पिण्ड

See also: पाण्डु

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• piṇḍa (Latin script)
• 𑀧𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
• পিণ্ড (Bengali script)
• පිණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
• ပိဏ္ဍ or ပိꧣ္ꩨ or ပိꧣ်ꩨ (Burmese script)
• ปิณฺฑ or ปิณฑะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩥᨱ᩠ᨯ (Tai Tham script)
• ປິຓ຺ຑ or ປິຓຑະ (Lao script)
• បិណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄨𑄕𑄴𑄓 (Chakma script)

Noun

पिण्ड m

1. Devanagari script form of piṇḍa (“lump”)

Declension

Declension table of "पिण्ड" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	पिण्डो (piṇḍo)	पिण्डा (piṇḍā)
Accusative (second)	पिण्डं (piṇḍaṃ)	पिण्डे (piṇḍe)
Instrumental (third)	पिण्डेन (piṇḍena)	पिण्डेहि (piṇḍehi) or पिण्डेभि (piṇḍebhi)
Dative (fourth)	पिण्डस्स (piṇḍassa) or पिण्डाय (piṇḍāya) or पिण्डत्थं (piṇḍatthaṃ)	पिण्डानं (piṇḍānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	पिण्डस्मा (piṇḍasmā) or पिण्डम्हा (piṇḍamhā) or पिण्डा (piṇḍā)	पिण्डेहि (piṇḍehi) or पिण्डेभि (piṇḍebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	पिण्डस्स (piṇḍassa)	पिण्डानं (piṇḍānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	पिण्डस्मिं (piṇḍasmiṃ) or पिण्डम्हि (piṇḍamhi) or पिण्डे (piṇḍe)	पिण्डेसु (piṇḍesu)
Vocative (calling)	पिण्ड (piṇḍa)	पिण्डा (piṇḍā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পিণ্ড (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬶᬡ᭄ᬟ (Balinese script)
• পিণ্ড (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰰𑰜𑰿𑰚 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
• ပိဏ္ဍ (Burmese script)
• પિણ્ડ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਿਣ੍ਡ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌿𑌣𑍍𑌡 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦶꦟ꧀ꦝ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂱𑂝𑂹𑂙 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಿಣ್ಡ (Kannada script)
• បិណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
• ປິຓ຺ຑ (Lao script)
• പിണ്ഡ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡳᢏᡷᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘱𑘜𑘿𑘚 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠢᢏᢎᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧒𑦼𑧠𑦺 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐶𑐞𑑂𑐜 (Newa script)
• ପିଣ୍ଡ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢶꢠ꣄ꢞ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆴𑆟𑇀𑆝 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖰𑖜𑖿𑖚 (Siddham script)
• පිණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩑𑩪 𑪙𑩨 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚮𑚘𑚶𑚖 (Takri script)
• பிண்ட³ (Tamil script)
• పిణ్డ (Telugu script)
• ปิณฺฑ (Thai script)
• པི་ཎྜ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒱𑒝𑓂𑒛 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨁𑨘𑩇𑨖 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Due to the diverse phonetic variation in the word's relatives in modern Indo-Aryan, Turner considers the word to be borrowed from Dravidian (compare Tamil பிழி (piḻi, “squeeze”), Tamil பிண்டம் (piṇṭam, “what is squeezed”) from past *piẓi-nt- ‘squeeze’).

