रिरंसा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰিৰংসা (Assamese script)
• ᬭᬶᬭᬂᬲᬵ (Balinese script)
• রিরংসা (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰰𑰨𑰽𑰭𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑀺𑀭𑀁𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ရိရံသာ (Burmese script)
• રિરંસા (Gujarati script)
• ਰਿਰਂਸਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑌿𑌰𑌂𑌸𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦶꦫꦁꦱꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂱𑂩𑂁𑂮𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ರಿರಂಸಾ (Kannada script)
• រិរំសា (Khmer script)
• ຣິຣໍສາ (Lao script)
• രിരംസാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᡳᢀ᠋ᡵᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘱𑘨𑘽𑘭𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠢᢀ᠋ᠷᠠᠰᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧒𑧈𑧞𑧍𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑐶𑐬𑑄𑐳𑐵 (Newa script)
• ରିରଂସା (Odia script)
• ꢬꢶꢬꢀꢱꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆴𑆫𑆁𑆱𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖰𑖨𑖽𑖭𑖯 (Siddham script)
• රිරංසා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩑𑩼𑪖𑪁𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚮𑚤𑚫𑚨𑚭 (Takri script)
• ரிரஂஸா (Tamil script)
• రిరంసా (Telugu script)
• ริรํสา (Thai script)
• རི་རཾ་སཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒱𑒩𑓀𑒮𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨁𑨫𑨸𑨰𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Desiderative noun of रम् (ram).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɾi.ɾɐ̃.sɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɾiˈɾɐ̃.s̪ɑː/

Noun

रिरंसा • (riraṃsā) stem, f (root रम्)

1. sexual desire
2. lasciviousness, lust
   • c. 700 CE, Daṇḍin, Daśa-kumāra-carita :

     एकदा धन्यके प्रयाते तं पुष्टं विकलं सा धूमिनी रिरंसयोपातिष्ठत्

     ekadā dhanyake prayāte taṃ puṣṭaṃ vikalaṃ sā dhūminī riraṃsayopātiṣṭhat

     once, while Dhanyaka was gone, Dhûminî approached the (afore) mutilated (although now) healthy (man) and lust in her arose

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of रिरंसा (riraṃsā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रिरंसा riraṃsā	रिरंसे riraṃse	रिरंसाः riraṃsāḥ
Vocative	रिरंसे riraṃse	रिरंसे riraṃse	रिरंसाः riraṃsāḥ
Accusative	रिरंसाम् riraṃsām	रिरंसे riraṃse	रिरंसाः riraṃsāḥ
Instrumental	रिरंसया / रिरंसा¹ riraṃsayā / riraṃsā¹	रिरंसाभ्याम् riraṃsābhyām	रिरंसाभिः riraṃsābhiḥ
Dative	रिरंसायै riraṃsāyai	रिरंसाभ्याम् riraṃsābhyām	रिरंसाभ्यः riraṃsābhyaḥ
Ablative	रिरंसायाः / रिरंसायै² riraṃsāyāḥ / riraṃsāyai²	रिरंसाभ्याम् riraṃsābhyām	रिरंसाभ्यः riraṃsābhyaḥ
Genitive	रिरंसायाः / रिरंसायै² riraṃsāyāḥ / riraṃsāyai²	रिरंसयोः riraṃsayoḥ	रिरंसानाम् riraṃsānām
Locative	रिरंसायाम् riraṃsāyām	रिरंसयोः riraṃsayoḥ	रिरंसासु riraṃsāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रिरंसा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 881, column 1.