पसस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পসস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬲᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• পসস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰭𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀲𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပသသ် (Burmese script)
• પસસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਸਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌸𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦱꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂮𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಸಸ್ (Kannada script)
• បសស៑ (Khmer script)
• ປສສ຺ (Lao script)
• പസസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘭𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠰᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧍𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐳𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପସସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢱꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆱𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖭𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• පසස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑪁𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚨𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• பஸஸ் (Tamil script)
• పసస్ (Telugu script)
• ปสสฺ (Thai script)
• པ་ས་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒮𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨰𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pés-o-s (“penis”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πέος (péos), Latin pēnis, Old English fæsl.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ́.sɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐ.s̪ɐs̪/

Noun

पसस् • (pásas) stem, n

1. penis, phallus

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:शिश्न

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 6.101.3:

     आहं तनोमि ते पसो अधि ज्यामिव धन्वनि ।
     क्रमस्वर्श इव रोहितमनवग्लायता सदा ॥

     āhaṃ tanomi te paso adhi jyāmiva dhanvani.
     kramasvarśa iva rohitamanavaglāyatā sadā.

     I stretch your penis like a bowstring on a bow
     Approach [a woman] tirelessly always, like a stag approaches a doe.

   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 13.2.9.6:

     ...विड्वै गभो राष्ट्रं पसो राष्ट्रमेव विश्याहन्ति तस्माद्राष्ट्रो विशं घातुकः

     ...viḍvai gabho rāṣṭraṃ paso rāṣṭrameva viśyāhanti tasmādrāṣṭro viśaṃ ghātukaḥ

     ...the vulva, doubtless, [represents] the people, and the penis [represents] royal power; and [in the same way] royal power, indeed, presses hard on and strikes the people on account of which the wielder of royal power is apt to strike down people.

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of पसस्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पसः (pásaḥ)	पससी (pásasī)	पसांसि (pásāṃsi)
vocative	पसः (pásaḥ)	पससी (pásasī)	पसांसि (pásāṃsi)
accusative	पसः (pásaḥ)	पससी (pásasī)	पसांसि (pásāṃsi)
instrumental	पससा (pásasā)	पसोभ्याम् (pásobhyām)	पसोभिः (pásobhiḥ)
dative	पससे (pásase)	पसोभ्याम् (pásobhyām)	पसोभ्यः (pásobhyaḥ)
ablative	पससः (pásasaḥ)	पसोभ्याम् (pásobhyām)	पसोभ्यः (pásobhyaḥ)
genitive	पससः (pásasaḥ)	पससोः (pásasoḥ)	पससाम् (pásasām)
locative	पससि (pásasi)	पससोः (pásasoḥ)	पसःसु (pásaḥsu)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “पसस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 612.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पसस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan