अन्तःकरण

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

অন্তঃকৰণ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬦ᭄ᬢᬄᬓᬭᬡ (Balinese script)
অন্তঃকরণ (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰡𑰿𑰝𑰾𑰎𑰨𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀂𑀓𑀭𑀡 (Brahmi script)
အန္တးကရဏ (Burmese script)
અન્તઃકરણ (Gujarati script)
ਅਨ੍ਤਃਕਰਣ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌨𑍍𑌤𑌃𑌕𑌰𑌣 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦤ꧀ꦠꦃꦏꦫꦟ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂢𑂹𑂞𑂂𑂍𑂩𑂝 (Kaithi script)
ಅನ್ತಃಕರಣ (Kannada script)
អន្តះករណ (Khmer script)
ອນ຺ຕະກຣຓ (Lao script)
അന്തഃകരണ (Malayalam script)
ᠠᠨᢠᠠᢁᡬᠠᡵᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘡𑘿𑘝𑘾𑘎𑘨𑘜 (Modi script)
ᠠᠨᢐᠠ᠋ᢁ᠋ᢉᠠᠷᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧁𑧠𑦽𑧟𑦮𑧈𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐣𑑂𑐟𑑅𑐎𑐬𑐞 (Newa script)
ଅନ୍ତଃକରଣ (Odia script)
ꢂꢥ꣄ꢡꢁꢒꢬꢠ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆤𑇀𑆠𑆂𑆑𑆫𑆟 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖡𑖿𑖝𑖾𑖎𑖨𑖜 (Siddham script)
අන‍්තඃකරණ (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩯 𑪙𑩫𑪗𑩜𑩼𑩪 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚝𑚶𑚙𑚬𑚊𑚤𑚘 (Takri script)
அந்த𑌃கரண (Tamil script)
అన్తఃకరణ (Telugu script)
อนฺตะกรณ (Thai script)
ཨ་ནྟཿ་ཀ་ར་ཎ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒢𑓂𑒞𑓁𑒏𑒩𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨝𑩇𑨙𑨹𑨋𑨫𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

अन्त (anta) +‎ करण (karaṇa) "the inner cause"

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐn.tɐh.kɐ.ɾɐ.ɳɐ/, [ɐn.tɐx.kɐ.ɾɐ.ɳɐ]
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐn̪.t̪ɐh.kɐ.ɾɐ.ɳɐ/

Noun

अन्तःकरण • (antaḥkaraṇa) stem, n

(Hinduism) Antahkarana, the totality of the mind, and the seat of thought, feeling and volition.
(by extension) conscience

Descendants

→ Kannada: ಅಂತಃಕರಣ (antaḥkaraṇa)
→ Malayalam: അന്തഃകരണം (antaḥkaraṇaṁ)
→ Marathi: अंतःकरण (antaḥkaraṇ)
→ Tamil: அந்தக்கரணம் (antakkaraṇam)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “अन्तःकरण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0042.