स्थूणा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬲ᭄ᬣᬹᬡᬵ (Balinese script)
  • স্থূণা (Assamese script)
  • স্থূণা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰭𑰿𑰞𑰳𑰜𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀲𑁆𑀣𑀽𑀡𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌸𑍍𑌥𑍂𑌣𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • સ્થૂણા (Gujarati script)
  • ਸੑਥੂਣਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦱ꧀ꦡꦹꦟꦴ (Javanese script)
  • ស្ថូណា (Khmer script)
  • ಸ್ಥೂಣಾ (Kannada script)
  • ສ຺ຖູຓາ (Lao script)
  • സ്ഥൂണാ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘭𑘿𑘞𑘴𑘜𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᠰᠲᠤᠤᢏᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠰᡨᡠᡠᢏᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • သ္ထူဏာ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧍𑧠𑦾𑧕𑦼𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐳𑑂𑐠𑐹𑐞𑐵 (Newa script)
  • ସ୍ଥୂଣା (Odia script)
  • ꢱ꣄ꢢꢹꢠꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆱𑇀𑆡𑆷𑆟𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖭𑖿𑖞𑖳𑖜𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • ස‍්ථූණා (Sinhalese script)
  • ஸ்த²ூணா (Tamil script)
  • స్థూణా (Telugu script)
  • สฺถูณา (Thai script)
  • སྠཱུ་ཎཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒮𑓂𑒟𑒴𑒝𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *stʰuHnáH (“pillar”), from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂-uh₂-néh₂, from *steh₂- (“to stand”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬏𐬥𐬀‎ (stūna), Persian ستون‎ (sotun, “pillar”).

Pronunciation

Noun

स्थूणा • (sthū́ṇā) stem, f

  1. column, pillar
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.59.1:
      वैश्वानर नाभिरसि क्षितीनां स्थूणेव जनाँ उपमिद्ययन्थ ॥
      vaiśvānara nābhirasi kṣitīnāṃ sthūṇeva janām̐ upamidyayantha .
      Centre art thou, Vaiśvānara, of the settlements of people, sustaining men like a deep-founded pillar.

Declension

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Descendants
  • Pali: thūṇā
  • Prakrit: 𑀣𑀽𑀡𑀸 (thūṇā)
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