gantha 1 masc. (mental) tie; knot; bond ►
gantha 2 nt. (mental) tie; knot; bond ►
gantha 3 masc. book; text; lit. what is tied ►
ganthati pr. binds; fastens; secures ►
masc. (mental) tie; knot; bond [√ganth + a] ✔
| Pāḷi | gantho |
|---|---|
| IPA | /ɡɐnt̪ʰə/ |
| Grammar | masc, from gantheti |
| Root Family | √ganth |
| Root | √ganth･1 a (tie, bind) |
| Construction | √ganth + a |
| Derivative | kita (a) |
| Synonym | bandhana, vinibaddha, saṅga, saṃyoga |
| Variant | gattha |
| Sanskrit | grantha [granth] |
| Sanskrit Root | √granth √grath 1, 7, 9 (tie) |
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taṃ vā'pi ganthaṃ kusalā vadanti,
yaṃ nissito passati hīnam'aññaṃ,
tasmā hi diṭṭhaṃ va sutaṃ mutaṃ vā,
sīlabbataṃ bhikkhu na nissayeyya.
SNP43
paramaṭṭhakasuttaṃ
aṭṭhakavaggo 5
saññāvirattassa na santi ganthā,
paññāvimuttassa na santi mohā,
saññañ'ca diṭṭhiñ'ca ye aggahesuṃ,
te ghaṭṭayantā vicaranti loke'ti.
SNP47
māgaṇḍiyasuttaṃ
aṭṭhakavaggo 9
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gantha ¹ is a masc declension (like dhamma)
| masc sg | masc pl | |
|---|---|---|
| nom | gantho | ganthā ganthāse |
| acc | ganthaṃ | ganthe |
| instr | ganthā ganthena | ganthebhi ganthehi |
| dat | ganthassa ganthāya | ganthānaṃ |
| abl | ganthato ganthamhā ganthasmā ganthā | ganthato ganthebhi ganthehi |
| gen | ganthassa | ganthāna ganthānaṃ |
| loc | ganthamhi ganthasmiṃ ganthe | ganthesu |
| voc | gantha ganthā | ganthā |
| in comps | gantha |
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| agathita | pp | not tied up; not bound; not enslaved | ✔ |
|---|---|---|---|
| aganthaniya | ptp | which does not tend to become tied | ✘ |
| gaṇṭha | masc | tie; knot; bond | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhana | nt | binding; bonding; fastening | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhi ¹ | fem | tie; knot | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhi ² | masc | joint; knot; node; lit. tie | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhi ³ | fem | wooden block | ✘ |
| gaṇṭhikā ¹ | fem | (of wood) knot | ◑ |
| gaṇṭhikā ² | fem | knot; tangle | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhikā ³ | fem | wooden block | ✘ |
| gaṇṭhita | pp | tied; bound; fastened together (with) | ✔ |
| gathita | pp | tied; knotted; bound (by) | ✔ |
| gantha ¹ | masc | (mental) tie; knot; bond | ✔ |
| gantha ² | nt | (mental) tie; knot; bond | ✔ |
| gantha ³ | masc | book; text; lit. what is tied | ✔ |
| ganthati | pr | binds; fastens; secures | ✔ |
| ganthana | nt | knitting, twisting, composition | ✘ |
| ganthaniya | ptp | able to be tied; should be knotted together; lit. to be tied | ◑ |
| ganthamāna | prp | binding; fastening; tying together | ✔ |
| ganthāpeti | pr | causes to tie; makes bundle; causes to string together | ✔ |
| ganthi | fem | tie; knot | ◑ |
| ganthita ¹ | pp | tied; bound; fastened together (with) | ✔ |
| ganthita ² | pp | knitted | ✘ |
| ganthitatta | nt | fact of being bound; fact of being tied | ◑ |
| ganthitvā | abs | having tied; having knotted; having fastened together | ✔ |
| ganthitvāna | abs | having tied; having knotted; having fastened together | ✔ |
| gantheti | pr | ties; bundles; knots; strings together | ✔ |
| ganthetvā ¹ | abs | having tied; having knotted; having fastened together | ◑ |
| ganthetvā ² | abs | having knitted | ✘ |
| ganthetvā ³ | abs | having composed; having formulated; lit. having tied | ✔ |
