पण्ड

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পণ্ড (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬡ᭄ᬟ (Balinese script)
• পণ্ড (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰜𑰿𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
• ပဏ္ဍ (Burmese script)
• પણ્ડ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਣ੍ਡ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌣𑍍𑌡 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦟ꧀ꦝ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂝𑂹𑂙 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಣ್ಡ (Kannada script)
• បណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
• ປຓ຺ຑ (Lao script)
• പണ്ഡ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᢏᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘜𑘿𑘚 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᢏᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑦼𑧠𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐞𑑂𑐜 (Newa script)
• ପଣ୍ଡ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢠ꣄ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆟𑇀𑆝 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖜𑖿𑖚 (Siddham script)
• පණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩪 𑪙𑩨 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚘𑚶𑚖 (Takri script)
• பண்ட³ (Tamil script)
• పణ్డ (Telugu script)
• ปณฺฑ (Thai script)
• པ་ཎྜ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒝𑓂𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨘𑩇𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, cognate with Tamil பெண்டகம் (peṇṭakam), பெண்டகன் (peṇṭakaṉ), பெண்டு (peṇṭu).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐɳ.ɖɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐɳ.ɖɐ/

Noun

पण्ड • (paṇḍa) stem, ?

1. eunuch, impotent man

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पण्ड (paṇḍa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पण्डः paṇḍaḥ	पण्डौ / पण्डा¹ paṇḍau / paṇḍā¹	पण्डाः / पण्डासः¹ paṇḍāḥ / paṇḍāsaḥ¹
Vocative	पण्ड paṇḍa	पण्डौ / पण्डा¹ paṇḍau / paṇḍā¹	पण्डाः / पण्डासः¹ paṇḍāḥ / paṇḍāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पण्डम् paṇḍam	पण्डौ / पण्डा¹ paṇḍau / paṇḍā¹	पण्डान् paṇḍān
Instrumental	पण्डेन paṇḍena	पण्डाभ्याम् paṇḍābhyām	पण्डैः / पण्डेभिः¹ paṇḍaiḥ / paṇḍebhiḥ¹
Dative	पण्डाय paṇḍāya	पण्डाभ्याम् paṇḍābhyām	पण्डेभ्यः paṇḍebhyaḥ
Ablative	पण्डात् paṇḍāt	पण्डाभ्याम् paṇḍābhyām	पण्डेभ्यः paṇḍebhyaḥ
Genitive	पण्डस्य paṇḍasya	पण्डयोः paṇḍayoḥ	पण्डानाम् paṇḍānām
Locative	पण्डे paṇḍe	पण्डयोः paṇḍayoḥ	पण्डेषु paṇḍeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “पण्ड”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India