अंशु

See also: अंश

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• অংশু (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬂᬰᬸ (Balinese script)
• অংশু (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰽𑰫𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀁𑀰𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• အံၐု (Burmese script)
• અંશુ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਂਸ਼ੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌂𑌶𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦁꦯꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂁𑂬𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಂಶು (Kannada script)
• អំឝុ (Khmer script)
• ອໍຨຸ (Lao script)
• അംശു (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠠᡧᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘽𑘫𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠠᠱᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧞𑧋𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑑄𑐱𑐸 (Newa script)
• ଅଂଶୁ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢀꢯꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆁𑆯𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖽𑖫𑖲 (Siddham script)
• අංශු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑪖𑩿𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚫𑚧𑚰 (Takri script)
• அஂஶு (Tamil script)
• అంశు (Telugu script)
• อํศุ (Thai script)
• ཨཾ་ཤུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑓀𑒬𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨸𑨮𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hanśúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hanćúš, possibly from the BMAC substrate per Lubotsky. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬄𐬯𐬎 (ąsu).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɕú/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɕu/

Noun

अंशु • (aṃśú) stem, m

1. filament, stalk, beam (especially of the Soma plant)
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.22.8:

     पि॒पी॒ळे अं॒शुर्मद्यो॒ न सिन्धु॒रा त्वा॒ शमी॑ शशमा॒नस्य॑ श॒क्तिः।
     अ॒स्म॒द्र्य॑क्छुशुचा॒नस्य॑ यम्या आ॒शुर्न र॒श्मिं तु॒व्योज॑सं॒ गोः॥

     pipīḷé aṃśúrmádyo ná síndhurā́ tvā śámī śaśamānásya śaktíḥ.
     asmadryàkchuśucānásya yamyā āśúrná raśmíṃ tuvyójasaṃ góḥ.

     Pressed is the gladdening stalk as ’twere a river: so let the rite, the toiler's power, attract thee To us-ward, of the Bright One, as the courser strains his. exceedingly strong leather bridle.

2. kind of Soma libation
3. thread
4. end of a thread, a minute particle
5. point, end
6. array, sunbeam
7. cloth
8. name of a rishi
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.5.26:

     यथो॒त कृत्व्ये॒ धनें॒ अं॒शुं गोष्व॒गस्त्य॑म्।
     यथा॒ वाजे॑षु॒ सोभ॑रिम्॥

     yáthotá kṛ́tvye dháneṃ aṃśúṃ góṣvagástyam.
     yáthā vā́jeṣu sóbharim.

     And in like manner as you protected Aṃśú when wealth was to be bestowed, and Agastya when his cattle were to be recovered, and Sobhari when food was to be supplied to him.

9. name of an ancient Vedic teacher, son of a धनंजय (dhanaṃjaya)
10. name of a prince

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of अंशु

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अंशुः (aṃśúḥ)	अंशू (aṃśū́)	अंशवः (aṃśávaḥ)
accusative	अंशुम् (aṃśúm)	अंशू (aṃśū́)	अंशून् (aṃśū́n)
instrumental	अंशुना (aṃśúnā) अंश्वा¹ (aṃśvā́¹)	अंशुभ्याम् (aṃśúbhyām)	अंशुभिः (aṃśúbhiḥ)
dative	अंशवे (aṃśáve) अंश्वे¹ (aṃśvé¹)	अंशुभ्याम् (aṃśúbhyām)	अंशुभ्यः (aṃśúbhyaḥ)
ablative	अंशोः (aṃśóḥ) अंश्वः¹ (aṃśváḥ¹)	अंशुभ्याम् (aṃśúbhyām)	अंशुभ्यः (aṃśúbhyaḥ)
genitive	अंशोः (aṃśóḥ) अंश्वः¹ (aṃśváḥ¹)	अंश्वोः (aṃśvóḥ)	अंशूनाम् (aṃśūnā́m)
locative	अंशौ (aṃśaú)	अंश्वोः (aṃśvóḥ)	अंशुषु (aṃśúṣu)
vocative	अंशो (áṃśo)	अंशू (áṃśū)	अंशवः (áṃśavaḥ)

• ¹Vedic

Derived terms

• सुधांशु (sudhāṃśu)

Descendants

• Pali: aṃsu
• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀲𑀼 (aṃsu)
  • Assamese: আঁহ (ãh)
  • Bengali: আঁশ (ãś)
  • Rohingya: añc

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अंशु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0001.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aṁśú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 1