कलिङ्ग

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

কলিঙ্গ (Assamese script)
ᬓᬮᬶᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
কলিঙ্গ (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰩𑰰𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀮𑀺𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
ကလိင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
કલિઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
ਕਲਿਙ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑌲𑌿𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦭꦶꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂪𑂱𑂑𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
ಕಲಿಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
កលិង្គ (Khmer script)
ກລິງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
കലിങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
ᡬᠠᠯᡳᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘩𑘱𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
ᢉᠠᠯᠢᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧉𑧒𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐮𑐶𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
କଲିଙ୍ଗ (Odia script)
ꢒꢭꢶꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆬𑆴𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖩𑖰𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
කලිඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩽𑩑𑩠 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚥𑚮𑚎𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
கலிங்க³ (Tamil script)
కలిఙ్గ (Telugu script)
กลิงฺค (Thai script)
ཀ་ལི་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒪𑒱𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨬𑨁𑨏𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.liŋ.ɡɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /kɐˈl̪iŋ.ɡɐ/

Noun

कलिङ्ग • (kaliṅga) stem, m

(in the plural) name of a people and their country (the name is applied in the पुराणs to several places, but especially signifies a district on the Coromandel coast, extending from below Cuttack [ कटक] to the vicinity of Madras)
Synonyms: ओड्र (oḍra), ओड्रदेश (oḍradeśa), उत्कल (utkala)
an inhabitant of कलिङ्ग Sāh
name of a king of कलिङ्ग (from whom the कलिङ्ग people are said to have originated ; he is sometimes mentioned as a son of दीर्घतमस् and सुदेष्णा, sometimes identified with बलि)

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Καλίγγαι (Kalíngai)
- → Latin: Calingae
Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀓𑀮𑀺𑀁𑀕 (kaliṃga)
⇒ Telugu: కళింగము (kaḷiṅgamu)
→ Malay: Keling (see there for descendants)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “कलिङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 262, column 1.

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