शास्

Sanskrit

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Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁s- (to teach, indicate; instruct). Compare Albanian them (to say).[1]

    Pronunciation

    Root

    शास् • (śās)

    1. to teach, instruct, inform
    2. to correct, chastize, censure
    3. to direct, command, decree
    4. to proclaim
    5. to praise, commend

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    • शास्ति॑ (śā́sti, present)
    • शासति (śāsati, present)
    • शा॒सि॒ष्यति॑ (śāsiṣyáti, future)
    • शा॒सि॒ता (śāsitā́, periphrastic future)
    • अशि॑षत् (áśiṣat, aorist)
    • श॒शास॑ (śaśā́sa, perfect)
    Secondary forms
    • शा॒स्यते॑ (śāsyáte, passive)
    • शि॒ष्यते॑ (śiṣyáte, passive)
    • शा॒शय॑ति (śāśáyati, causative)
    • अश॑शासत् (áśaśāsat, causative aorist)
    • शिशासिषति (śiśāsiṣati, desiderative)
    • शेशिष्यते (śeśiṣyate, intensive)
    • शाशास्ति (śāśāsti, intensive)
    Non-finite forms
    • शि॒ष्ट (śiṣṭá, past participle)
    • शास्त (śāsta, past participle)
    • शसित (śasita, past participle)
    • शास्तुम् (śāstum, infinitive)
    • शासितुम् (śāsitum, infinitive)
    • शासित्वा (śāsitvā, gerund)
    • शिष्ट्वा (śiṣṭvā, gerund)
    • शिष्य (śiṣya, gerund)
    • शास्य (śāsya, gerund)
    • शास्य॑ (śā́sya, gerundive)
    • शासनीय (śāsanīya, gerundive)
    • शासितव्य (śāsitavya, gerundive)
    Derived nominal forms
    • आ॒शिस् (āśís)
    • शास् (śā́́s, command, a commander)
    • शास (śā́sa, order, command)
    • शास (śāsá, commander, ruler)
    • शासक (śāsaka, teacher, instructor, governor, ruler)
    • शासन (śā́sana, punishing)
    • शासिन् (śāsin, punishing, chastizing; governing)
    • शासु॑स् (śā́sus)
    • शास्ति (śāsti, correction, punishment; order, command)
    • शास्तृ (śāstṛ́, ruler, commander; teacher, instructor)
    • शास्त्र (śāstrá, order, command, precept, rule; instruction, teaching)
    • शिष्टि (śiṣṭi)
    • शिष्य (śiṣya, student, pupil, scholar)
    Prefixed root forms
    • अनुशास् (anuśās)
    • अभिशास् (abhiśās)
    • आशास् (āśās)
    • निशास् (niśās)
    • प्रशास् (praśās)
    • विशास् (viśās)
    • संशास् (saṃśās)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root शास् (0 c, 3 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root शास् (5 c, 0 e)

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “ŚĀS”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 632

    Further reading

    • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “śās”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.