वञ्चन

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• vañcana (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ৰঞ্চন (Bengali script)
• වඤ‍්චන (Sinhalese script)
• ဝဉ္စန or ဝၺ္ၸၼ or ဝၺ်ၸၼ (Burmese script)
• วญฺจน or วัญจะนะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᨬ᩠ᨧᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ວຎ຺ຈນ or ວັຎຈະນະ (Lao script)
• វញ្ចន (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄐𑄴𑄌𑄚 (Chakma script)

Noun

वञ्चन n

1. Devanagari script form of vañcana

Declension

Declension table of "वञ्चन" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	वञ्चनं (vañcanaṃ)	वञ्चनानि (vañcanāni)
Accusative (second)	वञ्चनं (vañcanaṃ)	वञ्चनानि (vañcanāni)
Instrumental (third)	वञ्चनेन (vañcanena)	वञ्चनेहि (vañcanehi) or वञ्चनेभि (vañcanebhi)
Dative (fourth)	वञ्चनस्स (vañcanassa) or वञ्चनाय (vañcanāya) or वञ्चनत्थं (vañcanatthaṃ)	वञ्चनानं (vañcanānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	वञ्चनस्मा (vañcanasmā) or वञ्चनम्हा (vañcanamhā) or वञ्चना (vañcanā)	वञ्चनेहि (vañcanehi) or वञ्चनेभि (vañcanebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	वञ्चनस्स (vañcanassa)	वञ्चनानं (vañcanānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	वञ्चनस्मिं (vañcanasmiṃ) or वञ्चनम्हि (vañcanamhi) or वञ्चने (vañcane)	वञ्चनेसु (vañcanesu)
Vocative (calling)	वञ्चन (vañcana)	वञ्चनानि (vañcanāni)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ৱঞ্চন (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬜ᭄ᬘᬦ (Balinese script)
• বঞ্চন (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰗𑰿𑰓𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဝဉ္စန (Burmese script)
• વઞ્ચન (Gujarati script)
• ਵਞ੍ਚਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌞𑍍𑌚𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦚ꧀ꦕꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂖𑂹𑂒𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ವಞ್ಚನ (Kannada script)
• វញ្ចន (Khmer script)
• ວຎ຺ຈນ (Lao script)
• വഞ്ചന (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠨᡳᠶᢜᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘗𑘿𑘓𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᡛᢋᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑦷𑧠𑦳𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐘𑑂𑐔𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଵଞ୍ଚନ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢛ꣄ꢗꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆚𑇀𑆖𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖗𑖿𑖓𑖡 (Siddham script)
• වඤ්‍චන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩥 𑪙𑩡𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚓𑚶𑚏𑚝 (Takri script)
• வஞ்சந (Tamil script)
• వఞ్చన (Telugu script)
• วญฺจน (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཉྩ་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒘𑓂𑒔𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨓𑩇𑨣𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root वञ्च् (vañc).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐɲ.t͡ɕɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐɲ.t͡ɕɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

वञ्चन • (vañcana) stem, n (feminine वञ्चना)

1. cheating; fraud
2. illusion; delusion

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of वञ्चन (vañcana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वञ्चनम् vañcanam	वञ्चने vañcane	वञ्चनानि / वञ्चना¹ vañcanāni / vañcanā¹
Vocative	वञ्चन vañcana	वञ्चने vañcane	वञ्चनानि / वञ्चना¹ vañcanāni / vañcanā¹
Accusative	वञ्चनम् vañcanam	वञ्चने vañcane	वञ्चनानि / वञ्चना¹ vañcanāni / vañcanā¹
Instrumental	वञ्चनेन vañcanena	वञ्चनाभ्याम् vañcanābhyām	वञ्चनैः / वञ्चनेभिः¹ vañcanaiḥ / vañcanebhiḥ¹
Dative	वञ्चनाय vañcanāya	वञ्चनाभ्याम् vañcanābhyām	वञ्चनेभ्यः vañcanebhyaḥ
Ablative	वञ्चनात् vañcanāt	वञ्चनाभ्याम् vañcanābhyām	वञ्चनेभ्यः vañcanebhyaḥ
Genitive	वञ्चनस्य vañcanasya	वञ्चनयोः vañcanayoḥ	वञ्चनानाम् vañcanānām
Locative	वञ्चने vañcane	वञ्चनयोः vañcanayoḥ	वञ्चनेषु vañcaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Old Javanese: bañcana
  • Javanese: ꦧꦚ꧀ꦕꦤ (bancana)
  • → Balinese: ᬩᬜ᭄ᬘᬦ (bancana), ᬩᭂᬜ᭄ᬘᬦ (bencana)
  • → Malay: bencana
    • Indonesian: bencana
• Pali: vañcana

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वञ्चन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 914.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “वञ्चन”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “वञ्चन”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press