आख्यान

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• আখ্যান (Assamese script)
• ᬆᬔ᭄ᬬᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
• আখ্যান (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰏𑰿𑰧𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀔𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• အာချာန (Burmese script)
• આખ્યાન (Gujarati script)
• ਆਖ੍ਯਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆𑌖𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴꦑꦾꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄𑂎𑂹𑂨𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಆಖ್ಯಾನ (Kannada script)
• អាខ្យាន (Khmer script)
• ອາຂ຺ຍານ (Lao script)
• ആഖ്യാന (Malayalam script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡘᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁𑘏𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠻᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡𑦯𑧠𑧇𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐏𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଆଖ୍ଯାନ (Odia script)
• ꢃꢓ꣄ꢫꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆒𑇀𑆪𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖏𑖿𑖧𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
• ආඛ්‍යාන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛𑩝 𑪙𑩻𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁𑚋𑚶𑚣𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
• ஆக்²யாந (Tamil script)
• ఆఖ్యాన (Telugu script)
• อาขฺยาน (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཁྱཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒐𑓂𑒨𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊𑨌𑩇𑨪𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

आ- (ā-) +‎ ख्यान (khyāna)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑːkʰ.jɑː.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑːkʰˈjɑː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

आख्यान • (ākhyāna) stem, n

1. communication (Pāṇ., Kap., Kathās., etc.)
2. narration, story (ŚBr., Nir., Pāṇ., etc.)
3. (drama) telling of events which happened off-stage (Sāh.)

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of आख्यान
Nom. sg.	आख्यानम् (ākhyānam)
Gen. sg.	आख्यानस्य (ākhyānasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आख्यानम् (ākhyānam)	आख्याने (ākhyāne)	आख्यानानि (ākhyānāni)
Vocative	आख्यान (ākhyāna)	आख्याने (ākhyāne)	आख्यानानि (ākhyānāni)
Accusative	आख्यानम् (ākhyānam)	आख्याने (ākhyāne)	आख्यानानि (ākhyānāni)
Instrumental	आख्यानेन (ākhyānena)	आख्यानाभ्याम् (ākhyānābhyām)	आख्यानैः (ākhyānaiḥ)
Dative	आख्यानाय (ākhyānāya)	आख्यानाभ्याम् (ākhyānābhyām)	आख्यानेभ्यः (ākhyānebhyaḥ)
Ablative	आख्यानात् (ākhyānāt)	आख्यानाभ्याम् (ākhyānābhyām)	आख्यानेभ्यः (ākhyānebhyaḥ)
Genitive	आख्यानस्य (ākhyānasya)	आख्यानयोः (ākhyānayoḥ)	आख्यानानाम् (ākhyānānām)
Locative	आख्याने (ākhyāne)	आख्यानयोः (ākhyānayoḥ)	आख्यानेषु (ākhyāneṣu)

Descendants

• → Pali: akkhāna
• → Thai: อาขยาน (aa-kà-yaan)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “आख्यान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0129.