मकार
Pali
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Noun
editमकार m
- Devanagari script form of makāra (“the letter 'm'”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1], page 4; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- तेसं खो व्यञ्जनानं ककारादयो मकारन्ता पञ्चपञ्चसो अक्खरवन्तो वग्गा नाम होन्ति।
- Tesaṃ kho vyañjanānaṃ kakārādayo makārantā pañcapañcaso akkharavanto vaggā nāma honti.
- From 'k' to 'm' of these very consonants are five by five divisions (called such) of consonants.
Declension
editDeclension table of "मकार" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | मकारो (makāro) | मकारा (makārā) |
Accusative (second) | मकारं (makāraṃ) | मकारे (makāre) |
Instrumental (third) | मकारेन (makārena) | मकारेहि (makārehi) or मकारेभि (makārebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | मकारस्स (makārassa) or मकाराय (makārāya) or मकारत्थं (makāratthaṃ) | मकारानं (makārānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | मकारस्मा (makārasmā) or मकारम्हा (makāramhā) or मकारा (makārā) | मकारेहि (makārehi) or मकारेभि (makārebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | मकारस्स (makārassa) | मकारानं (makārānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | मकारस्मिं (makārasmiṃ) or मकारम्हि (makāramhi) or मकारे (makāre) | मकारेसु (makāresu) |
Vocative (calling) | मकार (makāra) | मकारा (makārā) |