rañjana

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀭𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• रञ्जन (Devanagari script)
• রঞ্জন (Bengali script)
• රඤ‍්ජන (Sinhalese script)
• ရဉ္ဇန or ရၺ္ၹၼ or ရၺ်ၹၼ (Burmese script)
• รญฺชน or รัญชะนะ (Thai script)
• ᩁᨬ᩠ᨩᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣຎ຺ຊນ or ຣັຎຊະນະ (Lao script)
• រញ្ជន (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄐𑄴𑄎𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit रञ्जन (rañjana). By surface analysis, rañj (root) +‎ -ana .

Adjective

rañjana

1. delighting, finding pleasure or delight [in]

Declension

Declension table of "rañjana" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	rañjano	rañjanā
Accusative (second)	rañjanaṃ	rañjane
Instrumental (third)	rañjanena	rañjanehi or rañjanebhi
Dative (fourth)	rañjanassa or rañjanāya or rañjanatthaṃ	rañjanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	rañjanasmā or rañjanamhā or rañjanā	rañjanehi or rañjanebhi
Genitive (sixth)	rañjanassa	rañjanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	rañjanasmiṃ or rañjanamhi or rañjane	rañjanesu
Vocative (calling)	rañjana	rañjanā

Declension table of "rañjanā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	rañjanā	rañjanāyo or rañjanā
Accusative (second)	rañjanaṃ	rañjanāyo or rañjanā
Instrumental (third)	rañjanāya	rañjanāhi or rañjanābhi
Dative (fourth)	rañjanāya	rañjanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	rañjanāya	rañjanāhi or rañjanābhi
Genitive (sixth)	rañjanāya	rañjanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	rañjanāya or rañjanāyaṃ	rañjanāsu
Vocative (calling)	rañjane	rañjanāyo or rañjanā

Declension table of "rañjanī" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	rañjanī	rañjaniyo or rañjanī
Accusative (second)	rañjaniṃ or rañjaniyaṃ	rañjaniyo or rañjanī
Instrumental (third)	rañjaniyā	rañjanīhi or rañjanībhi
Dative (fourth)	rañjaniyā	rañjanīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	rañjaniyā	rañjanīhi or rañjanībhi
Genitive (sixth)	rañjaniyā	rañjanīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	rañjaniyā or rañjaniyaṃ	rañjanīsu
Vocative (calling)	rañjani	rañjaniyo or rañjanī

Declension table of "rañjana" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	rañjanaṃ	rañjanāni
Accusative (second)	rañjanaṃ	rañjanāni
Instrumental (third)	rañjanena	rañjanehi or rañjanebhi
Dative (fourth)	rañjanassa or rañjanāya or rañjanatthaṃ	rañjanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	rañjanasmā or rañjanamhā or rañjanā	rañjanehi or rañjanebhi
Genitive (sixth)	rañjanassa	rañjanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	rañjanasmiṃ or rañjanamhi or rañjane	rañjanesu
Vocative (calling)	rañjana	rañjanāni

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “rañjana”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 562
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rañjana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 612