एधस्
Sanskrit
FWOTD – 5 February 2023
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- এধস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬏᬥᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- এধস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰊𑰠𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀏𑀥𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဧဓသ် (Burmese script)
- એધસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਏਧਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌏𑌧𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦌꦣꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂉𑂡𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಏಧಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ឯធស៑ (Khmer script)
- ເອຘສ຺ (Lao script)
- ഏധസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡝᢡᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘊𑘠𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠧᢑᠾᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦪𑧀𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐊𑐢𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଏଧସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢍꢤꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆍𑆣𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖊𑖠𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- එධස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩔𑩮𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚆𑚜𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஏத⁴ஸ் (Tamil script)
- ఏధస్ (Telugu script)
- เอธสฺ (Thai script)
- ཨེ་དྷ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒋𑒡𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨄𑨜𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háydʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háydʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰ-os, from *h₂eydʰ- (“to ignite, fire”). Cognate with Ancient Greek αἶθος (aîthos).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ́j.dʱɐs/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /eː.d̪ʱɐs̪/
Noun
एधस् • (édhas) stem, n
- happiness, prosperity
- fuel, combustion (same as एध (édha))
- Srimad Bhagavad-Gita 4.37:
- एधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुते
- edhāṃsi samiddhoʼgnirbhasmasātkurute
- Combustibles are by fires alight turned into ashes
- एधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुते
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | एधः (édhaḥ) | एधसी (édhasī) | एधांसि (édhāṃsi) |
| accusative | एधः (édhaḥ) | एधसी (édhasī) | एधांसि (édhāṃsi) |
| instrumental | एधसा (édhasā) | एधोभ्याम् (édhobhyām) | एधोभिः (édhobhiḥ) |
| dative | एधसे (édhase) | एधोभ्याम् (édhobhyām) | एधोभ्यः (édhobhyaḥ) |
| ablative | एधसः (édhasaḥ) | एधोभ्याम् (édhobhyām) | एधोभ्यः (édhobhyaḥ) |
| genitive | एधसः (édhasaḥ) | एधसोः (édhasoḥ) | एधसाम् (édhasām) |
| locative | एधसि (édhasi) | एधसोः (édhasoḥ) | एधःसु (édhaḥsu) |
| vocative | एधः (édhaḥ) | एधसी (édhasī) | एधांसि (édhāṃsi) |
Related terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “एधस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 231,232.