# अञ्जलि
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অঞ্জলি (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬜ᭄ᬚᬮᬶ (Balinese script)
* অঞ্জলি (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰩𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀮𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* အဉ္ဇလိ (Burmese script)
* અઞ્જલિ (Gujarati script)
* ਅਞ੍ਜਲਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌲𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦚ꧀ꦗꦭꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂪𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಅಞ್ಜಲಿ (Kannada script)
* អញ្ជលិ (Khmer script)
* ອຎ຺ຊລິ (Lao script)
* അഞ്ജലി (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯᠠᠯᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘩𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠠᡛᠽᠠᠯᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧉𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐘𑑂𑐖𑐮𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଅଞ୍ଜଲି (Odia script)
* ꢂꢛ꣄ꢙꢭꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆚𑇀𑆘𑆬𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖩𑖰 (Siddham script)
* අඤ‍්ජලි (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩥 𑪙𑩣𑩽𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚓𑚶𑚑𑚥𑚮 (Takri script)
* அஞ்ஜலி (Tamil script)
* అఞ్జలి (Telugu script)
* อญฺชลิ (Thai script)
* ཨ་ཉྫ་ལི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒘𑓂𑒖𑒪𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨓𑩇𑨥𑨬𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root अञ्ज् (añj, “to honour, celebrate”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐɲ.d͡ʑɐ.lí/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɐɲ.d͡ʑɐ.l̪i/

### Noun

अञ्जलि • (añjalí) stem, m
* (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) Añjali Mudrā (the gesture with open hands placed side by side and slightly hollowed (as if by a beggar to receive food))
** Śivatāṇḍavastotra 13:कदा निलिम्पनिर्झरीनिकुञ्जकोटरे वसन् विमुक्तदुर्मतिः सदा शिरःस्थम् अञ्जलिं वहन् । विमुक्तलोललोचनो ललामभाललग्नकः शिवेति मन्त्रम् उच्चरन् कदा सुखी भवाम्य् अहम् ॥kadā nilimpanirjharīnikuñjakoṭare vasan vimuktadurmatiḥ sadā śiraḥstham añjaliṃ vahan. vimuktalolalocano lalāmabhālalagnakaḥ śiveti mantram uccaran kadā sukhī bhavāmy aham.When will I be living in a dwelling cave near Ganga; Carrying the Añjali Mudrā on my head; Free from greedy eyes and with forehead marked [with the auspicious Tripuṇḍra]; Uttering the mantra ‘Śiva’, when will I be happy.
* the hollow of the hands
* hollow, cavity
    श्रवणाञ्जलि ― śravaṇāñjali ― cavity of the ear

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: anzal
    Arabic script: اَنزَل
    Devanagari script: अन्ज़ल
** Khowar: اَنجیل (anǰíl)
* Pali: añjali
** → Burmese: အဉ္ဇလီ (anyja.li)
* Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀚𑀮𑀻 (aṃjalī)
** Central:
*** Hindustani: añjal, añjul, añjlā, añjlī, añjulī
**** Hindi: अंजल, अंजुल, अंजला, अंजली, अंजुली
**** Urdu: اَنجَل, اَنجُل, اَنجْلا, اَنجْلی, اَنجُلی
** Eastern:
*** Assamese: আঁজলি (ãzoli)
*** Bengali: আঁজুলি (ãjuli), আঁজলা (ãjola)
*** Bihari:
**** Bhojpuri: अँजुरी (ãjurī)
*** Odia: ଆଞ୍ଜୁଳି (āñjuḷi), ଅଞ୍ଜୁଳି (añjuḷi), ଆଞ୍ଜୁଳା (āñjuḷā), ଅଞ୍ଜୁଳା (añjuḷā)
** Northern:
*** Kumaoni: अँजुली (ā̃julī), आँचुली (ā̃culī), अँज्वाल (ãjwāl), आँजुइ (ā̃j̈ui), आँचुइ (ā̃ċui)
*** Nepali: अँजुलि (ãjuli), अँजुलो (ãjulo)
** Northwestern:
*** Punjabi: añjlī
    Gurmukhi script: ਅੰਜਲੀ
    Shahmukhi script: انجلی
** Southern:
*** Marathi: अंजळी (añjḷī)
*** Sinhalese: ඇදිල්ල (ædilla)
** Western:
*** Gujarati: અંજળી (añjaḷī)
* → Hindi: अंजलि (añjli) (learned)
* → Kannada: ಅಂಜಲಿ (añjali) (learned)
* → Malayalam: അഞ്ജലി (añjali), അഞ്ഞലി (aññali)
* → Marathi: अंजलि (añjli) (learned)
* → Nepali: अञ्जलि (añjali) (learned)
* → Sinhalese: අංජලිය (aṁjaliya)
* → Tamil: அஞ்சலி (añcali) (learned)
* → Telugu: అంజలి (añjali) (learned)

### References

* ↑ Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अञ्जलि”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 35

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “अञ्जलि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 11.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “añjali”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 9