आगस्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hā́gas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́gas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ég-os ~ *h₂ég-es-, from *h₂eg- (“sin, crime, fault”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄγος (ágos, “pollution, guilt”), Old English acan (whence English ache).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑ́ː.ɡɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.ɡɐs̪/

Noun

आगस् • (ā́gas) stem, n

1. transgression, offence, injury, sin, fault
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.57.4:

     ऋध॒क्सा वो॑ मरुतो दि॒द्युद॑स्तु॒ यद्व॒ आगः॑ पुरु॒षता॒ करा॑म ।
     मा व॒स्तस्या॒मपि॑ भूमा यजत्रा अ॒स्मे वो॑ अस्तु सुम॒तिश्चनि॑ष्ठा ॥

     ṛ́dhaksā́ vo maruto didyúdastu yádva ā́gaḥ puruṣátā kárāma.
     mā́ vastásyāmápi bhūmā yajatrā asmé vo astu sumatíścániṣṭhā.

     Far from us be your blazing dart, O Maruts, when we, through human frailty, commit a sin against you.
     Let us not be exposed to that, ye Holy! May your most loving favour still attend us.

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of आगस् (ā́gas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आगः ā́gaḥ	आगसी ā́gasī	आगांसि ā́gāṃsi
Vocative	आगः ā́gaḥ	आगसी ā́gasī	आगांसि ā́gāṃsi
Accusative	आगः ā́gaḥ	आगसी ā́gasī	आगांसि ā́gāṃsi
Instrumental	आगसा ā́gasā	आगोभ्याम् ā́gobhyām	आगोभिः ā́gobhiḥ
Dative	आगसे ā́gase	आगोभ्याम् ā́gobhyām	आगोभ्यः ā́gobhyaḥ
Ablative	आगसः ā́gasaḥ	आगोभ्याम् ā́gobhyām	आगोभ्यः ā́gobhyaḥ
Genitive	आगसः ā́gasaḥ	आगसोः ā́gasoḥ	आगसाम् ā́gasām
Locative	आगसि ā́gasi	आगसोः ā́gasoḥ	आगःसु ā́gaḥsu