वनस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱনস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬦᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বনস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰡𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀦𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဝနသ် (Burmese script)
• વનસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਨਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌨𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦤꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂢𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ವನಸ್ (Kannada script)
• វនស៑ (Khmer script)
• ວນສ຺ (Lao script)
• വനസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠨᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘡𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠨᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧁𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐣𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵନସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢥꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆤𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖡𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වනස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩯𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚝𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• வநஸ் (Tamil script)
• వనస్ (Telugu script)
• วนสฺ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ན་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒢𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨝𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wénh₁-o-s (“beauty, loveliness”), from *wenh₁- (“to love”). Cognate with Latin venus (“loveliness”), Old English winnan (whence English win).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́.nɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.n̪ɐs̪/

Noun

वनस् • (vánas) stem, n

1. loveliness, beauty
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.172.1:

     आ याहि वनसा सह गावः सचन्त वर्तनिं यदूधभिः ॥

     ā yāhi vanasā saha gāvaḥ sacanta vartaniṃ yadūdhabhiḥ.

     With all thy loveliness come: the cows approaching with full udders follow on thy path.

2. desire, longing

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of वनस् (vánas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वनः vánaḥ	वनसी vánasī	वनांसि vánāṃsi
Vocative	वनः vánaḥ	वनसी vánasī	वनांसि vánāṃsi
Accusative	वनः vánaḥ	वनसी vánasī	वनांसि vánāṃsi
Instrumental	वनसा vánasā	वनोभ्याम् vánobhyām	वनोभिः vánobhiḥ
Dative	वनसे vánase	वनोभ्याम् vánobhyām	वनोभ्यः vánobhyaḥ
Ablative	वनसः vánasaḥ	वनोभ्याम् vánobhyām	वनोभ्यः vánobhyaḥ
Genitive	वनसः vánasaḥ	वनसोः vánasoḥ	वनसाम् vánasām
Locative	वनसि vánasi	वनसोः vánasoḥ	वनःसु vánaḥsu

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वनस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 918, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “vánas-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 500-1