सिंहासन
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit सिंहासन (siṃhāsana).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /sɪŋ.ɡʱɑː.sən/, [sɪ̃ŋ.ɡʱäː.sɐ̃n]
Noun
सिंहासन • (siṅhāsan) m
- throne
- Synonym: राजगद्दी (rājgaddī)
- बूढ़ा राजा सिंहासन से उतरा।
- būṛhā rājā sĩhāsan se utrā.
- The old king abdicated the throne.
- (figuratively) sovereignty, rule, dominion
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | सिंहासन siṅhāsan |
सिंहासन siṅhāsan |
| oblique | सिंहासन siṅhāsan |
सिंहासनों siṅhāsanõ |
| vocative | सिंहासन siṅhāsan |
सिंहासनो siṅhāsano |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সিংহাসন (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬶᬂᬳᬵᬲᬦ (Balinese script)
- সিংহাসন (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰰𑰽𑰮𑰯𑰭𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸𑀲𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- သိံဟာသန (Burmese script)
- સિંહાસન (Gujarati script)
- ਸਿਂਹਾਸਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌿𑌂𑌹𑌾𑌸𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦶꦁꦲꦴꦱꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂱𑂁𑂯𑂰𑂮𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಿಂಹಾಸನ (Kannada script)
- សិំហាសន (Khmer script)
- ສິໍຫາສນ (Lao script)
- സിംഹാസന (Malayalam script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᡳᡥᠠ᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘱𑘽𑘮𑘰𑘭𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠰᠢᠾᠠᢗᠰᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧒𑧞𑧎𑧑𑧍𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐶𑑄𑐴𑐵𑐳𑐣 (Newa script)
- ସିଂହାସନ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢶꢀꢲꢵꢱꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆴𑆁𑆲𑆳𑆱𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖰𑖽𑖮𑖯𑖭𑖡 (Siddham script)
- සිංහාසන (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩑𑪖𑪂𑩛𑪁𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚮𑚫𑚩𑚭𑚨𑚝 (Takri script)
- ஸிஂஹாஸந (Tamil script)
- సింహాసన (Telugu script)
- สิํหาสน (Thai script)
- སིཾ་ཧཱ་ས་ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒱𑓀𑒯𑒰𑒮𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨁𑨸𑨱𑨊𑨰𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of सिंह (simhá, “lion”) + आसन (ā́sana, “seat”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sĩ.ɦɑ́ː.sɐ.nɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ĩ.ɦɑː.s̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/
Noun
सिंहासन • (siṃhāsana) stem, n
- throne; "lion's seat"
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 1.69.34:
- तच्छ्रुत्वा पौरवो राजा व्याहृतं वै दिवौकसाम्।
सिंहासनात् समुत्थाय प्रणम्य च दिवौकसः॥- tacchrutvā pauravo rājā vyāhṛtaṃ vai divaukasām.
siṃhāsanāt samutthāya praṇamya ca divaukasaḥ.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- tacchrutvā pauravo rājā vyāhṛtaṃ vai divaukasām.
- तच्छ्रुत्वा पौरवो राजा व्याहृतं वै दिवौकसाम्।
- kind of sitting posture
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सिंहासनम् (siṃhāsanam) | सिंहासने (siṃhāsane) | सिंहासनानि (siṃhāsanāni) सिंहासना¹ (siṃhāsanā¹) |
| accusative | सिंहासनम् (siṃhāsanam) | सिंहासने (siṃhāsane) | सिंहासनानि (siṃhāsanāni) सिंहासना¹ (siṃhāsanā¹) |
| instrumental | सिंहासनेन (siṃhāsanena) | सिंहासनाभ्याम् (siṃhāsanābhyām) | सिंहासनैः (siṃhāsanaiḥ) सिंहासनेभिः¹ (siṃhāsanebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | सिंहासनाय (siṃhāsanāya) | सिंहासनाभ्याम् (siṃhāsanābhyām) | सिंहासनेभ्यः (siṃhāsanebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | सिंहासनात् (siṃhāsanāt) | सिंहासनाभ्याम् (siṃhāsanābhyām) | सिंहासनेभ्यः (siṃhāsanebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | सिंहासनस्य (siṃhāsanasya) | सिंहासनयोः (siṃhāsanayoḥ) | सिंहासनानाम् (siṃhāsanānām) |
| locative | सिंहासने (siṃhāsane) | सिंहासनयोः (siṃhāsanayoḥ) | सिंहासनेषु (siṃhāsaneṣu) |
| vocative | सिंहासन (siṃhāsana) | सिंहासने (siṃhāsane) | सिंहासनानि (siṃhāsanāni) सिंहासना¹ (siṃhāsanā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → Hindi: सिंहासन (sĩhāsan)
- → Kannada: ಸಿಂಹಾಸನ (siṃhāsana)
- → Malay: singgahsana
- Indonesian: singgasana
- → Malayalam: സിംഹാസനം (siṁhāsanaṁ)
- → Punjabi: ਸਿੰਘਾਸਣ (siṅghāsaṇ)
- → Tamil: சிங்காசனம் (ciṅkācaṉam)
- → Telugu: సింహాసనం (siṁhāsanaṁ)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “सिंहासन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1213.