चूषण

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    From चूष् (cūṣ) + -अन (-ana).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    चूषण • (cūṣaṇa) stemn

    1. sucking, taking (of a leech)

    Declension

    Neuter a-stem declension of चूषण
    singular dual plural
    nominative चूषणम् (cūṣaṇam) चूषणे (cūṣaṇe) चूषणानि (cūṣaṇāni)
    चूषणा¹ (cūṣaṇā¹)
    accusative चूषणम् (cūṣaṇam) चूषणे (cūṣaṇe) चूषणानि (cūṣaṇāni)
    चूषणा¹ (cūṣaṇā¹)
    instrumental चूषणेन (cūṣaṇena) चूषणाभ्याम् (cūṣaṇābhyām) चूषणैः (cūṣaṇaiḥ)
    चूषणेभिः¹ (cūṣaṇebhiḥ¹)
    dative चूषणाय (cūṣaṇāya) चूषणाभ्याम् (cūṣaṇābhyām) चूषणेभ्यः (cūṣaṇebhyaḥ)
    ablative चूषणात् (cūṣaṇāt) चूषणाभ्याम् (cūṣaṇābhyām) चूषणेभ्यः (cūṣaṇebhyaḥ)
    genitive चूषणस्य (cūṣaṇasya) चूषणयोः (cūṣaṇayoḥ) चूषणानाम् (cūṣaṇānām)
    locative चूषणे (cūṣaṇe) चूषणयोः (cūṣaṇayoḥ) चूषणेषु (cūṣaṇeṣu)
    vocative चूषण (cūṣaṇa) चूषणे (cūṣaṇe) चूषणानि (cūṣaṇāni)
    चूषणा¹ (cūṣaṇā¹)
    • ¹Vedic

    Descendants

    • Malayalam: ചൂഷണം (cūṣaṇaṁ)

    References

    • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “चूषण”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press