| ganthenta | prp | tying, binding or fastening together, knitting | ✘ |
| ganthesi | aor | tied, bound or fastened together, knitted | ✘ |
| niggaṇṭhi | adj | free from knots; disentangled | ◑ |
| nighaṇḍu | nt | (especially of the Vedas) vocabulary; glossary; dictionary; lit. free from ties | ✔ |
| sanighaṇḍu | adj | together with the vocabulary; with the glossary; lit. with free from ties | ✔ |
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| ādānagantha | masc | knot of grasping; bond of possession | ✔ |
|---|---|---|---|
| kāyagantha | masc | physical tie; personal bond; lit. body knot | ✔ |
| khuddakagantha | masc | books of the Khuddaka Nikāya; the Minor Collection; lit. small book | ✔ |
| ganthadhura | nt | duty to study; responsibility of learning; lit. text burden | ✔ |
| ganthappamocana | nt | freeing from bonds; liberating from ties | ✔ |
| guḷhagantha | masc | secret text | ✔ |
| catugantha | masc | fourfold tie; four knots | ✔ |
| chinnagantha | adj | who has cut the tie; who has severed the knot | ✔ |
| diṭṭhigantha | masc | knot of views | ◑ |
| mānagantha | masc | bond of ego; knot of conceit; fetter of comparison | ✔ |
| mānaganthābhibhū | adj | defeating the bond of ego; conquering the tie of conceit; vanquishing the knot of comparison | ✔ |
| sabbagantha | masc | all ties; all bonds | ✔ |
| sabbaganthapamocana | adj | freeing one from all bonds; liberating one from all ties | ✔ |
| sabbaganthappamocana ¹ | nt | freeing from all bonds; liberating from all ties | ✔ |
| sabbaganthappamocana ² | adj | freed from all bonds; liberated from all ties | ✔ |
| sabbaganthappahīna | adj | eliminated all ties; abandoned all bonds | ◑ |
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Frequency of gantha 1 and its declensions
| CST | BJT | SYA | MST | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | A | Ṭ | M | A | M | A | M | |||||
| Vinaya | ||||||||||||
| Pārājika | 0 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Pācittiya | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Mahāvagga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cūḷavagga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Parivāra | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Sutta | ||||||||||||
| Dīgha | 3 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Majjhima | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Saṃyutta | 15 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| Aṅguttara | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Khuddaka 1 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 23 | 8 | |||||
| Khuddaka 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 1 | |||||
| Khuddaka 3 | 53 | 29 | 9 | 56 | 29 | 37 | 26 | 53 | ||||
| Abhidhamma | ||||||||||||
| Dhammasaṅgaṇī | 46 | 11 | 62 | 46 | 6 | 27 | 11 | 46 | ||||
| Vibhaṅga | 102 | 102 | 1 | 102 | 101 | |||||||
| Dhātukathā | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | |||||||
| Puggalapaññatti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Kathāvatthu | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Yamaka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Paṭṭhāna | 332 | 572 | 2 | 210 | 332 | |||||||
| Aññā | ||||||||||||
| Visuddhimagga | 6 | 33 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||
| Leḍī Sayāḍo | 18 | |||||||||||
| Buddhavandanā | 0 | |||||||||||
| Vaṃsa | 214 | |||||||||||
| Byākaraṇa | 63 | |||||||||||
| Pucchavissajjanā | 0 | |||||||||||
| Nīti | 13 | |||||||||||
| Pakiṇṇaka | 8 | |||||||||||
