anāthapiṇḍika

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀅𑀦𑀸𑀣𑀧𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀺𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• अनाथपिण्डिक (Devanagari script)
• অনাথপিণ্ডিক (Bengali script)
• අනාථපිණ‍්ඩික (Sinhalese script)
• အနာထပိဏ္ဍိက or ဢၼႃထပိꧣ္ꩨိၵ or ဢၼႃထပိꧣ်ꩨိၵ (Burmese script)
• อนาถปิณฺฑิก or อะนาถะปิณฑิกะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨶᩣᨳᨷᩥᨱ᩠ᨯᩥᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ອນາຖປິຓ຺ຑິກ or ອະນາຖະປິຓຑິກະ (Lao script)
• អនាថបិណ្ឌិក (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄚𑄂𑄗𑄛𑄨𑄕𑄴𑄓𑄨𑄇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From anātha (“destitute”) + piṇḍa (“lump of food”) + -ika, "one who gives alms to the poor".

Proper noun

anāthapiṇḍika m

1. male nickname

Declension

Declension table of "anāthapiṇḍika" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	anāthapiṇḍiko	anāthapiṇḍikā
Accusative (second)	anāthapiṇḍikaṃ	anāthapiṇḍike
Instrumental (third)	anāthapiṇḍikena	anāthapiṇḍikehi or anāthapiṇḍikebhi
Dative (fourth)	anāthapiṇḍikassa or anāthapiṇḍikāya or anāthapiṇḍikatthaṃ	anāthapiṇḍikānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	anāthapiṇḍikasmā or anāthapiṇḍikamhā or anāthapiṇḍikā	anāthapiṇḍikehi or anāthapiṇḍikebhi
Genitive (sixth)	anāthapiṇḍikassa	anāthapiṇḍikānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	anāthapiṇḍikasmiṃ or anāthapiṇḍikamhi or anāthapiṇḍike	anāthapiṇḍikesu
Vocative (calling)	anāthapiṇḍika	anāthapiṇḍikā

Trivia

A famous bearer was one of the Buddha's benefactors and the donor of the original Jetavana.