एनस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- এনস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬏᬦᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- এনস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰊𑰡𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀏𑀦𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဧနသ် (Burmese script)
- એનસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਏਨਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌏𑌨𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦌꦤꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂉𑂢𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಏನಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ឯនស៑ (Khmer script)
- ເອນສ຺ (Lao script)
- ഏനസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡝᠨᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘊𑘡𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠧᠨᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦪𑧁𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐊𑐣𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଏନସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢍꢥꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆍𑆤𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖊𑖡𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- එනස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩔𑩯𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚆𑚝𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஏநஸ் (Tamil script)
- ఏనస్ (Telugu script)
- เอนสฺ (Thai script)
- ཨེ་ན་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒋𑒢𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨄𑨝𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háynas (“crime, sin, offense”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬀𐬵 (aēnah).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ́j.nɐs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /eː.n̪ɐs̪/
Noun
एन॑स् • (énas) stem, n
- sin, crime, offense
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.63.8:
- य ईशि॑रे॒ भुव॑नस्य॒ प्रचे॑तसो॒ विश्व॑स्य स्था॒तुर् जग॑तश् च॒ मन्त॑वः ।
ते नः॑ कृ॒ताद् अकृ॑ता॒द् एन॑स॒स् पर्य् अ॒द्या दे॑वासः पिपृता स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥- yá ī́śire bhúvanasya prácetaso víśvasya sthātúr jágataś ca mántavaḥ.
té naḥ kṛtā́d ákṛtād énasas páry adyā́ devāsaḥ pipṛtā svastáye. - You gods who rule the whole world with foresight, who care for everything that stands still and moves, protect us today from sin committed and uncommitted, for our salvation!
- yá ī́śire bhúvanasya prácetaso víśvasya sthātúr jágataś ca mántavaḥ.
- य ईशि॑रे॒ भुव॑नस्य॒ प्रचे॑तसो॒ विश्व॑स्य स्था॒तुर् जग॑तश् च॒ मन्त॑वः ।
- unhappiness, misfortune
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | एनः॑ (énaḥ) | एन॑सी (énasī) | एनां॑सि (énāṃsi) |
| accusative | एनः॑ (énaḥ) | एन॑सी (énasī) | एनां॑सि (énāṃsi) |
| instrumental | एन॑सा (énasā) | एनो॑भ्याम् (énobhyām) | एनो॑भिः (énobhiḥ) |
| dative | एन॑से (énase) | एनो॑भ्याम् (énobhyām) | एनो॑भ्यः (énobhyaḥ) |
| ablative | एन॑सः (énasaḥ) | एनो॑भ्याम् (énobhyām) | एनो॑भ्यः (énobhyaḥ) |
| genitive | एन॑सः (énasaḥ) | एन॑सोः (énasoḥ) | एन॑साम् (énasām) |
| locative | एन॑सि (énasi) | एन॑सोः (énasoḥ) | एनः॑सु (énaḥsu) |
| vocative | एनः॑ (énaḥ) | एन॑सी (énasī) | एनां॑सि (énāṃsi) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “एनस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 232, column 1.