शास्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

शिष् (śiṣ)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

শাস্ (Assamese script)
ᬰᬵᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
শাস্ (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰯𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀸𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ၐာသ် (Burmese script)
શાસ્ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਾਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑌾𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦴꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂰𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಶಾಸ್ (Kannada script)
ឝាស៑ (Khmer script)
ຨາສ຺ (Lao script)
ശാസ് (Malayalam script)
ᡧᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘰𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠱᠠᢗᠰ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧑𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐵𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
ଶାସ୍ (Odia script)
ꢯꢵꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆳𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖯𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
ශාස් (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩛𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚭𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
ஶாஸ் (Tamil script)
శాస్ (Telugu script)
ศาสฺ (Thai script)
ཤཱ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒰𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨊𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁s- (“to teach, indicate; instruct”). Compare Albanian them (“to say”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɑːs/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɑːs̪/

Root

शास् • (śās)

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root शास् (0 c, 3 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root शास् (4 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

शास्ति (śā́sti) (Present)
शासति (śāsati) (Present)
शासिष्यति (śāsiṣyáti) (Future)
शासिता (śāsitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
अशिषत् (áśiṣat) (Aorist)
शशास (śaśā́sa) (Perfect)

Secondary Forms

शास्यते (śāsyáte) (Passive)
शिष्यते (śiṣyáte) (Passive)
शाशयति (śāśáyati) (Causative)
अशशासत् (áśaśāsat) (Causative Aorist)
शिशासिषति (śiśāsiṣati) (Desiderative)
शेशिष्यते (śeśiṣyate) (Intensive)
शाशास्ति (śāśāsti) (Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

शिष्ट (śiṣṭá) (Past Participle)
शास्त (śāsta) (Past Participle)
शसित (śasita) (Past Participle)
शास्तुम् (śāstum) (Infinitive)
शासितुम् (śāsitum) (Infinitive)
शासित्वा (śāsitvā) (Gerund)
शिष्ट्वा (śiṣṭvā) (Gerund)
शिष्य (śiṣya) (Gerund)
शास्य (śāsya) (Gerund)
शास्य (śā́sya) (Gerundive)
शासनीय (śāsanīya) (Gerundive)
शासितव्य (śāsitavya) (Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

आशिस् (āśís)
शास् (śā́́s, “command, a commander”)
शास (śā́sa, “order, command”)
शास (śāsá, “commander, ruler”)
शासक (śāsaka, “teacher, instructor, governor, ruler”)
शासन (śā́sana, “punishing”)
शासिन् (śāsin, “punishing, chastizing; governing”)
शासुस् (śā́sus)
शास्ति (śāsti, “correction, punishment; order, command”)
शास्तृ (śāstṛ́, “ruler, commander; teacher, instructor”)
शास्त्र (śāstrá, “order, command, precept, rule; instruction, teaching”)
शिष्टि (śiṣṭi)
शिष्य (śiṣya, “student, pupil, scholar”)

Prefixed Root Forms

अनुशास् (anuśās)
अभिशास् (abhiśās)
आशास् (āśās)
निशास् (niśās)
प्रशास् (praśās)
विशास् (viśās)
संशास् (saṃśās)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “शास्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1068, column 3.
William Dwight Whitney (1885) The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 172

Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “śās”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ŚĀS”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 632-633