjharīnikuñjakoṭare vasan
vimuktadurmatiḥ sadā śiraḥstham añjaliṃ vahan.
vimuktalolalocano lalāmabhālalagnakaḥ
śiveti mantram uccaran kadā sukhī bhavāmy aham. - When will I be living in a dwelling cave near Ganga;
Carrying the Añjali Mudrā on my head;
Free from greedy eyes and with forehead marked [with the auspicious Tripuṇḍra];
Uttering the mantra ‘Śiva’, when will I be happy.
- kadā nilimpanirjharīnikuñjakoṭare vasan
- कदा निलिम्पनिर्झरीनिकुञ्जकोटरे वसन्
- the hollow of the hands
- hollow, cavity
- श्रवणाञ्जलि[2] ― śravaṇāñjali ― cavity of the ear
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अ॒ञ्ज॒लिः (añjalíḥ) | अ॒ञ्ज॒ली (añjalī́) | अ॒ञ्ज॒लयः॑ (añjaláyaḥ) |
| accusative | अ॒ञ्ज॒लिम् (añjalím) | अ॒ञ्ज॒ली (añjalī́) | अ॒ञ्ज॒लीन् (añjalī́n) |
| instrumental | अ॒ञ्ज॒लिना॑ (añjalínā) अ॒ञ्ज॒ल्या¹ (añjalyā́¹) |
अ॒ञ्ज॒लिभ्या॑म् (añjalíbhyām) | अ॒ञ्ज॒लिभिः॑ (añjalíbhiḥ) |
| dative | अ॒ञ्ज॒लये॑ (añjaláye) | अ॒ञ्ज॒लिभ्या॑म् (añjalíbhyām) | अ॒ञ्ज॒लिभ्यः॑ (añjalíbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अ॒ञ्ज॒लेः (añjaléḥ) अ॒ञ्ज॒ल्यः¹ (añjalyáḥ¹) |
अ॒ञ्ज॒लिभ्या॑म् (añjalíbhyām) | अ॒ञ्ज॒लिभ्यः॑ (añjalíbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अ॒ञ्ज॒लेः (añjaléḥ) अ॒ञ्ज॒ल्यः¹ (añjalyáḥ¹) |
अ॒ञ्ज॒ल्योः (añjalyóḥ) | अ॒ञ्ज॒ली॒नाम् (añjalīnā́m) |
| locative | अ॒ञ्ज॒लौ (añjaláu) अ॒ञ्ज॒ला¹ (añjalā́¹) |
अ॒ञ्ज॒ल्योः (añjalyóḥ) | अ॒ञ्ज॒लिषु॑ (añjalíṣu) |
| vocative | अञ्ज॑ले (áñjale) | अञ्ज॑ली (áñjalī) | अञ्ज॑लयः (áñjalayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Kashmiri: anzal
- Arabic script: اَنزَل
- Devanagari script: अन्ज़ल
- Khowar: اَنجیل (anǰíl)
- Kashmiri: anzal
- Pali: añjali
- → Burmese: အဉ္ဇလီ (anyja.li)
- Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀚𑀮𑀻 (aṃjalī)
- Central:
- Hindustani: añjal, añjul, añjlā, añjlī, añjulī
- Hindi: अंजल, अंजुल, अंजला, अंजली, अंजुली
- Urdu: اَنجَل, اَنجُل, اَنجْلا, اَنجْلی, اَنجُلی
- Hindustani: añjal, añjul, añjlā, añjlī, añjulī
- Eastern:
- Northern:
- Kumaoni: अँजुली (ā̃julī), आँचुली (ā̃culī), अँज्वाल (ãjwāl), आँजुइ (ā̃j̈ui), आँचुइ (ā̃ċui)
- Nepali: अँजुलि (ãjuli), अँजुलो (ãjulo)
- Northwestern:
- Punjabi: añjlī
- Gurmukhi script: ਅੰਜਲੀ
- Shahmukhi script: انجلی
- Punjabi: añjlī
- Southern:
- Marathi: अंजळी (añjḷī)
- Sinhalese: ඇදිල්ල (ædilla)
- Western:
- Gujarati: અંજળી (añjaḷī)
- Central:
Borrowed terms
- → Bengali: অঞ্জলি (onjoli) (learned)
- → Hindi: अंजलि (añjli) (learned)
- → Kannada: ಅಂಜಲಿ (añjali) (learned)
- → Malayalam: അഞ്ജലി (añjali), അഞ്ഞലി (aññali)
- → Marathi: अंजलि (añjli) (learned)
- → Nepali: अञ्जलि (añjali) (learned)
- → Sinhalese: අංජලිය (aṁjaliya)
- → Tamil: அஞ்சலி (añcali) (learned)
- → Telugu: అంజలి (añjali) (learned)
References
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “añjalí-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 54
- ^ Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “अञ्जलि”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 35
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “अञ्जलि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 11, column 1.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “añjali”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 9