रचन
See also: रचना and रचाना
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৰচন (Assamese script)
- ᬭᬘᬦ (Balinese script)
- রচন (Bengali script)
- 𑰨𑰓𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀭𑀘𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- ရစန (Burmese script)
- રચન (Gujarati script)
- ਰਚਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌰𑌚𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦫꦕꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂒𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ರಚನ (Kannada script)
- រចន (Khmer script)
- ຣຈນ (Lao script)
- രചന (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᠠᢜᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘨𑘓𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠠᢋᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧈𑦳𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐬𑐔𑐣 (Newa script)
- ରଚନ (Odia script)
- ꢬꢗꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆫𑆖𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖨𑖓𑖡 (Siddham script)
- රචන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩼𑩡𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚤𑚏𑚝 (Takri script)
- ரசந (Tamil script)
- రచన (Telugu script)
- รจน (Thai script)
- ར་ཙ་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒩𑒔𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨣𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From रच् (rac).
Noun
रचन • (racana) stem, n
- the act of making, forming, arranging, preparing, composing Kāv.
- mostly f( आ). arrangement, disposition, management, accomplishment, performance, preparation, production, fabrication MBh. Kāv. &c.
- a literary production, work, composition VarBṛS. Sāh.
- style Sāh.
- putting on, wearing (of a garment) Mṛicch.
- arrangement (of troops), array Pañcat.
- contrivance, invention Kathās. BhP.
- a creation of the mind, artificial image Jaim.
- fixing the feathers on an arrow L.
- dressing the hair (cf. केश-र्°) L.
- stringing flowers or garlands W. (often ifc. with concrete meaning e.g. निवास-रेचना, a building Mṛicch. ; गीति-रचना, a song Rājat. ; कूट-रचना, an artifice, trick Kathās. ; accord. to L. also = परि-स्पन्द or परि-स्यन्द, प्रति-यत्न, ग्रन्थन, गुम्फ, व्यूह, निवेश, स्थिति ; also = पाश, भार &c., abundance, quantity ifc. after a word meaning ‘hair’ ; cf. Pāṇ. 2-3, 44 Sch.)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | रचनम् (racanam) | रचने (racane) | रचनानि (racanāni) रचना¹ (racanā¹) |
| accusative | रचनम् (racanam) | रचने (racane) | रचनानि (racanāni) रचना¹ (racanā¹) |
| instrumental | रचनेन (racanena) | रचनाभ्याम् (racanābhyām) | रचनैः (racanaiḥ) रचनेभिः¹ (racanebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | रचनाय (racanāya) | रचनाभ्याम् (racanābhyām) | रचनेभ्यः (racanebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | रचनात् (racanāt) | रचनाभ्याम् (racanābhyām) | रचनेभ्यः (racanebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | रचनस्य (racanasya) | रचनयोः (racanayoḥ) | रचनानाम् (racanānām) |
| locative | रचने (racane) | रचनयोः (racanayoḥ) | रचनेषु (racaneṣu) |
| vocative | रचन (racana) | रचने (racane) | रचनानि (racanāni) रचना¹ (racanā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “रचन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 860/3.