शास्
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- शिष् (śiṣ)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শাস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬵᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- শাস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰯𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀸𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၐာသ် (Burmese script)
- શાસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਾਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌾𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦴꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂰𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಾಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ឝាស៑ (Khmer script)
- ຨາສ຺ (Lao script)
- ശാസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠ᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘰𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᢗᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧑𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐵𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଶାସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢵꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆳𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖯𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ශාස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩛𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚭𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஶாஸ் (Tamil script)
- శాస్ (Telugu script)
- ศาสฺ (Thai script)
- ཤཱ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒰𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨊𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁s- (“to teach, indicate; instruct”). Compare Albanian them (“to say”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɑːs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɑːs̪/
Root
शास् • (śās)
- to teach, instruct, inform
- to correct, chastize, censure
- to direct, command, decree
- to proclaim
- 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
- ^ 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
- Monier Williams (1899), “शास्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1068, column 3.
- William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 172
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “śās”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.