पल्य

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. The original meaning is either "size, measure" (for which compare especially पल (pala, “a measure of weight”)), or "skin, leather" (for which compare Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla, “bowl”), पालवी (pālavī, “a kind of vessel”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

पल्य • (palya) stem, n

  1. a sack for corn (probably containing a certain measure)
  2. a particularly high number

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of पल्य (palya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पल्यम्
palyam
पल्ये
palye
पल्यानि / पल्या¹
palyāni / palyā¹
Vocative पल्य
palya
पल्ये
palye
पल्यानि / पल्या¹
palyāni / palyā¹
Accusative पल्यम्
palyam
पल्ये
palye
पल्यानि / पल्या¹
palyāni / palyā¹
Instrumental पल्येन
palyena
पल्याभ्याम्
palyābhyām
पल्यैः / पल्येभिः¹
palyaiḥ / palyebhiḥ¹
Dative पल्याय
palyāya
पल्याभ्याम्
palyābhyām
पल्येभ्यः
palyebhyaḥ
Ablative पल्यात्
palyāt
पल्याभ्याम्
palyābhyām
पल्येभ्यः
palyebhyaḥ
Genitive पल्यस्य
palyasya
पल्ययोः
palyayoḥ
पल्यानाम्
palyānām
Locative पल्ये
palye
पल्ययोः
palyayoḥ
पल्येषु
palyeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “पल्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 609/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 104
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 235
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