| Sihaḷa | 4 | |||||||||||
CST: Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana Tipiṭaka (Myanmar)
BJT: Buddha Jayanti Tipiṭaka (Sri Lanka)
SYA: Syāmaraṭṭha 1927 Royal Edition (Thailand)
MST: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Sutta Central)
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nt. (mental) tie; knot; bond [√ganth + a] ✔
| Pāḷi | ganthaṃ |
|---|---|
| IPA | /ɡɐnt̪ʰə/ |
| Grammar | nt, from gantheti |
| Root Family | √ganth |
| Root | √ganth･1 a (tie, bind) |
| Construction | √ganth + a |
| Derivative | kita (a) |
| Synonym | bandhana, vinibaddha, saṅga, saṃyoga |
| Variant | gattha |
| Commentary | (NIDD1) ganthā'ti cattāro ganthā, abhijjhā kāyagantho, byāpādo kāyagantho, sīlabbataparāmāso kāyagantho, idaṃsacc'ābhiniveso kāyagantho. attano diṭṭhiyā rāgo abhijjhā kāyagantho, paravādesu āghāto appaccayo byāpādo kāyagantho, attano sīlaṃ vā vataṃ vā sīlabbataṃ vā parāmasati sīlabbataparāmāso kāyagantho, attano diṭṭhiṃ abhiniveso kāyagantho idaṃsacc'ābhiniveso kāyagantho. |
| Sanskrit | grantha [granth] |
| Sanskrit Root | √granth √grath 1, 7, 9 (tie) |
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vissajja ganthāni mun'īdha loke,
vivādajātesu na vaggasārī,
santo asantesu upekkhako so,
anuggaho uggahaṇanti m'aññe.
SNP51 mahābyūhasuttaṃ
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gantha ² is a nt declension (like citta)
| neut sg | neut pl | |
|---|---|---|
| nom | ganthaṃ | ganthā ganthāni |
| acc | ganthaṃ | ganthāni ganthe |
| instr | ganthā ganthena | ganthebhi ganthehi |
| dat | ganthassa ganthāya | ganthānaṃ |
| abl | ganthato ganthamhā ganthasmā ganthā | ganthebhi ganthehi |
| gen | ganthassa | ganthāna ganthānaṃ |
| loc | ganthamhi ganthasmiṃ ganthe | ganthesu |
| voc | gantha ganthaṃ ganthā | ganthā ganthāni |
| in comps | gantha |
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35 words belong to the root family √ganth (tie, bind)
| agathita | pp | not tied up; not bound; not enslaved | ✔ |
|---|---|---|---|
| aganthaniya | ptp | which does not tend to become tied | ✘ |
| gaṇṭha | masc | tie; knot; bond | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhana | nt | binding; bonding; fastening | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhi ¹ | fem | tie; knot | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhi ² | masc | joint; knot; node; lit. tie | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhi ³ | fem | wooden block | ✘ |
| gaṇṭhikā ¹ | fem | (of wood) knot | ◑ |
| gaṇṭhikā ² | fem | knot; tangle | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhikā ³ | fem | wooden block | ✘ |
| gaṇṭhita | pp | tied; bound; fastened together (with) | ✔ |
| gathita | pp | tied; knotted; bound (by) | ✔ |
| gantha ¹ | masc | (mental) tie; knot; bond | ✔ |
| gantha ² | nt | (mental) tie; knot; bond | ✔ |
| gantha ³ | masc | book; text; lit. what is tied | ✔ |
| ganthati | pr | binds; fastens; secures | ✔ |
| ganthana | nt | knitting, twisting, composition | ✘ |
| ganthaniya | ptp | able to be tied; should be knotted together; lit. to be tied | ◑ |
| ganthamāna | prp | binding; fastening; tying together | ✔ |
| ganthāpeti | pr | causes to tie; makes bundle; causes to string together | ✔ |
| ganthi | fem | tie; knot | ◑ |
| ganthita ¹ | pp | tied; bound; fastened together (with) | ✔ |
| ganthita ² | pp | knitted | ✘ |
| ganthitatta | nt | fact of being bound; fact of being tied | ◑ |
| ganthitvā | abs | having tied; having knotted; having fastened together | ✔ |
