अण्ठ्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

A later form of the Vedic root अत् (at, to go constantly, walk, run). अण्ठ् is a Buddhist-preferred variant of अट्.

Pronunciation

Root

अण्ठ् • (aṇṭh)

  1. to go, move, tend

Derived terms

  • अण्ठते (aṇṭhate)
  • अण्ठितुम् (aṇṭhitum)
  • आनण्ठे (ānaṇṭhe)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “अण्ठ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 11/3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 2
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 7; 9
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