एधस्

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 5 February 2023

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• এধস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬏᬥᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• এধস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰊𑰠𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀏𑀥𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဧဓသ် (Burmese script)
• એધસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਏਧਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌏𑌧𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦌꦣꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂉𑂡𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಏಧಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ឯធស៑ (Khmer script)
• ເອຘສ຺ (Lao script)
• ഏധസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡝᢡᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘊𑘠𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠧᢑᠾᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦪𑧀𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐊𑐢𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଏଧସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢍꢤꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆍𑆣𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖊𑖠𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• එධස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩔𑩮𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚆𑚜𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஏத⁴ஸ் (Tamil script)
• ఏధస్ (Telugu script)
• เอธสฺ (Thai script)
• ཨེ་དྷ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒋𑒡𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨄𑨜𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háydʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háydʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰ-os, from *h₂eydʰ- (“to ignite, fire”). Cognate with Ancient Greek αἶθος (aîthos).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́j.dʱɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /eː.d̪ʱɐs̪/

Noun

एधस् • (édhas) stem, n

1. happiness, prosperity
2. fuel, combustion (same as एध (édha))
   • Srimad Bhagavad-Gita 4.37:

     एधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुते

     edhāṃsi samiddhoʼgnirbhasmasātkurute

     Combustibles are by fires alight turned into ashes

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of एधस्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	एधः (édhaḥ)	एधसी (édhasī)	एधांसि (édhāṃsi)
vocative	एधः (édhaḥ)	एधसी (édhasī)	एधांसि (édhāṃsi)
accusative	एधः (édhaḥ)	एधसी (édhasī)	एधांसि (édhāṃsi)
instrumental	एधसा (édhasā)	एधोभ्याम् (édhobhyām)	एधोभिः (édhobhiḥ)
dative	एधसे (édhase)	एधोभ्याम् (édhobhyām)	एधोभ्यः (édhobhyaḥ)
ablative	एधसः (édhasaḥ)	एधोभ्याम् (édhobhyām)	एधोभ्यः (édhobhyaḥ)
genitive	एधसः (édhasaḥ)	एधसोः (édhasoḥ)	एधसाम् (édhasām)
locative	एधसि (édhasi)	एधसोः (édhasoḥ)	एधःसु (édhaḥsu)

Related terms

• एधते (édhate, “to prosper, increase, grow”)
• एध (édha, “fuel, firewood”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “एधस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 231,232.