| ganthitvāna | abs | having tied; having knotted; having fastened together | ✔ |
| gantheti | pr | ties; bundles; knots; strings together | ✔ |
| ganthetvā ¹ | abs | having tied; having knotted; having fastened together | ◑ |
| ganthetvā ² | abs | having knitted | ✘ |
| ganthetvā ³ | abs | having composed; having formulated; lit. having tied | ✔ |
| ganthenta | prp | tying, binding or fastening together, knitting | ✘ |
| ganthesi | aor | tied, bound or fastened together, knitted | ✘ |
| niggaṇṭhi | adj | free from knots; disentangled | ◑ |
| nighaṇḍu | nt | (especially of the Vedas) vocabulary; glossary; dictionary; lit. free from ties | ✔ |
| sanighaṇḍu | adj | together with the vocabulary; with the glossary; lit. with free from ties | ✔ |
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16 compounds which contains gantha
| ādānagantha | masc | knot of grasping; bond of possession | ✔ |
|---|---|---|---|
| kāyagantha | masc | physical tie; personal bond; lit. body knot | ✔ |
| khuddakagantha | masc | books of the Khuddaka Nikāya; the Minor Collection; lit. small book | ✔ |
| ganthadhura | nt | duty to study; responsibility of learning; lit. text burden | ✔ |
| ganthappamocana | nt | freeing from bonds; liberating from ties | ✔ |
| guḷhagantha | masc | secret text | ✔ |
| catugantha | masc | fourfold tie; four knots | ✔ |
| chinnagantha | adj | who has cut the tie; who has severed the knot | ✔ |
| diṭṭhigantha | masc | knot of views | ◑ |
| mānagantha | masc | bond of ego; knot of conceit; fetter of comparison | ✔ |
| mānaganthābhibhū | adj | defeating the bond of ego; conquering the tie of conceit; vanquishing the knot of comparison | ✔ |
| sabbagantha | masc | all ties; all bonds | ✔ |
| sabbaganthapamocana | adj | freeing one from all bonds; liberating one from all ties | ✔ |
| sabbaganthappamocana ¹ | nt | freeing from all bonds; liberating from all ties | ✔ |
| sabbaganthappamocana ² | adj | freed from all bonds; liberated from all ties | ✔ |
| sabbaganthappahīna | adj | eliminated all ties; abandoned all bonds | ◑ |
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Frequency of gantha 2 and its declensions
| CST | BJT | SYA | MST | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | A | Ṭ | M | A | M | A | M | |||||
| Vinaya | ||||||||||||
| Pārājika | 0 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Pācittiya | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Mahāvagga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cūḷavagga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Parivāra | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Sutta | ||||||||||||
| Dīgha | 3 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Majjhima | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Saṃyutta | 15 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 14 | ||||
| Aṅguttara | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Khuddaka 1 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 23 | 9 | |||||
| Khuddaka 2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 1 | |||||
| Khuddaka 3 | 48 | 25 | 9 | 48 | 25 | 36 | 22 | 48 | ||||
| Abhidhamma | ||||||||||||
| Dhammasaṅgaṇī | 39 | 11 | 55 | 39 | 6 | 20 | 11 | 39 | ||||
| Vibhaṅga | 40 | 43 | 1 | 41 | 40 | |||||||
| Dhātukathā | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | |||||||
| Puggalapaññatti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Kathāvatthu | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Yamaka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Paṭṭhāna | 225 | 365 | 2 | 157 | 225 | |||||||
