हेषा
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- হেষা (Assamese script)
- ᬳᬾᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
- হেষা (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰸𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑁂𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဟေၑာ (Burmese script)
- હેષા (Gujarati script)
- ਹੇਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌹𑍇𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦲꦺꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂯𑂵𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಹೇಷಾ (Kannada script)
- ហេឞា (Khmer script)
- ເຫຩາ (Lao script)
- ഹേഷാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡥᡝᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘮𑘹𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠾᠧᢔᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧎𑧚𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐴𑐾𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
- ହେଷା (Odia script)
- ꢲꢾꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑆼𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖸𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
- හෙෂා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪂𑩔𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚩𑚲𑚭 (Takri script)
- ஹேஷா (Tamil script)
- హేషా (Telugu script)
- เหษา (Thai script)
- ཧེ་ཥཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑒹𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨱𑨄𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root हेष् (heṣ, “to neigh”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɦɐj.ʂɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɦeː.ʂɑː/
Noun
हेषा • (heṣā) stem, f (Classical Sanskrit)
- neighing (of a horse)
- c. 600 CE, Bhāravi, Kirātārjunīya 16.8.1:
- रथाङ्गसंक्रीडितमश्वहेषा वहन्ति मत्तद्विपबृंहितानि ।
- rathāṅgasaṃkrīḍitamaśvaheṣā vahanti mattadvipabṛṃhitāni.
- The rattle of parts of chariots, neighings of horses, roars of intoxicated elephants are flowing.
- रथाङ्गसंक्रीडितमश्वहेषा वहन्ति मत्तद्विपबृंहितानि ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | हेषा (heṣā) | हेषे (heṣe) | हेषाः (heṣāḥ) |
| accusative | हेषाम् (heṣām) | हेषे (heṣe) | हेषाः (heṣāḥ) |
| instrumental | हेषया (heṣayā) हेषा¹ (heṣā¹) |
हेषाभ्याम् (heṣābhyām) | हेषाभिः (heṣābhiḥ) |
| dative | हेषायै (heṣāyai) | हेषाभ्याम् (heṣābhyām) | हेषाभ्यः (heṣābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | हेषायाः (heṣāyāḥ) हेषायै² (heṣāyai²) |
हेषाभ्याम् (heṣābhyām) | हेषाभ्यः (heṣābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | हेषायाः (heṣāyāḥ) हेषायै² (heṣāyai²) |
हेषयोः (heṣayoḥ) | हेषाणाम् (heṣāṇām) |
| locative | हेषायाम् (heṣāyām) | हेषयोः (heṣayoḥ) | हेषासु (heṣāsu) |
| vocative | हेषे (heṣe) | हेषे (heṣe) | हेषाः (heṣāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “हेषा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1305.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “heṣā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hēṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 819