अवश्यम्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অৱশ্যম্ (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬯᬰ᭄ᬬᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
- অবশ্যম্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰪𑰫𑰿𑰧𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀯𑀰𑁆𑀬𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- အဝၐျမ် (Burmese script)
- અવશ્યમ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਵਸ਼੍ਯਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌵𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦮꦯꦾꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂫𑂬𑂹𑂨𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಅವಶ್ಯಮ್ (Kannada script)
- អវឝ្យម៑ (Khmer script)
- ອວຨ຺ຍມ຺ (Lao script)
- അവശ്യമ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᠸᠠᡧᠶᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘪𑘫𑘿𑘧𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠸᠠᠱᠶ᠋ᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧊𑧋𑧠𑧇𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐰𑐱𑑂𑐫𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଅଵଶ୍ଯମ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢮꢯ꣄ꢫꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆮𑆯𑇀𑆪𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖪𑖫𑖿𑖧𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
- අවශ්යම් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩾𑩿 𑪙𑩻𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚦𑚧𑚶𑚣𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
- அவஶ்யம் (Tamil script)
- అవశ్యమ్ (Telugu script)
- อวศฺยมฺ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཝ་ཤྱ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒫𑒬𑓂𑒨𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨭𑨮𑩇𑨪𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From अवश्य (avaśya, “inevitable”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ.ʋɐɕ.jɐm/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.ʋɐɕ.jɐm/
Adverb
अवश्यम् • (avaśyam)
- inevitably, necessarily, certainly, surely
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.8:
- अवश्यं लभते जन्तुः फलं पापस्य कर्मणः ।
घोरं पर्यागते काले द्रुमाः पुष्पम् इवार्तवम् ॥- avaśyaṃ labhate jantuḥ phalaṃ pāpasya karmaṇaḥ.
ghoraṃ paryāgate kāle drumāḥ puṣpam ivārtavam. - A being certainly gets a terrible fruit of sinful deeds at the right time, just as the trees get the flower of the season.
- avaśyaṃ labhate jantuḥ phalaṃ pāpasya karmaṇaḥ.
- अवश्यं लभते जन्तुः फलं पापस्य कर्मणः ।
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अवश्यम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 104.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अवश्यम्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 256
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “avaśyam”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.