अङ्ग

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• aṅga (Latin script)
• 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• অঙ্গ (Bengali script)
• අඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
• အင်္ဂ or ဢင်္ၷ or ဢင်ၷ (Burmese script)
• องฺค or อังคะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩘᨣ (Tai Tham script)
• ອງ຺ຄ or ອັງຄະ (Lao script)
• អង្គ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄋𑄴𑄉 (Chakma script)

Noun

अङ्ग n

1. Devanagari script form of aṅga

Declension

Declension table of "अङ्ग" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	अङ्गं (aṅgaṃ)	अङ्गानि (aṅgāni)
Accusative (second)	अङ्गं (aṅgaṃ)	अङ्गानि (aṅgāni)
Instrumental (third)	अङ्गेन (aṅgena)	अङ्गेहि (aṅgehi) or अङ्गेभि (aṅgebhi)
Dative (fourth)	अङ्गस्स (aṅgassa) or अङ्गाय (aṅgāya) or अङ्गत्थं (aṅgatthaṃ)	अङ्गानं (aṅgānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	अङ्गस्मा (aṅgasmā) or अङ्गम्हा (aṅgamhā) or अङ्गा (aṅgā)	अङ्गेहि (aṅgehi) or अङ्गेभि (aṅgebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	अङ्गस्स (aṅgassa)	अङ्गानं (aṅgānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	अङ्गस्मिं (aṅgasmiṃ) or अङ्गम्हि (aṅgamhi) or अङ्गे (aṅge)	अङ्गेसु (aṅgesu)
Vocative (calling)	अङ्ग (aṅga)	अङ्गानि (aṅgāni)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অঙ্গ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
• অঙ্গ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• အင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
• અઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਙ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂑𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
• អង្គ (Khmer script)
• ອງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
• അങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
• ଅଙ୍ଗ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
• අඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩠 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚎𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
• அங்க³ (Tamil script)
• అఙ్గ (Telugu script)
• องฺค (Thai script)
• ཨ་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨏𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́ŋ.ɡɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐŋ.ɡɐ/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng-

Sanskrit अङ्ग॑ (áṅga)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hángas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hángas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- (“corner”).

Noun

अङ्ग॑ • (áṅga) stem, m (root अङ्ग्)

1. a limb of the body
   1. a mental organ, the mind
2. a limb, member
3. the body
4. a branch, division (e.g. of a science)
   1. (Vedic religion) Vedanga (six auxiliary disciplines connected to the study of the Vedas)
   2. (Jainism) Anga (the twelve sacred texts of the Jain canon)

      Synonym: आगम (āgama)

   3. a subdivision of a मन्त्र (mantra); a government department
5. any subdivision, a supplement
6. (grammar) the stem or base of a word, but in the strong cases only
7. anything inferior or secondary, anything immaterial or unessential
8. (rhetoric) an illustration
9. (drama) the whole of the subordinate characters
10. expedient

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अङ्ग (áṅga)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अङ्गः áṅgaḥ	अङ्गौ / अङ्गा¹ áṅgau / áṅgā¹	अङ्गाः / अङ्गासः¹ áṅgāḥ / áṅgāsaḥ¹
Vocative	अङ्ग áṅga	अङ्गौ / अङ्गा¹ áṅgau / áṅgā¹	अङ्गाः / अङ्गासः¹ áṅgāḥ / áṅgāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अङ्गम् áṅgam	अङ्गौ / अङ्गा¹ áṅgau / áṅgā¹	अङ्गान् áṅgān
Instrumental	अङ्गेन áṅgena	अङ्गाभ्याम् áṅgābhyām	अङ्गैः / अङ्गेभिः¹ áṅgaiḥ / áṅgebhiḥ¹
Dative	अङ्गाय áṅgāya	अङ्गाभ्याम् áṅgābhyām	अङ्गेभ्यः áṅgebhyaḥ
Ablative	अङ्गात् áṅgāt	अङ्गाभ्याम् áṅgābhyām	अङ्गेभ्यः áṅgebhyaḥ
Genitive	अङ्गस्य áṅgasya	अङ्गयोः áṅgayoḥ	अङ्गानाम् áṅgānām
Locative	अङ्गे áṅge	अङ्गयोः áṅgayoḥ	अङ्गेषु áṅgeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga)

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kalasha: oŋg
  • Kashmiri: انگ
• Pali: aṅga
• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀕 (aṃga) (see there for further descendants)

Borrowed terms

• → Hindi: अंग (aṅg)
• → Malay: angka (“numeral”)
  • Indonesian: angka
• → Malayalam: അംഗം (aṅgaṁ)
• → Mongolian: анги (angi, “class, grade, classroom”)
• → Old Javanese: aṅga
  • Javanese: ꦲꦁꦒ (angga)
  • → Balinese: ᬳᬗ᭄ᬕ (angga)
• → Telugu: అంగము (aṅgamu)
• → Tocharian B: ānk

Etymology 2

Uncertain. The traditional derivation from अङ्ग् (aṅg, “to go”) is semantically unappealing. Others connect the word to Old Prussian anga (“whether”).

Particle

अङ्ग • (aṅga)

1. a particle implying attention, assent or desire, and sometimes impatience; it may be rendered by well
2. indeed, true; please; rather; quick

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 7/2-3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 48
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “anga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 6
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 30-1