यशस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যশস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬰᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• যশস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰫𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀰𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ယၐသ် (Burmese script)
• યશસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਯਸ਼ਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌶𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦯꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂬𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಯಶಸ್ (Kannada script)
• យឝស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຍຨສ຺ (Lao script)
• യശസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠᡧᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘫𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᠱᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧋𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐱𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଯଶସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢯꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆯𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖫𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• යශස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩿𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚧𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• யஶஸ் (Tamil script)
• యశస్ (Telugu script)
• ยศสฺ (Thai script)
• ཡ་ཤ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒬𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨮𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáćas (“glory; honor”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬀𐬵 (yasah).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /jɐ́.ɕɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /jɐ.ɕɐs̪/

Noun

यशस् • (yáśas) stem, n

1. glory, fame, renown
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.40.6.2:

     गिर्व॑णः पा॒हि नः॑ सु॒तं मधो॒र् धारा॑भिर् अज्यसे ।
     इन्द्र॒ त्वादा॑त॒म् इद् यशः॑ ॥

     gírvaṇaḥ pāhí naḥ sutáṃ mádhor dhā́rābhir ajyase.
     índra tvā́dātam íd yáśaḥ.

     Drink our libation, Lord of hymns: with streams of meath thou art bedewed
     Our glory, Indra, is thy gift.

2. beautiful appearance, splendor
3. honor

   Synonyms: आदर (ādara), सम्मान (sammāna)

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of यशस्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	यशः (yáśaḥ)	यशसी (yáśasī)	यशांसि (yáśāṃsi)
vocative	यशः (yáśaḥ)	यशसी (yáśasī)	यशांसि (yáśāṃsi)
accusative	यशः (yáśaḥ)	यशसी (yáśasī)	यशांसि (yáśāṃsi)
instrumental	यशसा (yáśasā)	यशोभ्याम् (yáśobhyām)	यशोभिः (yáśobhiḥ)
dative	यशसे (yáśase)	यशोभ्याम् (yáśobhyām)	यशोभ्यः (yáśobhyaḥ)
ablative	यशसः (yáśasaḥ)	यशोभ्याम् (yáśobhyām)	यशोभ्यः (yáśobhyaḥ)
genitive	यशसः (yáśasaḥ)	यशसोः (yáśasoḥ)	यशसाम् (yáśasām)
locative	यशसि (yáśasi)	यशसोः (yáśasoḥ)	यशःसु (yáśaḥsu)

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𐨩𐨭𐨆 (yaśo), 𑀬𑀲𑁄 (yaso)
  • Prakrit: 𑀚𑀲 (jasa) (see there for further descendants)
• Old Javanese: yaśa
  • > Javanese: ꦪꦱ (yasa) (inherited)
• Pali: yasas
  • → Burmese: ယသ (ya.sa.)
  • → Khmer: យស (yuəh)
  • → Thai: ยศ (yót)

Terms borrowed from यशस् (yaśas)

• → Assamese: যশ (zox) (semi-learned)
• → Bengali: যশ (joś) (semi-learned)
• → Gujarati: યશ (yaś) (semi-learned)
• → Hindustani: yaś (semi-learned)

  Hindi: यश

  Urdu: یَش (yaś)

• → Indonesian: jasa (semi-learned)
• → Kannada: ಯಶಸ್ಸು (yaśassu) (learned)
• → Malayalam: യശസ്സ് (yaśassŭ) (learned)
• → Old Marathi: (semi-learned) eṣa, yaśa, yasa

  Devanagari script: एष, यश, यस

  Modi script: 𑘊𑘬, 𑘧𑘫, 𑘧𑘭

  • Marathi: यश (yaś)
• → Odia: ଯଶ (jaśa) (semi-learned)
• → Sinhalese: යශ (yaśa) (semi-learned)
• → Tamil: யசசு (yacacu) (learned)
• → Telugu: యశస్సు (yaśassu) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “यशस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 848, column 2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yáśas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 604