odanta

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀑𑀤𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ओदन्त (Devanagari script)
• ওদন্ত (Bengali script)
• ඔදන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• ဩဒန္တ or ဢေႃၻၼ္တ or ဢေႃၻၼ်တ (Burmese script)
• โอทนฺต or โอทันตะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩰᨴᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂອທນ຺ຕ or ໂອທັນຕະ (Lao script)
• ឲទន្ត (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄮𑄘𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

o (“letter 'o'”) +‎ anta (“end”). The -d- is an arbitrary hiatus breaker, whose primary exemplar may be the Indo-European neuter singular ending -d.

Adjective

odanta

1. ending in 'o'.
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1], page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     तत्थ अक्खरेसु अकारादीसु ओदन्ता अत्थ सरा नाम होन्ति।

     Tattha akkharesu akārādīsu odantā aṭṭha sarā nāma honti.

     There amongst the letters are eight vowels, namely starting with 'a' and ending with 'o'

Declension

Declension table of "odanta" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	odanto	odantā
Accusative (second)	odantaṃ	odante
Instrumental (third)	odantena	odantehi or odantebhi
Dative (fourth)	odantassa or odantāya or odantatthaṃ	odantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	odantasmā or odantamhā or odantā	odantehi or odantebhi
Genitive (sixth)	odantassa	odantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	odantasmiṃ or odantamhi or odante	odantesu
Vocative (calling)	odanta	odantā

Declension table of "odantā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	odantā	odantāyo or odantā
Accusative (second)	odantaṃ	odantāyo or odantā
Instrumental (third)	odantāya	odantāhi or odantābhi
Dative (fourth)	odantāya	odantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	odantāya	odantāhi or odantābhi
Genitive (sixth)	odantāya	odantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	odantāya or odantāyaṃ	odantāsu
Vocative (calling)	odante	odantāyo or odantā

Declension table of "odanta" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	odantaṃ	odantāni
Accusative (second)	odantaṃ	odantāni
Instrumental (third)	odantena	odantehi or odantebhi
Dative (fourth)	odantassa or odantāya or odantatthaṃ	odantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	odantasmā or odantamhā or odantā	odantehi or odantebhi
Genitive (sixth)	odantassa	odantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	odantasmiṃ or odantamhi or odante	odantesu
Vocative (calling)	odanta	odantāni