चाणक्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• চাণক্য (Assamese script)
• ᬘᬵᬡᬓ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
• চাণক্য (Bengali script)
• 𑰓𑰯𑰜𑰎𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀘𑀸𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• စာဏကျ (Burmese script)
• ચાણક્ય (Gujarati script)
• ਚਾਣਕ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌚𑌾𑌣𑌕𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦕꦴꦟꦏꦾ (Javanese script)
• 𑂒𑂰𑂝𑂍𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಚಾಣಕ್ಯ (Kannada script)
• ចាណក្យ (Khmer script)
• ຈາຓກ຺ຍ (Lao script)
• ചാണക്യ (Malayalam script)
• ᢜᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᠠᡬᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘓𑘰𑘜𑘎𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᢋᠠᢗᢏᠠᢉᠶ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦳𑧑𑦼𑦮𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐔𑐵𑐞𑐎𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
• ଚାଣକ୍ଯ (Odia script)
• ꢗꢵꢠꢒ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆖𑆳𑆟𑆑𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖓𑖯𑖜𑖎𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
• චාණක්‍ය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩡𑩛𑩪𑩜 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚭𑚘𑚊𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
• சாணக்ய (Tamil script)
• చాణక్య (Telugu script)
• จาณกฺย (Thai script)
• ཙཱ་ཎ་ཀྱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒔𑒰𑒝𑒏𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨣𑨊𑨘𑨋𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Vrddhi derivative of चणक (caṇaka) with a -य (-ya) extension.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɑ́ː.ɳɐk.jɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɑːˈɳɐk.jɐ/

Proper noun

चाणक्य • (cāṇakya) stem, m

1. Chanakya

   Synonym: कौटिल्य (kauṭilya)

Descendants

• → English: Chanakya
• → Malayalam: ചാണക്യൻ (cāṇakyaṉ)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “चाणक्य”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]