शंस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শংস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬂᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- শংস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰽𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀁𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၐံသ် (Burmese script)
- શંસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਂਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌂𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦁꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂁𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಂಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ឝំស៑ (Khmer script)
- ຨໍສ຺ (Lao script)
- ശംസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᢀ᠋ᡧᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘽𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠱᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧞𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑑄𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଶଂସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢀꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆁𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖽𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ශංස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑪖𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚫𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஶஂஸ் (Tamil script)
- శంస్ (Telugu script)
- ศํสฺ (Thai script)
- ཤཾ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑓀𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨸𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to announce, declare solemnly”). Cognate with Persian سخن (soxan, “speech”), Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order, honor; mankind; world”), Latin cēnseō (“recommend, decree; reckon”) (whence cēnsus), as well as possibly Latin carmen (“composition, tune”) and English herry (“praise, honor”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɐ̃s/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɐs̪/
Root
शंस् • (śaṃs)
- to praise, commend, approve
- to recite, repeat (texts, invocations)
- to vow
- to wish
- to foretell, predict, prognosticate
- to calumniate, revile
- to hurt, injure
- to be unhappy
Derived terms
Primary verbal forms
- शंस॑ति (śáṃsati, present)
- शं॒सि॒ष्यति॑ (śaṃsiṣyáti, future)
- शं॒सि॒ता (śaṃsitā́, periphrastic future)
- अशं॑सीत् (áśaṃsīt, aorist)
- श॒स्यात् (śasyā́t, benedictive)
- श॒शंस॑ (śaśáṃsa, perfect)
Secondary forms
- श॒स्यते॑ (śasyáte, passive)
- अशं॑सि (áśaṃsi, passive aorist)
- शं॒सय॑ति (śaṃsáyati, causative)
- अश॑शंसत् (áśaśaṃsat, causative aorist)
- शिशंसिषति (śiśaṃsiṣati, desiderative)
- शाशस्यते (śāśasyate, intensive)
- शाशंस्ति (śāśaṃsti, intensive)
Non-finite forms
Derived nominal forms
Prefixed root forms
- अतिशंस् (atiśaṃs)
- अनुशंस् (anuśaṃs)
- अभिशंस् (abhiśaṃs)
- आशंस् (āśaṃs)
- प्रतिशंस् (pratiśaṃs)
- प्रशंस् (praśaṃs)
- विशंस् (viśaṃs)
- संशंस् (saṃśaṃs)
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root शंस् (0 c, 5 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root शंस् (2 c, 0 e)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “शंस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1044, column 3.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “शंस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 169
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “शंस्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “śaṃs”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 599-600
- Cheung, Johnny (2007), Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 334-5
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 356
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 326
- Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 566