घ्रंस

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰransás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr-ens(o)- (“heat”), from the root *gʷʰer- (“to be hot”). Cognate with Welsh gwres (“heat”), Old Irish grís (“heat (of the sun), fire, embers”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɾɐ̃.sɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɾɐ̃.s̪ɐ/

Noun

घ्रंस • (ghraṃsá) stem, m

1. heat of the sun
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.116.8:

     हिमेनाग्निं घ्रंसमवारयेथां पितुमतीमूर्जमस्मा अधत्तम् ।
     ऋबीसे अत्रिमश्विनावनीतमुन्निन्यथुः सर्वगणं स्वस्ति ॥

     himénāgníṃ ghraṃsám avārayethām pitumátīm ū́rjam asmā adhattam
     ṛbī́se átrim aśvinā́vanītam ún ninyathuḥ sárvagaṇaṃ suastí

     Ye warded off with cold the fire's fierce burning; food very rich in nourishment ye furnished.
     Atri, cast downward in the cavern, Asvins ye brought, with all his people, forth to comfort.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of घ्रंस

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	घ्रंसः (ghraṃsáḥ)	घ्रंसौ (ghraṃsaú) घ्रंसा¹ (ghraṃsā́¹)	घ्रंसाः (ghraṃsā́ḥ) घ्रंसासः¹ (ghraṃsā́saḥ¹)
vocative	घ्रंस (ghráṃsa)	घ्रंसौ (ghráṃsau) घ्रंसा¹ (ghráṃsā¹)	घ्रंसाः (ghráṃsāḥ) घ्रंसासः¹ (ghráṃsāsaḥ¹)
accusative	घ्रंसम् (ghraṃsám)	घ्रंसौ (ghraṃsaú) घ्रंसा¹ (ghraṃsā́¹)	घ्रंसान् (ghraṃsā́n)
instrumental	घ्रंसेन (ghraṃséna)	घ्रंसाभ्याम् (ghraṃsā́bhyām)	घ्रंसैः (ghraṃsaíḥ) घ्रंसेभिः¹ (ghraṃsébhiḥ¹)
dative	घ्रंसाय (ghraṃsā́ya)	घ्रंसाभ्याम् (ghraṃsā́bhyām)	घ्रंसेभ्यः (ghraṃsébhyaḥ)
ablative	घ्रंसात् (ghraṃsā́t)	घ्रंसाभ्याम् (ghraṃsā́bhyām)	घ्रंसेभ्यः (ghraṃsébhyaḥ)
genitive	घ्रंसस्य (ghraṃsásya)	घ्रंसयोः (ghraṃsáyoḥ)	घ्रंसानाम् (ghraṃsā́nām)
locative	घ्रंसे (ghraṃsé)	घ्रंसयोः (ghraṃsáyoḥ)	घ्रंसेषु (ghraṃséṣu)

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