| Aññā | ||||||||||||
| Visuddhimagga | 3 | 22 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Leḍī Sayāḍo | 17 | |||||||||||
| Buddhavandanā | 0 | |||||||||||
| Vaṃsa | 143 | |||||||||||
| Byākaraṇa | 44 | |||||||||||
| Pucchavissajjanā | 0 | |||||||||||
| Nīti | 10 | |||||||||||
| Pakiṇṇaka | 4 | |||||||||||
| Sihaḷa | 4 | |||||||||||
CST: Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana Tipiṭaka (Myanmar)
BJT: Buddha Jayanti Tipiṭaka (Sri Lanka)
SYA: Syāmaraṭṭha 1927 Royal Edition (Thailand)
MST: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Sutta Central)
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masc. book; text; lit. what is tied [√ganth + a] ✔
| Pāḷi | gantho |
|---|---|
| IPA | /ɡɐnt̪ʰə/ |
| Grammar | masc, from gantheti |
| Root Family | √ganth |
| Root | √ganth･1 a (tie, bind) |
| Construction | √ganth + a |
| Derivative | kita (a) |
| Synonym | potthaka |
| Commentary | (DNa) ganthe karontā'ti tayo vede abhisaṅkharontā c'eva vācentā ca. |
| Sanskrit | grantha [granth] |
| Sanskrit Root | √granth √grath 1, 7, 9 (tie) |
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tesaṃ'y'eva kho, vāseṭṭha, sattānaṃ ekacce sattā araññ'āyatane paṇṇakuṭīsu taṃ jhānaṃ anabhisambhuṇamānā gāmasāmantaṃ nigamasāmantaṃ osaritvā ganthe karontā acchanti.
DN27 aggaññasuttaṃ, brāhmaṇamaṇḍalaṃ
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gantha ³ is a masc declension (like dhamma)
| masc sg | masc pl | |
|---|---|---|
| nom | gantho | ganthā ganthāse |
| acc | ganthaṃ | ganthe |
| instr | ganthā ganthena | ganthebhi ganthehi |
| dat | ganthassa ganthāya | ganthānaṃ |
| abl | ganthato ganthamhā ganthasmā ganthā | ganthato ganthebhi ganthehi |
| gen | ganthassa | ganthāna ganthānaṃ |
| loc | ganthamhi ganthasmiṃ ganthe | ganthesu |
| voc | gantha ganthā | ganthā |
| in comps | gantha |
Inflections not found in the Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana corpus, or within processed sandhi compounds are grayed out. They might still occur elsewhere, within compounds or in other versions of the Pāḷi texts.
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| agathita | pp | not tied up; not bound; not enslaved | ✔ |
|---|---|---|---|
| aganthaniya | ptp | which does not tend to become tied | ✘ |
| gaṇṭha | masc | tie; knot; bond | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhana | nt | binding; bonding; fastening | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhi ¹ | fem | tie; knot | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhi ² | masc | joint; knot; node; lit. tie | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhi ³ | fem | wooden block | ✘ |
| gaṇṭhikā ¹ | fem | (of wood) knot | ◑ |
| gaṇṭhikā ² | fem | knot; tangle | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhikā ³ | fem | wooden block | ✘ |
| gaṇṭhita | pp | tied; bound; fastened together (with) | ✔ |
| gathita | pp | tied; knotted; bound (by) | ✔ |
| gantha ¹ | masc | (mental) tie; knot; bond | ✔ |
| gantha ² | nt | (mental) tie; knot; bond | ✔ |
| gantha ³ | masc | book; text; lit. what is tied | ✔ |
| ganthati | pr | binds; fastens; secures | ✔ |
| ganthana | nt | knitting, twisting, composition | ✘ |
| ganthaniya | ptp | able to be tied; should be knotted together; lit. to be tied | ◑ |
| ganthamāna | prp | binding; fastening; tying together | ✔ |
