प्रयाण

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

প্ৰয়াণ (Assamese script)
ᬧ᭄ᬭᬬᬵᬡ (Balinese script)
প্রয়াণ (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰧𑰯𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀬𑀸𑀡 (Brahmi script)
ပြယာဏ (Burmese script)
પ્રયાણ (Gujarati script)
ਪ੍ਰਯਾਣ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌯𑌾𑌣 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦿꦪꦴꦟ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂨𑂰𑂝 (Kaithi script)
ಪ್ರಯಾಣ (Kannada script)
ប្រយាណ (Khmer script)
ປ຺ຣຍາຓ (Lao script)
പ്രയാണ (Malayalam script)
ᢒᡵᠠᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘧𑘰𑘜 (Modi script)
ᢒᠷᠠᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧇𑧑𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐫𑐵𑐞 (Newa script)
ପ୍ରଯାଣ (Odia script)
ꢦ꣄ꢬꢫꢵꢠ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆪𑆳𑆟 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖧𑖯𑖜 (Siddham script)
ප්‍රයාණ (Sinhalese script)
𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩻𑩛𑩪 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚣𑚭𑚘 (Takri script)
ப்ரயாண (Tamil script)
ప్రయాణ (Telugu script)
ปฺรยาณ (Thai script)
པྲ་ཡཱ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒨𑒰𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨪𑨊𑨘 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From प्र- (pra-, “forth, forward”) +‎ यान (yāna, “going, motion”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɾɐ.jɑ́ː.ɳɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /pɾɐˈjɑː.ɳɐ/

Noun

प्रयाण • (prayā́ṇa) stem, n

journey, motion onwards, progress, the act of moving forward
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.46.7:
  इह प्रयाणम्अस्तु वामिन्द्रवायू विमोचनम् ।
  इह वां सोमपीतये ॥
  iha prayāṇamastu vāmindravāyū vimocanam.
  iha vāṃ somapītaye.
  Hither, O Indra and Vāyu, be your journey here unyoke your steeds,
  Here for your draught of Soma juice.
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.81.3:
  यस्य प्रयाणम्अन्वन्य इद्ययुर्देवा देवस्य महिमानमोजसा ।
  यः पार्थिवानि विममे स एतशो रजांसि देवः सविता महित्वना ॥
  yasya prayāṇamanvanya idyayurdevā devasya mahimānamojasā.
  yaḥ pārthivāni vimame sa etaśo rajāṃsi devaḥ savitā mahitvanā.
  He, the God whose going-forth and majesty the other Deities have followed with their might,
  He who hath measured the terrestrial regions out by his great power, he is the Courser Savitar.
setting out, starting, commencement, beginning
the act of going away, departure; death

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of प्रयाण (prayā́ṇa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	प्रयाणम् prayā́ṇam	प्रयाणे prayā́ṇe	प्रयाणानि / प्रयाणा¹ prayā́ṇāni / prayā́ṇā¹
Vocative	प्रयाण práyāṇa	प्रयाणे práyāṇe	प्रयाणानि / प्रयाणा¹ práyāṇāni / práyāṇā¹
Accusative	प्रयाणम् prayā́ṇam	प्रयाणे prayā́ṇe	प्रयाणानि / प्रयाणा¹ prayā́ṇāni / prayā́ṇā¹
Instrumental	प्रयाणेन prayā́ṇena	प्रयाणाभ्याम् prayā́ṇābhyām	प्रयाणैः / प्रयाणेभिः¹ prayā́ṇaiḥ / prayā́ṇebhiḥ¹
Dative	प्रयाणाय prayā́ṇāya	प्रयाणाभ्याम् prayā́ṇābhyām	प्रयाणेभ्यः prayā́ṇebhyaḥ
Ablative	प्रयाणात् prayā́ṇāt	प्रयाणाभ्याम् prayā́ṇābhyām	प्रयाणेभ्यः prayā́ṇebhyaḥ
Genitive	प्रयाणस्य prayā́ṇasya	प्रयाणयोः prayā́ṇayoḥ	प्रयाणानाम् prayā́ṇānām
Locative	प्रयाणे prayā́ṇe	प्रयाणयोः prayā́ṇayoḥ	प्रयाणेषु prayā́ṇeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Prakrit: 𑀧𑀬𑀸𑀡 (payāṇa)
- Central:
  - Eastern Hindi:
    - Old Awadhi: पयान (payān)
  - Western Hindi:
    - Hindi: पयान (payān)
- Eastern:
  - Bengali-Assamese:
    - Assamese: পয়াণ (poyan, “departure, death”)
  - Bihari:
    - Old Maithili: पयान (payān)
- Southern:
  - Marathi: पेणें (peṇẽ)
- Western:
  - Old Gujarati: पीआणउं (pīāṇaüṃ) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-))
    - Gujarati: પિયાણું (piyāṇũ)
- → Kannada: ಪಯಣ (payaṇa)
- → Tamil: பயணம் (payaṇam)
→ Hindi: प्रयाण (prayāṇ)
→ Kannada: ಪ್ರಯಾಣ (prayāṇa)
→ Malayalam: പ്രയാണം (prayāṇaṁ)
→ Marathi: प्रयाण (prayāṇ)
→ Telugu: ప్రయాణము (prayāṇamu)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “प्रयाण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 688/1.

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