अधस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অধস্ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬥᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
অধস্ (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰠𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀥𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
အဓသ် (Burmese script)
અધસ્ (Gujarati script)
ਅਧਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌧𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦣꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂡𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಅಧಸ್ (Kannada script)
អធស៑ (Khmer script)
ອຘສ຺ (Lao script)
അധസ് (Malayalam script)
ᠠᢡᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘠𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠠᢑᠾᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧀𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐢𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
ଅଧସ୍ (Odia script)
ꢂꢤꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆣𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖠𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
අධස් (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩮𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚜𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
அத⁴ஸ் (Tamil script)
అధస్ (Telugu script)
อธสฺ (Thai script)
ཨ་དྷ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒡𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨜𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(H)adʰás (“below”), from Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰés. Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬛𐬇 (adə̄), Latin inferus, Old English under (whence English under).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dʱɐ́s/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ.d̪ʱɐs̪/

Adverb

अधस् • (adhás)

below, down, under
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.129.5:
  ति॒र॒श्चीनो॒ वित॑तो र॒श्मिरे॑षाम्अ॒धः स्वि॑दा॒सी३दु॒परि॑ स्विदासी३त् ।
  tiraścī́no vítato raśmíreṣāmadháḥ svidāsī́3dupári svidāsī3t.
  Their severing line was extended across: what was above it then, and what below it?

Derived terms

अधस्तात् (adhástāt)

Related terms

अधम (adhamá)
अधर (ádhara)

Descendants

Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀳𑁄 (aho)
Pali: adho

References

Monier Williams (1899) “अधस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 20, column 1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “adhás”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 66-67
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “adháḥ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 13