प्सा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• প্সা (Assamese script)
• ᬧ᭄ᬲᬵ (Balinese script)
• প্সা (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰿𑰭𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁆𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ပ္သါ (Burmese script)
• પ્સા (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਸਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍍𑌸𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦥ꧀ꦱꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂹𑂮𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಪ್ಸಾ (Kannada script)
• ប្សា (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ສາ (Lao script)
• പ്സാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠰ᠌ᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘿𑘭𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠰᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧠𑧍𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑂𑐳𑐵 (Newa script)
• ପ୍ସା (Odia script)
• ꢦ꣄ꢱꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑇀𑆱𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖿𑖭𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ප‍්සා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰 𑪙𑪁𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚶𑚨𑚭 (Takri script)
• ப்ஸா (Tamil script)
• ప్సా (Telugu script)
• ปฺสา (Thai script)
• པྶཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑓂𑒮𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑩇𑨰𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From भस् (bhas), whence बप्सति (bápsati).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /psɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ps̪ɑː/

Root

प्सा • (psā)

1. to chew, swallow, devour, eat, consume

• प्साति (psā́ti, “chew, swallow, devour”)
  • प्सात (psātá, “chewed, swallowed, devoured”)
  • प्सुरस् (psúras, “food, victuals”)
  • प्सरस् (psáras, “enjoyment, delight; feast”)
  • प्स्न्य (psnya, “nourishing”)
  • विश्वापुष् (viśvāpuṣ, “all-sustaining”)
  • विश्वप्स्न्य (viśvápsnya, “all-nourishing”)
  • विश्वप्स्न्याय (viśvápsnyāya, “to the satiation of all”)
  • देवप्सरस् (devápsaras, “serving the gods as a feast or enjoyment”)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “प्सा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 715, column 3.