| ganthāpeti | pr | causes to tie; makes bundle; causes to string together | ✔ |
| ganthi | fem | tie; knot | ◑ |
| ganthita ¹ | pp | tied; bound; fastened together (with) | ✔ |
| ganthita ² | pp | knitted | ✘ |
| ganthitatta | nt | fact of being bound; fact of being tied | ◑ |
| ganthitvā | abs | having tied; having knotted; having fastened together | ✔ |
| ganthitvāna | abs | having tied; having knotted; having fastened together | ✔ |
| gantheti | pr | ties; bundles; knots; strings together | ✔ |
| ganthetvā ¹ | abs | having tied; having knotted; having fastened together | ◑ |
| ganthetvā ² | abs | having knitted | ✘ |
| ganthetvā ³ | abs | having composed; having formulated; lit. having tied | ✔ |
| ganthenta | prp | tying, binding or fastening together, knitting | ✘ |
| ganthesi | aor | tied, bound or fastened together, knitted | ✘ |
| niggaṇṭhi | adj | free from knots; disentangled | ◑ |
| nighaṇḍu | nt | (especially of the Vedas) vocabulary; glossary; dictionary; lit. free from ties | ✔ |
| sanighaṇḍu | adj | together with the vocabulary; with the glossary; lit. with free from ties | ✔ |
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16 compounds which contains gantha
| ādānagantha | masc | knot of grasping; bond of possession | ✔ |
|---|---|---|---|
| kāyagantha | masc | physical tie; personal bond; lit. body knot | ✔ |
| khuddakagantha | masc | books of the Khuddaka Nikāya; the Minor Collection; lit. small book | ✔ |
| ganthadhura | nt | duty to study; responsibility of learning; lit. text burden | ✔ |
| ganthappamocana | nt | freeing from bonds; liberating from ties | ✔ |
| guḷhagantha | masc | secret text | ✔ |
| catugantha | masc | fourfold tie; four knots | ✔ |
| chinnagantha | adj | who has cut the tie; who has severed the knot | ✔ |
| diṭṭhigantha | masc | knot of views | ◑ |
| mānagantha | masc | bond of ego; knot of conceit; fetter of comparison | ✔ |
| mānaganthābhibhū | adj | defeating the bond of ego; conquering the tie of conceit; vanquishing the knot of comparison | ✔ |
| sabbagantha | masc | all ties; all bonds | ✔ |
| sabbaganthapamocana | adj | freeing one from all bonds; liberating one from all ties | ✔ |
| sabbaganthappamocana ¹ | nt | freeing from all bonds; liberating from all ties | ✔ |
| sabbaganthappamocana ² | adj | freed from all bonds; liberated from all ties | ✔ |
| sabbaganthappahīna | adj | eliminated all ties; abandoned all bonds | ◑ |
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Frequency of gantha 3 and its declensions
| CST | BJT | SYA | MST | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | A | Ṭ | M | A | M | A | M | |||||
| Vinaya | ||||||||||||
| Pārājika | 0 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Pācittiya | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Mahāvagga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cūḷavagga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Parivāra | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Sutta | ||||||||||||
| Dīgha | 3 | 5 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Majjhima | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Saṃyutta | 15 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | ||||
| Aṅguttara | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Khuddaka 1 | 8 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 23 | 8 | |||||
| Khuddaka 2 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 1 | |||||
| Khuddaka 3 | 53 | 29 | 9 | 56 | 29 | 37 | 26 | 53 | ||||
| Abhidhamma | ||||||||||||
