दंश्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• दश् (daś)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দংশ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬂᬰ᭄ (Balinese script)
• দংশ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰽𑰫𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀁𑀰𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဒံၐ် (Burmese script)
• દંશ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਦਂਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌂𑌶𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦁꦯ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂁𑂬𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ದಂಶ್ (Kannada script)
• ទំឝ៑ (Khmer script)
• ທໍຨ຺ (Lao script)
• ദംശ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᡩᠠᡧ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘽𑘫𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᢑᠠᠱ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧞𑧋𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑑄𑐱𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଦଂଶ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢀꢯ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆁𑆯𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖽𑖫𑖿 (Siddham script)
• දංශ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑪖𑩿 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚫𑚧𑚶 (Takri script)
• தஂ³ஶ் (Tamil script)
• దంశ్ (Telugu script)
• ทํศฺ (Thai script)
• དཾ་ཤ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑓀𑒬𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨸𑨮𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *danś-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *danć-, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δάκνω (dáknō), German Zange.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ̃ɕ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐ̃ɕ/

Root

दंश् • (daṃś)

1. to bite

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root दंश् (0 c, 3 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root दंश् (3 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• दशति (dáśati, Present)
• दंशति (dáṃśati, Present)
• दङ्क्ष्यति (daṅkṣyati, Future)
• दशिष्यति (daśiṣyati, Future)
• दंष्टा (daṃṣṭā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अदाङ्क्षीत् (adāṅkṣīt, Aorist)
• दश्यात् (daśyāt, Benedictive)
• ददंश (dadaṃśa, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• दश्यते (daśyate, Passive)
• दंशयति (daṃśayati, Causative)
• अददंशत् (adadaṃśat, Causative Aorist)
• दिदङ्क्षति (didaṅkṣati, Desiderative)
• दन्दश्यते (dandaśyate, Intensive)
• दन्दशीति (dandaśīti, Intensive)
• दन्दष्टि (dandaṣṭi, Intensive)
• दन्दंष्टि (dandaṃṣṭi, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• दष्ट (daṣṭá, Past Participle)
• दंशित (daṃśita, Past Participle)
• दंष्टुम् (daṃṣṭum, Infinitive)
• दंष्ट्वा (daṃṣṭvā́, Gerund)
• दश्य (daśya, Gerund)
• दन्दशयित्वा (dandaśayitvā, Gerund)

Derived Nominal Forms

• दन्दशूक (dandaśū́ka)
• दंश (daṃśa)
• दंशक (daṃśaka)
• दंशिन् (daṃśin)
• दंशन (daṃśana)
• दंशुक (daṃśuka)
• दंष्टृ (daṃṣṭṛ́)
• दंष्ट्र (daṃṣṭra)
• दंश्मन् (daṃśman)
• दङ्क्ष्नु (daṅkṣnu)
• दशा (daśā)
• दशन (daśana)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दंश्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 464, column 3.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 69
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DAṀŚ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 688
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 630