Noun

पिण्ड • (píṇḍa) stem, m or n

1. any round or roundish mass or heap, ball, lump, piece (RV., TS., ŚBr., etc.)
2. a roundish lump of food, a bite (of food), morsel, mouthful
   1. (esp.) a ball of rice or flour offered to ancestors (GṛŚṛS., Mn., MBh., etc.)
3. food, daily bread, livelihood, subsistence, sustenance (MBh., Kāv., etc.)
4. any solid mass or material object, the body, bodily frame (Ragh., Śaṃk., Vajracch.)
5. the calf of the leg (Mālatīm.)
6. the flower of a china rose (L.)
7. a portico (L.)
8. force, power, army (L.)
9. (in the dual) fleshy parts of the shoulder above the clavicle (MBh.)
10. (in the dual) protrusion on the upper forehead of an elephant (L.)
11. embryo at an early stage of development (L.)
12. a kind of incense (Var.
13. myrrh, olibanum (L.)
14. meat, flesh (L.)
15. alms (Mālatīm.)
16. Meyna laxiflora (L.)
17. quantity, collection (L.)
18. (arithmetic) sum, total amount
19. (astronomy) a sine expressed in a series of numbers
20. (music) sound, tone
21. name of a man
22. iron (L.)
23. steel
24. fresh butter

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पिण्ड (piṇḍa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पिण्डः piṇḍaḥ	पिण्डौ / पिण्डा¹ piṇḍau / piṇḍā¹	पिण्डाः / पिण्डासः¹ piṇḍāḥ / piṇḍāsaḥ¹
Vocative	पिण्ड piṇḍa	पिण्डौ / पिण्डा¹ piṇḍau / piṇḍā¹	पिण्डाः / पिण्डासः¹ piṇḍāḥ / piṇḍāsaḥ¹
Accusative	पिण्डम् piṇḍam	पिण्डौ / पिण्डा¹ piṇḍau / piṇḍā¹	पिण्डान् piṇḍān
Instrumental	पिण्डेन piṇḍena	पिण्डाभ्याम् piṇḍābhyām	पिण्डैः / पिण्डेभिः¹ piṇḍaiḥ / piṇḍebhiḥ¹
Dative	पिण्डाय piṇḍāya	पिण्डाभ्याम् piṇḍābhyām	पिण्डेभ्यः piṇḍebhyaḥ
Ablative	पिण्डात् piṇḍāt	पिण्डाभ्याम् piṇḍābhyām	पिण्डेभ्यः piṇḍebhyaḥ
Genitive	पिण्डस्य piṇḍasya	पिण्डयोः piṇḍayoḥ	पिण्डानाम् piṇḍānām
Locative	पिण्डे piṇḍe	पिण्डयोः piṇḍayoḥ	पिण्डेषु piṇḍeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of पिण्ड (piṇḍa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पिण्डम् piṇḍam	पिण्डे piṇḍe	पिण्डानि / पिण्डा¹ piṇḍāni / piṇḍā¹
Vocative	पिण्ड piṇḍa	पिण्डे piṇḍe	पिण्डानि / पिण्डा¹ piṇḍāni / piṇḍā¹
Accusative	पिण्डम् piṇḍam	पिण्डे piṇḍe	पिण्डानि / पिण्डा¹ piṇḍāni / piṇḍā¹
Instrumental	पिण्डेन piṇḍena	पिण्डाभ्याम् piṇḍābhyām	पिण्डैः / पिण्डेभिः¹ piṇḍaiḥ / piṇḍebhiḥ¹
Dative	पिण्डाय piṇḍāya	पिण्डाभ्याम् piṇḍābhyām	पिण्डेभ्यः piṇḍebhyaḥ
Ablative	पिण्डात् piṇḍāt	पिण्डाभ्याम् piṇḍābhyām	पिण्डेभ्यः piṇḍebhyaḥ
Genitive	पिण्डस्य piṇḍasya	पिण्डयोः piṇḍayoḥ	पिण्डानाम् piṇḍānām
Locative	पिण्डे piṇḍe	पिण्डयोः piṇḍayoḥ	पिण्डेषु piṇḍeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Romani: punro, pinro, pirro
• → Khotanese: piṇḍaa- (“lump”)
• → Iranian:
  • → Old Armenian: պինդ (pind, “firm, dense, tight, strong”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पिण्ड”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0625/2.
• Witzel, Michael (2003) Linguistic Evidence for Cultural Exchange in Prehistoric Western Central Asia (Sino-Platonic Papers; 129)‎^[2], Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, page 33
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[3] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 128
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “píṇḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press