आशीविष

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

আশীৱিষ (Assamese script)
ᬆᬰᬷᬯᬶᬱ (Balinese script)
আশীবিষ (Bengali script)
𑰁𑰫𑰱𑰪𑰰𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀆𑀰𑀻𑀯𑀺𑀱 (Brahmi script)
အာၐီဝိၑ (Burmese script)
આશીવિષ (Gujarati script)
ਆਸ਼ੀਵਿਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌆𑌶𑍀𑌵𑌿𑌷 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦴꦯꦷꦮꦶꦰ (Javanese script)
𑂄𑂬𑂲𑂫𑂱𑂭 (Kaithi script)
ಆಶೀವಿಷ (Kannada script)
អាឝីវិឞ (Khmer script)
ອາຨີວິຩ (Lao script)
ആശീവിഷ (Malayalam script)
ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡧᡳᡳᠸᡳᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘁𑘫𑘲𑘪𑘱𑘬 (Modi script)
ᠠᢗᠱᠢᠢᠸᠢᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦡𑧋𑧓𑧊𑧒𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
𑐁𑐱𑐷𑐰𑐶𑐲 (Newa script)
ଆଶୀଵିଷ (Odia script)
ꢃꢯꢷꢮꢶꢰ (Saurashtra script)
𑆄𑆯𑆵𑆮𑆴𑆰 (Sharada script)
𑖁𑖫𑖱𑖪𑖰𑖬 (Siddham script)
ආශීවිෂ (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩛𑩿𑩑𑩛𑩾𑩑𑪀 (Soyombo script)
𑚁𑚧𑚯𑚦𑚮 (Takri script)
ஆஶீவிஷ (Tamil script)
ఆశీవిష (Telugu script)
อาศีวิษ (Thai script)
ཨཱ་ཤཱི་ཝི་ཥ (Tibetan script)
𑒂𑒬𑒲𑒫𑒱𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨊𑨮𑨁𑨊𑨭𑨁𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unclear origin. Despite Vedic attestation, probably borrowed from an unknown substrate. The word structure resembling a compound of आशी (āśī, “to rest on; blessing”) and विष (viṣa, “poison”) is probably a folk-etymological adaptation from the original source. On the other hand, Charpentier does consider the word to be a Vedic compound of *आशी (āśī, “sharp”) + विष (viṣa, “poison”), deriving the former component from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɕiː.ʋi.ʂɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɕiː.ʋi.ʂɐ/

Noun

आशीविष • (āśīviṣa) stem, m

a kind of venomous snake

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आशीविष
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	आशीविषः (āśīviṣaḥ)	आशीविषौ (āśīviṣau) आशीविषा¹ (āśīviṣā¹)	आशीविषाः (āśīviṣāḥ) आशीविषासः¹ (āśīviṣāsaḥ¹)
vocative	आशीविष (āśīviṣa)	आशीविषौ (āśīviṣau) आशीविषा¹ (āśīviṣā¹)	आशीविषाः (āśīviṣāḥ) आशीविषासः¹ (āśīviṣāsaḥ¹)
accusative	आशीविषम् (āśīviṣam)	आशीविषौ (āśīviṣau) आशीविषा¹ (āśīviṣā¹)	आशीविषान् (āśīviṣān)
instrumental	आशीविषेण (āśīviṣeṇa)	आशीविषाभ्याम् (āśīviṣābhyām)	आशीविषैः (āśīviṣaiḥ) आशीविषेभिः¹ (āśīviṣebhiḥ¹)
dative	आशीविषाय (āśīviṣāya)	आशीविषाभ्याम् (āśīviṣābhyām)	आशीविषेभ्यः (āśīviṣebhyaḥ)
ablative	आशीविषात् (āśīviṣāt)	आशीविषाभ्याम् (āśīviṣābhyām)	आशीविषेभ्यः (āśīviṣebhyaḥ)
genitive	आशीविषस्य (āśīviṣasya)	आशीविषयोः (āśīviṣayoḥ)	आशीविषाणाम् (āśīviṣāṇām)
locative	आशीविषे (āśīviṣe)	आशीविषयोः (āśīviṣayoḥ)	आशीविषेषु (āśīviṣeṣu)

¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “आशीविष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 157/3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 179