एधस्

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 5 February 2023

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Etymology 1

From earlier एध m (édha), with identical nominative singular, from the root इध् (idh, to kindle). The same change of declension happened in Ancient Greek αἶθος (aîthos).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

एध॑स् • (édhas) stemn (root इध्) [2]

  1. fuel, combustion
    • c. 400 BCE, Bhagavad Gītā 4.37:
      यथ्ऐधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन ।
      ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा ॥
      yathaidhāṃsi samiddhoʼgnirbhasmasātkuruteʼrjuna.
      jñānāgniḥ sarvakarmāṇi bhasmasātkurute tathā.
      • 1969 translation by Robert Charles Zaehner
        As a kindled fire reduces its fuel to ashes, so does the fire of wisdom reduce all works to ashes.
Declension
Neuter as-stem declension of एध॑स्
singular dual plural
nominative एधः॑ (édhaḥ) एध॑सी (édhasī) एधां॑सि (édhāṃsi)
accusative एधः॑ (édhaḥ) एध॑सी (édhasī) एधां॑सि (édhāṃsi)
instrumental एध॑सा (édhasā) एधो॑भ्याम् (édhobhyām) एधो॑भिः (édhobhiḥ)
dative एध॑से (édhase) एधो॑भ्याम् (édhobhyām) एधो॑भ्यः (édhobhyaḥ)
ablative एध॑सः (édhasaḥ) एधो॑भ्याम् (édhobhyām) एधो॑भ्यः (édhobhyaḥ)
genitive एध॑सः (édhasaḥ) एध॑सोः (édhasoḥ) एध॑साम् (édhasām)
locative एध॑सि (édhasi) एध॑सोः (édhasoḥ) एधः॑सु (édhaḥsu)
vocative एधः॑ (édhaḥ) एध॑सी (édhasī) एधां॑सि (édhāṃsi)

Etymology 2

From the root एध् (edh, to prosper), probably originally related to इध् (idh, to kindle).

Pronunciation

Noun

एधस् • (edhas) stemn (root एध्) [3]

  1. happiness, prosperity
Declension
Neuter as-stem declension of एधस्
singular dual plural
nominative एधः (edhaḥ) एधसी (edhasī) एधांसि (edhāṃsi)
accusative एधः (edhaḥ) एधसी (edhasī) एधांसि (edhāṃsi)
instrumental एधसा (edhasā) एधोभ्याम् (edhobhyām) एधोभिः (edhobhiḥ)
dative एधसे (edhase) एधोभ्याम् (edhobhyām) एधोभ्यः (edhobhyaḥ)
ablative एधसः (edhasaḥ) एधोभ्याम् (edhobhyām) एधोभ्यः (edhobhyaḥ)
genitive एधसः (edhasaḥ) एधसोः (edhasoḥ) एधसाम् (edhasām)
locative एधसि (edhasi) एधसोः (edhasoḥ) एधःसु (edhaḥsu)
vocative एधः (edhaḥ) एधसी (edhasī) एधांसि (edhāṃsi)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “αἴθω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 37
  2. ^ Monier Williams (1899), “2. E´dhas”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 232, column 1.
  3. ^ Monier Williams (1899), “1. Edhas”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 231, column 3.