हिंस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeys- (fright), an extension of *ǵʰey- (wound, thrust). See also हेष् (heṣ, to be strong).

    Compare the semantic development of English thrust and threat, both from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (to push, thrust).

    Pronunciation

    Root

    हिंस् • (hiṃs)

    1. to injure, harm, wound, kill, destroy

    Derived terms

    Primary verbal forms
    • हि॒नस्ति॑ (hinásti, present)
    • हिंसति (hiṃsati, present)
    • हिं॒सि॒ष्यति॑ (hiṃsiṣyáti, future)
    • हिं॒सि॒ता (hiṃsitā́, periphrastic future)
    • अहिं॑सीत् (áhiṃsīt, aorist)
    • जि॒हिंस॑ (jihíṃsa, perfect)
    Secondary forms
    • हिं॒स्यते॑ (hiṃsyáte, passive)
    • अहिं॑सि (áhiṃsi, passive aorist)
    • हिं॒सय॑ति (hiṃsáyati, causative)
    • अजि॑हिंसत् (ájihiṃsat, causative aorist)
    • जिहिं॑सिषति (jíhiṃsiṣati, desiderative)
    • जेहिंस्यते (jehiṃsyate, intensive)
    • जेहिंस्ति (jehiṃsti, intensive)
    Non-finite forms
    • हिं॒सि॒त (hiṃsitá, past participle)
    • हिंसितुम् (hiṃsitum, infinitive)
    • हिंसि॑तोस् (híṃsitos, infinitive)
    • हिं॒सि॒त्वा (hiṃsitvā́, gerund)
    • हिंस्य (hiṃsya, gerund)
    • हिंस्य (hiṃsya, gerundive)
    • हिं॒सि॒त॒व्य॑ (hiṃsitavyà, gerundive)
    • हिंसनीय (hiṃsanīya, gerundive)
    Derived nominal forms
    Prefixed root forms
    • उपहिंस् (upahiṃs)
    • विहिंस् (vihiṃs)
    Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हिंस् (0 c, 4 e)
    Terms derived from the Sanskrit root हिंस् (3 c, 0 e)

    Adjective

    हिंस् • (hiṃs) stem

    1. injuring, striking

    Declension

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    Derived terms

    • सुहिंस् (suhiṃs)

    References

    • Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “हिंस्”, 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
    • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “हिंस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “HEṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 820-1