हिंस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeys- (fright), an extension of *ǵʰey- (wound, thrust). See also हेष् (heṣ, to be strong).

Compare the semantic development of English thrust and threat, both from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (to push, thrust).

Pronunciation

Root

हिंस् • (hiṃs)

  1. to injure, harm, wound, kill, destroy

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root हिंस् (0 c, 4 e)
Terms derived from the Sanskrit root हिंस् (2 c, 0 e)
Primary Verbal Forms
  • हिनस्ति (hinásti) (Present)
  • हिंसति (hiṃsati) (Present)
  • हिंसिष्यति (hiṃsiṣyáti) (Future)
  • हिंसिता (hiṃsitā́) (Periphrastic Future)
  • अहिंसीत् (áhiṃsīt) (Aorist)
  • जिहिंस (jihíṃsa) (Perfect)
Secondary Forms
  • हिंस्यते (hiṃsyáte) (Passive)
  • अहिंसि (áhiṃsi) (Passive Aorist)
  • हिंसयति (hiṃsáyati) (Causative)
  • अजिहिंसत् (ájihiṃsat) (Causative Aorist)
  • जिहिंसिषति (jíhiṃsiṣati) (Desiderative)
  • जेहिंस्यते (jehiṃsyate) (Intensive)
  • जेहिंस्ति (jehiṃsti) (Intensive)
Non-Finite Forms
  • हिंसित (hiṃsitá) (Past Participle)
  • हिंसितुम् (hiṃsitum) (Infinitive)
  • हिंसितोस् (híṃsitos) (Infinitive)
  • हिंसित्वा (hiṃsitvā́) (Gerund)
  • हिंस्य (hiṃsya) (Gerund)
  • हिंस्य (hiṃsya) (Gerundive)
  • हिंसितव्य (hiṃsitavyà) (Gerundive)
  • हिंसनीय (hiṃsanīya) (Gerundive)
Derived Nominal Forms
Prefixed Root Forms
  • उपहिंस् (upahiṃs)
  • विहिंस् (vihiṃs)

Adjective

हिंस् • (hiṃs) stem

  1. injuring, striking

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • सुहिंस् (suhiṃs)

References

  • Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “हिंस्”, 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
  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “हिंस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “HEṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 820-1