अवश्यम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অৱশ্যম্ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬯᬰ᭄ᬬᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
• অবশ্যম্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰪𑰫𑰿𑰧𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀯𑀰𑁆𑀬𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အဝၐျမ် (Burmese script)
• અવશ્યમ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਵਸ਼੍ਯਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌵𑌶𑍍𑌯𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦮꦯꦾꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂫𑂬𑂹𑂨𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಅವಶ್ಯಮ್ (Kannada script)
• អវឝ្យម៑ (Khmer script)
• ອວຨ຺ຍມ຺ (Lao script)
• അവശ്യമ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᠸᠠᡧᠶᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘪𑘫𑘿𑘧𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠸᠠᠱᠶ᠋ᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧊𑧋𑧠𑧇𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐰𑐱𑑂𑐫𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅଵଶ୍ଯମ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢮꢯ꣄ꢫꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆮𑆯𑇀𑆪𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖪𑖫𑖿𑖧𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අවශ්‍යම් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩾𑩿 𑪙𑩻𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚦𑚧𑚶𑚣𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
• அவஶ்யம் (Tamil script)
• అవశ్యమ్ (Telugu script)
• อวศฺยมฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཝ་ཤྱ་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒫𑒬𑓂𑒨𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨭𑨮𑩇𑨪𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From अवश्य (avaśya, “inevitable”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʋɐɕ.jɐm/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐˈʋɐɕ.jɐm/

Adverb

अवश्यम् • (avaśyam)

1. inevitably, necessarily, certainly, surely
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 3.29.8:

     अवश्यं लभते जन्तुः फलं पापस्य कर्मणः ।
     घोरं पर्यागते काले द्रुमाः पुष्पम् इवार्तवम् ॥

     avaśyaṃ labhate jantuḥ phalaṃ pāpasya karmaṇaḥ.
     ghoraṃ paryāgate kāle drumāḥ puṣpam ivārtavam.

     A being certainly gets a terrible fruit of sinful deeds at the right time, just as the trees get the flower of the season.

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अवश्यम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 104.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अवश्यम्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 256
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “avaśyam”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.