काञ्जिक

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Alternative scripts

কাঞ্জিক (Assamese script)
ᬓᬵᬜ᭄ᬚᬶᬓ (Balinese script)
কাঞ্জিক (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰯𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰰𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀸𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀺𑀓 (Brahmi script)
ကာဉ္ဇိက (Burmese script)
કાઞ્જિક (Gujarati script)
ਕਾਞ੍ਜਿਕ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑌾𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌿𑌕 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦴꦚ꧀ꦗꦶꦏ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂰𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂱𑂍 (Kaithi script)
ಕಾಞ್ಜಿಕ (Kannada script)
កាញ្ជិក (Khmer script)
ກາຎ຺ຊິກ (Lao script)
കാഞ്ജിക (Malayalam script)
ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯᡳᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘰𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘱𑘎 (Modi script)
ᢉᠠᢗᡛᠽᠢᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧑𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧒𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐵𑐘𑑂𑐖𑐶𑐎 (Newa script)
କାଞ୍ଜିକ (Odia script)
ꢒꢵꢛ꣄ꢙꢶꢒ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆳𑆚𑇀𑆘𑆴𑆑 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖯𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖰𑖎 (Siddham script)
කාඤ‍්ජික (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩛𑩥 𑪙𑩣𑩑𑩜 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚭𑚓𑚶𑚑𑚮𑚊 (Takri script)
காஞ்ஜிக (Tamil script)
కాఞ్జిక (Telugu script)
กาญฺชิก (Thai script)
ཀཱ་ཉྫི་ཀ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒰𑒘𑓂𑒖𑒱𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨊𑨓𑩇𑨥𑨁𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Dravidian, compare Tamil கஞ்சி (kañci).

Pronunciation edit

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑːɲ.d͡ʑí.kɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /kɑːɲˈd͡ʑi.kɐ/

Noun edit

काञ्जिक • (kāñjika) stem, n

Sour rice gruel made from fermented rice used in Ayurveda

Usage notes edit

Kāñjika (काञ्जिक, “Heating through boiling acidic liquid”):—Sanskrit technical term used in Rasaśāstra literature (Medicinal Alchemy) such as the Rasaprakāśasudhākara or the Rasaratna-samuccaya. Kāñjika is an alchemical process commonly applied to various recipes involving Mercury (rasa).

Declension edit

Neuter a-stem declension of काञ्जिक (kāñjika)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	काञ्जिकम् kāñjikam	काञ्जिके kāñjike	काञ्जिकानि / काञ्जिका¹ kāñjikāni / kāñjikā¹
Vocative	काञ्जिक kāñjika	काञ्जिके kāñjike	काञ्जिकानि / काञ्जिका¹ kāñjikāni / kāñjikā¹
Accusative	काञ्जिकम् kāñjikam	काञ्जिके kāñjike	काञ्जिकानि / काञ्जिका¹ kāñjikāni / kāñjikā¹
Instrumental	काञ्जिकेन kāñjikena	काञ्जिकाभ्याम् kāñjikābhyām	काञ्जिकैः / काञ्जिकेभिः¹ kāñjikaiḥ / kāñjikebhiḥ¹
Dative	काञ्जिकाय kāñjikāya	काञ्जिकाभ्याम् kāñjikābhyām	काञ्जिकेभ्यः kāñjikebhyaḥ
Ablative	काञ्जिकात् kāñjikāt	काञ्जिकाभ्याम् kāñjikābhyām	काञ्जिकेभ्यः kāñjikebhyaḥ
Genitive	काञ्जिकस्य kāñjikasya	काञ्जिकयोः kāñjikayoḥ	काञ्जिकानाम् kāñjikānām
Locative	काञ्जिके kāñjike	काञ्जिकयोः kāñjikayoḥ	काञ्जिकेषु kāñjikeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants edit

Hindi: कांजी (kāñjī), काँजी (kāñjī)