घ्रंस
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰransás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr-ens(o)- (“heat”), from the root *gʷʰer- (“to be hot”). Cognate with Welsh gwres (“heat”), Old Irish grís (“heat (of the sun), fire, embers”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡʱɾɐ̃.sɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡʱɾɐ̃.s̪ɐ/
Noun
घ्रंस • (ghraṃsá) stem, m
- heat of the sun
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.116.8:
- हिमेनाग्निं घ्रंसमवारयेथां पितुमतीमूर्जमस्मा अधत्तम् ।
ऋबीसे अत्रिमश्विनावनीतमुन्निन्यथुः सर्वगणं स्वस्ति ॥- himénāgníṃ ghraṃsám avārayethām pitumátīm ū́rjam asmā adhattam
ṛbī́se átrim aśvinā́vanītam ún ninyathuḥ sárvagaṇaṃ suastí - Ye warded off with cold the fire's fierce burning; food very rich in nourishment ye furnished.
Atri, cast downward in the cavern, Asvins ye brought, with all his people, forth to comfort.
- himénāgníṃ ghraṃsám avārayethām pitumátīm ū́rjam asmā adhattam
- हिमेनाग्निं घ्रंसमवारयेथां पितुमतीमूर्जमस्मा अधत्तम् ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | घ्रंसः (ghraṃsáḥ) | घ्रंसौ (ghraṃsaú) घ्रंसा¹ (ghraṃsā́¹) |
घ्रंसाः (ghraṃsā́ḥ) घ्रंसासः¹ (ghraṃsā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | घ्रंसम् (ghraṃsám) | घ्रंसौ (ghraṃsaú) घ्रंसा¹ (ghraṃsā́¹) |
घ्रंसान् (ghraṃsā́n) |
| instrumental | घ्रंसेन (ghraṃséna) | घ्रंसाभ्याम् (ghraṃsā́bhyām) | घ्रंसैः (ghraṃsaíḥ) घ्रंसेभिः¹ (ghraṃsébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | घ्रंसाय (ghraṃsā́ya) | घ्रंसाभ्याम् (ghraṃsā́bhyām) | घ्रंसेभ्यः (ghraṃsébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | घ्रंसात् (ghraṃsā́t) | घ्रंसाभ्याम् (ghraṃsā́bhyām) | घ्रंसेभ्यः (ghraṃsébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | घ्रंसस्य (ghraṃsásya) | घ्रंसयोः (ghraṃsáyoḥ) | घ्रंसानाम् (ghraṃsā́nām) |
| locative | घ्रंसे (ghraṃsé) | घ्रंसयोः (ghraṃsáyoḥ) | घ्रंसेषु (ghraṃséṣu) |
| vocative | घ्रंस (ghráṃsa) | घ्रंसौ (ghráṃsau) घ्रंसा¹ (ghráṃsā¹) |
घ्रंसाः (ghráṃsāḥ) घ्रंसासः¹ (ghráṃsāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- ^ Alexander Lubotsky (2019) “The Indo-European suffix *-ens- and its Indo-Uralic origin”, in A. Kloekhorst, T. Pronk, editors, The precursors of Proto-Indo-European: The Indo-Anatolian and Indo-Uralic hypotheses, Leiden/Boston: Brill, pages 151-162