शंसति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

শংসতি (Assamese script)
ᬰᬂᬲᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
শংসতি (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰽𑰭𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀁𑀲𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ၐံသတိ (Burmese script)
શંસતિ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਂਸਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑌂𑌸𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦁꦱꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂁𑂮𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಶಂಸತಿ (Kannada script)
ឝំសតិ (Khmer script)
ຨໍສຕິ (Lao script)
ശംസതി (Malayalam script)
ᢀ᠋ᡧᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘽𑘭𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᢀ᠋ᠱᠠᠰᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧞𑧍𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑑄𑐳𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଶଂସତି (Odia script)
ꢯꢀꢱꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆁𑆱𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖽𑖭𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
ශංසති (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑪖𑪁𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚫𑚨𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
ஶஂஸதி (Tamil script)
శంసతి (Telugu script)
ศํสติ (Thai script)
ཤཾ་ས་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑓀𑒮𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨸𑨰𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śánsati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćánsati, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéns-e-ti, from *ḱens-, possibly from *ḱem-.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ̃́.sɐ.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ̃.s̪ɐ.t̪i/

Verb

शंस॑ति • (śáṃsati) third-singular indicative (root शंस्)

to declare, announce, proclaim
to say, tell
to praise, commend, extol
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.100.5:
  प्र तत्ते अद्य शिपिविष्ट नामार्यः शंसामि वयुनानि विद्वान् ।
  तं त्वा गृणामि तवसमतव्यान्क्षयन्तमस्य रजसः पराके ॥
  pra tatte adya śipiviṣṭa nāmāryaḥ śaṃsāmi vayunāni vidvān.
  taṃ tvā gṛṇāmi tavasamatavyānkṣayantamasya rajasaḥ parāke.
  To-day I laud this name, O Shipivista, I, skilled in rules, the name of thee the Noble.
  Yea, I the poor and weak praise thee the Mighty who dwellest in the realm beyond this region.