अन्धस्
Appearance
Sanskrit
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éndʰos (“blooming flower, herb, sprout”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”), Old Irish ainder (“young lady, maiden”), Albanian endë (“blooming”), Old Armenian անդ (and, “field”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]अन्धस् • (ándhas) stem, n (Vedic)
- the Soma plant
- Synonym: सोम (sóma)
- any herb
- Soma juice
- darkness
- grassy ground (?)
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.96.2:
- उभे यत् ते महिना शुभ्रे अन्धसी अधिक्षियन्ति पूरवः।
सा नो बोध्यवित्री मरुत्सखा चोद राधो मघोनाम्॥- ubhe yat te mahinā śubhre andhasī adhikṣiyanti pūravaḥ.
sā no bodhyavitrī marutsakhā coda rādho maghonām. - When in the fulness of their strength the Pūrus dwell, Beauteous One, on thy two grassy banks,
Favour us thou who hast the Maruts for thy friends: stir up the bounty of our chiefs.
- ubhe yat te mahinā śubhre andhasī adhikṣiyanti pūravaḥ.
- उभे यत् ते महिना शुभ्रे अन्धसी अधिक्षियन्ति पूरवः।
Declension
[edit]singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | अन्धः (ándhaḥ) | अन्धसी (ándhasī) | अन्धांसि (ándhāṃsi) |
accusative | अन्धः (ándhaḥ) | अन्धसी (ándhasī) | अन्धांसि (ándhāṃsi) |
instrumental | अन्धसा (ándhasā) | अन्धोभ्याम् (ándhobhyām) | अन्धोभिः (ándhobhiḥ) |
dative | अन्धसे (ándhase) | अन्धोभ्याम् (ándhobhyām) | अन्धोभ्यः (ándhobhyaḥ) |
ablative | अन्धसः (ándhasaḥ) | अन्धोभ्याम् (ándhobhyām) | अन्धोभ्यः (ándhobhyaḥ) |
genitive | अन्धसः (ándhasaḥ) | अन्धसोः (ándhasoḥ) | अन्धसाम् (ándhasām) |
locative | अन्धसि (ándhasi) | अन्धसोः (ándhasoḥ) | अन्धःसु (ándhaḥsu) |
vocative | अन्धः (ándhaḥ) | अन्धसी (ándhasī) | अन्धांसि (ándhāṃsi) |
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “अन्धस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 45.
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