आशीविष

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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): /ɑːˈɕiː.ʋi.ʂɐ/

Noun

आशीविष • (āśīviṣa) stem, m

1. a kind of venomous snake

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of आशीविष (āśīviṣa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आशीविषः āśīviṣaḥ	आशीविषौ / आशीविषा¹ āśīviṣau / āśīviṣā¹	आशीविषाः / आशीविषासः¹ āśīviṣāḥ / āśīviṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative	आशीविष āśīviṣa	आशीविषौ / आशीविषा¹ āśīviṣau / āśīviṣā¹	आशीविषाः / आशीविषासः¹ āśīviṣāḥ / āśīviṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative	आशीविषम् āśīviṣam	आशीविषौ / आशीविषा¹ āśīviṣau / āśīviṣā¹	आशीविषान् āśīviṣān
Instrumental	आशीविषेण āśīviṣeṇa	आशीविषाभ्याम् āśīviṣābhyām	आशीविषैः / आशीविषेभिः¹ āśīviṣaiḥ / 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
Notes	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