# पाण्डु
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পাণ্ডু (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬵᬡ᭄ᬟᬸ (Balinese script)
* পাণ্ডু (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰯𑰜𑰿𑰚𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑁆𑀟𑀼 (Brahmi script)
* ပါဏ္ဍု (Burmese script)
* પાણ્ડુ (Gujarati script)
* ਪਾਣ੍ਡੁ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌡𑍁 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦴꦟ꧀ꦝꦸ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂰𑂝𑂹𑂙𑂳 (Kaithi script)
* ಪಾಣ್ಡು (Kannada script)
* បាណ្ឌុ (Khmer script)
* ປາຓ຺ຑຸ (Lao script)
* പാണ്ഡു (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢏᡷᡠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘰𑘜𑘿𑘚𑘳 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠠᢗᢏᢎᠤ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑧑𑦼𑧠𑦺𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐵𑐞𑑂𑐜𑐸 (Newa script)
* ପାଣ୍ଡୁ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢵꢠ꣄ꢞꢸ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆳𑆟𑇀𑆝𑆶 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖯𑖜𑖿𑖚𑖲 (Siddham script)
* පාණ‍්ඩු (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩛𑩪 𑪙𑩨𑩒 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚭𑚘𑚶𑚖𑚰 (Takri script)
* பாண்டு³ (Tamil script)
* పాణ్డు (Telugu script)
* ปาณฺฑุ (Thai script)
* པཱ་ཎྜུ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒰𑒝𑓂𑒛𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨊𑨘𑩇𑨖𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Connected forms in पाण्डर (pā́ṇḍara), पाण्डुर (pāṇḍurá), पुण्ड्र (puṇḍra), and पुण्डरीक (puṇḍárīka) point to an IE protoform *pondu- according to Turner. This explains neither the retroflexion nor the long vowel in the a-vocalic forms, which both suggest a lost liquid. Compare पलित (palitá), Ancient Greek πελιτνός (pelitnós), πελιδνός (pelidnós), σφενδόνη (sphendónē, “white of the eye”), and perhaps Latin palumbes.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɑːɳ.ɖu/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈpɑːɳ.ɖu/

### Adjective

पाण्डु • (pāṇḍu)
* (√ पण्ड्?) yellowish white, white, pale ṠBr. MBh. Kāv. &c.
* jaundiced Car.

#### Descendants

* Pali: paṇḍu
* Prakrit: 𑀧𑀁𑀟𑀼 (paṃḍu)
** Central:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Romani: parno, pai̦no
**** Sinte Romani: pārni
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Odia: ପାଣ୍ଡୁ (pāṇḍu), ପଣ୍ଡିଆ (paṇḍiā)
** Northwestern:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Punjabi: pā̃ḍū
    Gurmukhi script: ਪਾਂਡੂ
    Shahmukhi script: پاںڈو
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: ފަނޑު (faⁿḍu)
**** Sinhalese: පඬු (paⁿḍu)
* Prakrit: 𑀧𑀁𑀟𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀇𑀬 (paṃḍullaïya)
** Helu Prakrit:
*** Sinhalese: පැන්ඩිලි (pænḍili), පැඩිලි (pæḍili)
* Prakrit: 𑀧𑀟𑁆𑀟 (paḍḍa)

### See also

Colors in Sanskrit · रङ्ग (raṅga) (layout · text) :
| श्वेत (śvetá), शुक्ल (śuklá), शुभ्र (śubhrá), धवल (dhavalá), कर्पूर (karpū́ra), गौर (gaura), | धूमल (dhūmala), धूसर (dhūsara), पलित (palitá), मलिन (malina), रजत (rajata), कपोतक (kapotaká) | कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa), काल (kāla), श्याम (śyāma), श्याव (śyāva), कज्जल (kajjala) |
| रक्त (rakta), रुधिर (rudhira), सिन्दूर (sindūra), अरुष (aruṣa), ताम्र (tāmra); रोहित (rohita), लोहित (lohita), कार्मिज (kārmija) | नारङ्ग (nāraṅga), कमल (kamala); कद्रु (kadru), बभ्रु (babhru), कपिश (kapiśa) | पीत (pīta), कषाय (kaṣāya), पिङ्गल (piṅgala); पाण्डु (pāṇḍu), हिरण्य (hiraṇya), |
| शादहरित (śā́daharita) | हरित (harita), पलाश (palāśa), शाद्वल (śādvala), मारकत (mārakata) | नील (nī́la) |
| कपोतक (kapotaká) | आकाशवर्ण (ākāśavarṇa) , राजावर्त (rājāvarta), वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya) | नील (nī́la), मेचक (mecaka), कालक (kālaka) |
| धूम्र (dhūmra); तुत्थ (tuttha) | शोण (śoṇa), नीललोहित (nīlalohita), कर्पूरगौर (karpūragaura), | पाटल (pāṭala), अरुण (aruṇa), ब्रध्न (bradhna), ब्रध्न (bradhna) |

### Noun

पाण्डु • (pāṇḍu) stem, m
* jaundice Car.
* pale or yellowish white colour W.
* a white elephant L.
* pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica L.)
* a species of shrub L.

### Proper noun

पाण्डु • (pāṇḍu) stem, m
* (Hinduism) Pandu, a son of व्यास (vyāsa, “Vyasa”) by the wife of विचित्र-वीर्य (vicitra-vīrya) and brother of धृतराष्ट्र (dhṛtarāṣṭra, “Dhritarashtra”) and विदुर (vidura, “Vidura”) (he was father of the five पाण्डव (pāṇḍava)s) AV.Pariṡ. MBh. Hariv. &c.
* (Hinduism) name of a son of जनम्-एजय (janam-ejaya) and brother of धृत-राष्ट्र (dhṛta-rāṣṭra) MBh. i, 3745
* (Hinduism) name of a son of धात्रि (dhātri) by आयती (āyatī) VP. (v.l. प्राण (prāṇa))
* (Hinduism) name of an attendant of शिव (śiva) L.
* (Hinduism) name of a नागराज (nāgarāja) L.
* (in the plural) of a people in मध्य-देश (madhya-deśa) VarBṛS. (v.l. पाण्ड्य (pāṇḍya) and °ड्व (°ḍva))

### Noun

पाण्डु • (pāṇḍu) stem, f
* blue wiss (Teramnus labialis subsp. labialis, syn. Glycine debilis L.)

### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pandu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 454