| Dhammasaṅgaṇī | 46 | 11 | 62 | 46 | 6 | 27 | 11 | 46 | ||||
| Vibhaṅga | 102 | 102 | 1 | 102 | 101 | |||||||
| Dhātukathā | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 10 | |||||||
| Puggalapaññatti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Kathāvatthu | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Yamaka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Paṭṭhāna | 332 | 572 | 2 | 210 | 332 | |||||||
| Aññā | ||||||||||||
| Visuddhimagga | 6 | 33 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||
| Leḍī Sayāḍo | 18 | |||||||||||
| Buddhavandanā | 0 | |||||||||||
| Vaṃsa | 214 | |||||||||||
| Byākaraṇa | 63 | |||||||||||
| Pucchavissajjanā | 0 | |||||||||||
| Nīti | 13 | |||||||||||
| Pakiṇṇaka | 8 | |||||||||||
| Sihaḷa | 4 | |||||||||||
CST: Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana Tipiṭaka (Myanmar)
BJT: Buddha Jayanti Tipiṭaka (Sri Lanka)
SYA: Syāmaraṭṭha 1927 Royal Edition (Thailand)
MST: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Sutta Central)
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pr. (+acc) binds; fastens; secures [√ganth + a + ti] ✔
| Pāḷi | ganthati |
|---|---|
| IPA | /ɡɐnt̪ʰɐt̪i/ |
| Grammar | pr, trans (+acc) |
| Root Family | √ganth |
| Root | √ganth･1 a (tie, bind) |
| Base | √ganth + a > gantha (irreg) |
| Construction | gantha + ti |
| Synonym | nibandhati |
| Commentary |
(DNa) sa ve mittāni ganthatī'ti so evaṃ vibhajanto mittāni ganthati nāma abhejjamānāni ṭhapeti. yassa hi bhogā santi, so eva mitte ṭhapetuṃ sakkoti, na itaro. (SNPa) yaṃkiñci icchitapatthitaṃ dadanto mittāni ganthati, sampādeti karotī'ti attho. duddadaṃ vā dadaṃ ganthati, dānamukhena vā cattāri'pi saṅgahavatthūni gahitānī'ti veditabbāni. tehi mittāni karotī'ti vuttaṃ hoti. |
| Sanskrit | granthati, grathnāti, grathati [granth] |
| Sanskrit Root | √granth √grath 1, 7, 9 (tie) |
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evaṃ bhoge samāhatvā,
alam'atto kule gihī,
catudhā vibhaje bhoge,
sa ve mittāni ganthati.
DN31 siṅgālasuttaṃ
patirūpakārī dhuravā,
uṭṭhātā vindate dhanaṃ,
saccena kittiṃ pappoti,
dadaṃ mittāni ganthati.
SNP10 āḷavakasuttaṃ
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ganthati is ati pr conjugation (like bhavati)
| sg | pl | reflexive sg | reflexive pl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pr 3rd | ganthati | ganthanti | ganthate | ganthante ganthare |
| pr 2nd | ganthasi | ganthatha | ganthase | ganthavhe |
| pr 1st | ganthāmi | ganthāma | ganthe | ganthamhase ganthāmhe |
| imp 3rd | ganthatu | ganthantu | ganthataṃ | ganthantaṃ gantharuṃ |
| imp 2nd | gantha ganthāsi ganthāhi | ganthatha | ganthassu | ganthavho |
| imp 1st | ganthāmi | ganthāma | ganthe | ganthāmase |
| opt 3rd | ganthe gantheyya | gantheyyu gantheyyuṃ | ganthetha | gantheraṃ |
| opt 2nd | ganthe gantheyyāsi | ganthetha gantheyyātha | ganthetho gantheyyātho | gantheyyavho gantheyyāvho |
| opt 1st | ganthe gantheyyāmi | ganthema ganthemu gantheyyāma | gantheyyaṃ | ganthemase gantheyyāmhe |
| fut 3rd | ganthissati | ganthissanti | ganthissate | ganthissante ganthissare |
| fut 2nd | ganthissasi | ganthissatha | ganthissase | ganthissavhe |
| fut 1st | ganthissāmi | ganthissāma | ganthissaṃ | ganthissāmase ganthissāmhe |
Inflections not found in the Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana corpus, or within processed sandhi compounds are grayed out. They might still occur elsewhere, within compounds or in other versions of the Pāḷi texts.
