शंस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শংস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬂᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- শংস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰽𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀁𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ၐံသ် (Burmese script)
- શંસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਂਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌂𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦁꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂁𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಂಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ឝំស៑ (Khmer script)
- ຨໍສ຺ (Lao script)
- ശംസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᢀ᠋ᡧᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘽𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠱᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧞𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑑄𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଶଂସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢀꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆁𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖽𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- ශංස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑪖𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚫𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஶஂஸ் (Tamil script)
- శంస్ (Telugu script)
- ศํสฺ (Thai script)
- ཤཾ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑓀𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨸𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to announce, declare solemnly”). Cognate with Persian سخن (soxan, “speech”), Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order, honor; mankind; world”), Latin cēnseō (“recommend, decree; reckon”) (whence cēnsus), as well as possibly Latin carmen (“composition, tune”) and English herry (“praise, honor”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɐ̃s/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɐs̪/
Root
शंस् • (śaṃs)
- to praise, commend, approve
- to recite, repeat (texts, invocations)
- to vow
- to wish
- to foretell, predict, prognosticate
- to calumniate, revile
- to hurt, injure
- to be unhappy
Derived terms
Sanskrit terms belonging to the root शंस् (0 c, 2 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root शंस् (0 c, 1 e)
- Primary Verbal Forms
- शंसति (śáṃsati) (Present)
- शंसिष्यति (śaṃsiṣyáti) (Future)
- शंसिता (śaṃsitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
- अशंसीत् (áśaṃsīt) (Aorist)
- शस्यात् (śasyā́t) (Benedictive)
- शशंस (śaśáṃsa) (Perfect)
- Secondary Forms
- शस्यते (śasyáte) (Passive)
- अशंसि (áśaṃsi) (Passive Aorist)
- शंसयति (śaṃsáyati) (Causative)
- अशशंसत् (áśaśaṃsat) (Causative Aorist)
- शिशंसिषति (śiśaṃsiṣati) (Desiderative)
- शाशस्यते (śāśasyate) (Intensive)
- शाशंस्ति (śāśaṃsti) (Intensive)
- Non-Finite Forms
- शस्त (śastá) (Past Participle)
- शंसित (śaṃsita) (Past Participle)
- शंसितुम् (śaṃsitum) (Infinitive)
- शसे (śase) (Infinitive)
- शस्त्वा (śastvā́) (Gerund)
- शस्य (śasya) (Gerund)
- शंस्य (śaṃsya) (Gerund)
- शंसम् (śaṃsam) (Gerund)
- शंस्य (śáṃsya) (Gerundive)
- शस्य (śásya) (Gerundive)
- शंस्तव्य (śaṃstavya) (Gerundive)
- Derived Nominal Forms
- Prefixed Root Forms
- अतिशंस् (atiśaṃs)
- अनुशंस् (anuśaṃs)
- अभिशंस् (abhiśaṃs)
- आशंस् (āśaṃs)
- प्रतिशंस् (pratiśaṃs)
- प्रशंस् (praśaṃs)
- विशंस् (viśaṃs)
- संशंस् (saṃśaṃs)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “शंस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1044, column 3.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “शंस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 169
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “शंस्”, 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
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “śaṃs”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 599-600
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 334-5
- Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 356
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 326
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “566”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 566