# ग्रन्थ
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɡɾənt̪ʰ/, [ɡɾɐ̃n̪t̪ʰ]

### Noun

ग्रन्थ • (granth) m
* Alternative spelling of ग्रंथ (granth)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* গ্ৰন্থ (Assamese script)
* ᬕ᭄ᬭᬦ᭄ᬣ (Balinese script)
* গ্রন্থ (Bengali script)
* 𑰐𑰿𑰨𑰡𑰿𑰞 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀦𑁆𑀣 (Brahmi script)
* ဂြန္ထ (Burmese script)
* ગ્રન્થ (Gujarati script)
* ਗ੍ਰਨ੍ਥ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌗𑍍𑌰𑌨𑍍𑌥 (Grantha script)
* ꦒꦿꦤ꧀ꦡ (Javanese script)
* 𑂏𑂹𑂩𑂢𑂹𑂟 (Kaithi script)
* ಗ್ರನ್ಥ (Kannada script)
* គ្រន្ថ (Khmer script)
* ຄ຺ຣນ຺ຖ (Lao script)
* ഗ്രന്ഥ (Malayalam script)
* ᡤᡵᠠᠨᡨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘐𑘿𑘨𑘡𑘿𑘞 (Modi script)
* ᠺᠷᠠᠨᠲᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦰𑧠𑧈𑧁𑧠𑦾 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐐𑑂𑐬𑐣𑑂𑐠 (Newa script)
* ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥ (Odia script)
* ꢔ꣄ꢬꢥ꣄ꢢ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆓𑇀𑆫𑆤𑇀𑆡 (Sharada script)
* 𑖐𑖿𑖨𑖡𑖿𑖞 (Siddham script)
* ග්‍රන්‍ථ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩞 𑪙𑩼𑩯 𑪙𑩬 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚌𑚶𑚤𑚝𑚶𑚚 (Takri script)
* க்³ரந்த² (Tamil script)
* గ్రన్థ (Telugu script)
* คฺรนฺถ (Thai script)
* གྲ་ནྠ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒑𑓂𑒩𑒢𑓂𑒟 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨍𑩇𑨫𑨝𑩇𑨚 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root ग्रन्थ् (granth, “to tie together”). Possibly cognate with English cart, crate and cradle.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɡɾɐn.tʰɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɡɾɐn̪.t̪ʰɐ/

### Noun

ग्रन्थ • (grantha) stem, m
* tying, binding, stringing together
* = ग्रन्थि (granthí), a knot
* honeycomb
* an artificial arrangement of words, (especially of 32 syllables = श्लोक (śloka)), verse, composition, treatise, literary production, book in prose or verse, text (opposed to अर्थ (artha, “meaning”))
* verse
* composition, treatise, literary production, book in prose or verse, text
* a section
* Guru Granth Sahib, the book or sacred scriptures of the Sikhs containing short moral poems by Nanak Shah and others
* wealth, property

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: گَنڈ (ganḍ)
* Pali: gantha
* Prakrit: 𑀕𑀀𑀣 (gam̐tha)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Hindustani: gath
***** Hindi: गथ
***** Urdu: گَتھ (gath)
**** Old Gujarati:
***** Marwari: गंझोड़ो (gañjhoṛo)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: গঁথা (gõtha)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Central Pahari:
***** Garhwali: गाँठु (gā̃ṭhu)
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Sinhalese: ගත (gata)
** Western:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Old Punjabi: ਗੱਥੁ (gatthu)
****** Punjabi: gath
    Gurmukhi script: ਗਥ
    Shahmukhi script: گَتھ
**** Vracada Apabhramsa:
***** Sindhi: g̠aṇḍhu, g̠aṇḍho
    Arabic script: ڳَڻڍُ, ڳَڻڍو
    Devanagari script: ॻंढु, ॻंढो
* → Assamese: গ্ৰন্থ (grontho)
* → Hindi: ग्रन्थ (granth)
* → Dhivehi: ގުރަނދަ (guraⁿda) (learned)
* → Middle Chinese: 伽蘭他 (MC gja lan tha)
* → Malayalam: ഗ്രന്ഥം (granthaṁ)
* → Marathi: ग्रन्थ (grantha)
* → Tamil: கிரந்தம் (kirantam)
** → English: Grantha
* → Telugu: గ్రంథము (granthamu)
* Nusantaro-Maharlikan:
* Malay:
** Unspecified script: 𑼔𑽂𑼬𑼥𑽂𑼢
** Latin script: Grantha
** Arabic script: ڬرنتا
*** → Indonesian: Grantha
* → Javanese: ꦒꦿꦤ꧀ꦡ (granța)
* → Balinese: ᬕ᭄ᬭᬦ᭄ᬣ
* → Sundanese: ᮌᮢᮔ᮪ᮒ (granta)
* → Tocharian A: granth (learned)
* → Tocharian B: krānt (learned)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “ग्रन्थ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0371/1.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “grantha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 233