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35 words belong to the root family √ganth (tie, bind)
| agathita | pp | not tied up; not bound; not enslaved | ✔ |
|---|---|---|---|
| aganthaniya | ptp | which does not tend to become tied | ✘ |
| gaṇṭha | masc | tie; knot; bond | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhana | nt | binding; bonding; fastening | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhi ¹ | fem | tie; knot | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhi ² | masc | joint; knot; node; lit. tie | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhi ³ | fem | wooden block | ✘ |
| gaṇṭhikā ¹ | fem | (of wood) knot | ◑ |
| gaṇṭhikā ² | fem | knot; tangle | ✔ |
| gaṇṭhikā ³ | fem | wooden block | ✘ |
| gaṇṭhita | pp | tied; bound; fastened together (with) | ✔ |
| gathita | pp | tied; knotted; bound (by) | ✔ |
| gantha ¹ | masc | (mental) tie; knot; bond | ✔ |
| gantha ² | nt | (mental) tie; knot; bond | ✔ |
| gantha ³ | masc | book; text; lit. what is tied | ✔ |
| ganthati | pr | binds; fastens; secures | ✔ |
| ganthana | nt | knitting, twisting, composition | ✘ |
| ganthaniya | ptp | able to be tied; should be knotted together; lit. to be tied | ◑ |
| ganthamāna | prp | binding; fastening; tying together | ✔ |
| ganthāpeti | pr | causes to tie; makes bundle; causes to string together | ✔ |
| ganthi | fem | tie; knot | ◑ |
| ganthita ¹ | pp | tied; bound; fastened together (with) | ✔ |
| ganthita ² | pp | knitted | ✘ |
| ganthitatta | nt | fact of being bound; fact of being tied | ◑ |
| ganthitvā | abs | having tied; having knotted; having fastened together | ✔ |
| ganthitvāna | abs | having tied; having knotted; having fastened together | ✔ |
| gantheti | pr | ties; bundles; knots; strings together | ✔ |
| ganthetvā ¹ | abs | having tied; having knotted; having fastened together | ◑ |
| ganthetvā ² | abs | having knitted | ✘ |
| ganthetvā ³ | abs | having composed; having formulated; lit. having tied | ✔ |
| ganthenta | prp | tying, binding or fastening together, knitting | ✘ |
| ganthesi | aor | tied, bound or fastened together, knitted | ✘ |
| niggaṇṭhi | adj | free from knots; disentangled | ◑ |
| nighaṇḍu | nt | (especially of the Vedas) vocabulary; glossary; dictionary; lit. free from ties | ✔ |
| sanighaṇḍu | adj | together with the vocabulary; with the glossary; lit. with free from ties | ✔ |
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Frequency of ganthati and its conjugations
| CST | BJT | SYA | MST | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | A | Ṭ | M | A | M | A | M | |||||
| Vinaya | ||||||||||||
| Pārājika | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Pācittiya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Mahāvagga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Cūḷavagga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Parivāra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Sutta | ||||||||||||
| Dīgha | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | ||||
| Majjhima | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Saṃyutta | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||||
| Aṅguttara | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Khuddaka 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | |||||
| Khuddaka 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Khuddaka 3 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 21 | ||||
| Abhidhamma | ||||||||||||
| Dhammasaṅgaṇī | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Vibhaṅga | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| Dhātukathā | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Puggalapaññatti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Kathāvatthu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Yamaka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Paṭṭhāna | 27 | 47 | 0 | 20 | 27 | |||||||
| Aññā | ||||||||||||
| Visuddhimagga | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Leḍī Sayāḍo | 10 | |||||||||||
| Buddhavandanā | 1 | |||||||||||
| Vaṃsa | 27 | |||||||||||
| Byākaraṇa | 28 | |||||||||||
| Pucchavissajjanā | 4 | |||||||||||
| Nīti | 3 | |||||||||||
| Pakiṇṇaka | 2 | |||||||||||
| Sihaḷa | 0 | |||||||||||
CST: Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana Tipiṭaka (Myanmar)
BJT: Buddha Jayanti Tipiṭaka (Sri Lanka)
SYA: Syāmaraṭṭha 1927 Royal Edition (Thailand)
MST: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Sutta Central)
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| pos | grammar | word | |
|---|---|---|---|
| noun | masc voc sg | of | gantha |
| noun | nt voc sg | of | gantha |
| verb | imp 2nd sg | of | ganthati |
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