alaṅkaraṇa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀅𑀮𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀭𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• अलङ्करण (Devanagari script)
• অলঙ্করণ (Bengali script)
• අලඞ‍්කරණ (Sinhalese script)
• အလင်္ကရဏ or ဢလင်္ၵရꧣ or ဢလင်ၵရꧣ (Burmese script)
• อลงฺกรณ or อะลังกะระณะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩃᩘᨠᩁᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ອລງ຺ກຣຓ or ອະລັງກະຣະຓະ (Lao script)
• អលង្ករណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄣𑄋𑄴𑄇𑄢𑄕 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit अलङ्करण (alaṅkaraṇa).

Noun

alaṅkaraṇa n

1. doing up, fitting out, ornamentation

Declension

Declension table of "alaṅkaraṇa" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	alaṅkaraṇaṃ	alaṅkaraṇāni
Accusative (second)	alaṅkaraṇaṃ	alaṅkaraṇāni
Instrumental (third)	alaṅkaraṇena	alaṅkaraṇehi or alaṅkaraṇebhi
Dative (fourth)	alaṅkaraṇassa or alaṅkaraṇāya or alaṅkaraṇatthaṃ	alaṅkaraṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	alaṅkaraṇasmā or alaṅkaraṇamhā or alaṅkaraṇā	alaṅkaraṇehi or alaṅkaraṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)	alaṅkaraṇassa	alaṅkaraṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	alaṅkaraṇasmiṃ or alaṅkaraṇamhi or alaṅkaraṇe	alaṅkaraṇesu
Vocative (calling)	alaṅkaraṇa	alaṅkaraṇāni

Descendants

• → Burmese: အလင်္ကာ (a.langka)
• → Thai: อลงกรณ์ (à-long-gɔɔn)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “alaŋkaraṇa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead