karaṇḍa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀟 (Brahmi script)
• करण्ड (Devanagari script)
• করণ্ড (Bengali script)
• කරණ‍්ඩ (Sinhalese script)
• ကရဏ္ဍ or ၵရꧣ္ꩨ or ၵရꧣ်ꩨ (Burmese script)
• กรณฺฑ or กะรัณฑะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᩁᨱ᩠ᨯ (Tai Tham script)
• ກຣຓ຺ຑ or ກະຣັຓຑະ (Lao script)
• ករណ្ឌ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄢𑄕𑄴𑄓 (Chakma script)

Noun

karaṇḍa m or n

1. basket
2. the cast skin，slough of a serpent

Declension

Declension table of "karaṇḍa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	karaṇḍo	karaṇḍā
Accusative (second)	karaṇḍaṃ	karaṇḍe
Instrumental (third)	karaṇḍena	karaṇḍehi or karaṇḍebhi
Dative (fourth)	karaṇḍassa or karaṇḍāya or karaṇḍatthaṃ	karaṇḍānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	karaṇḍasmā or karaṇḍamhā or karaṇḍā	karaṇḍehi or karaṇḍebhi
Genitive (sixth)	karaṇḍassa	karaṇḍānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	karaṇḍasmiṃ or karaṇḍamhi or karaṇḍe	karaṇḍesu
Vocative (calling)	karaṇḍa	karaṇḍā

As a neuter noun, there are differences in the nominative, vocative and accusative cases:

Declension table of "karaṇḍa" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	karaṇḍaṃ	karaṇḍāni
Accusative (second)	karaṇḍaṃ	karaṇḍāni
Vocative (calling)	karaṇḍa	karaṇḍāni

Related terms

• karaṇḍaka

References

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