वस्न

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱস্ন (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬲ᭄ᬦ (Balinese script)
• বস্ন (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰭𑰿𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀲𑁆𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ဝသ္န (Burmese script)
• વસ્ન (Gujarati script)
• ਵਸ੍ਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦱ꧀ꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂮𑂹𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ವಸ್ನ (Kannada script)
• វស្ន (Khmer script)
• ວສ຺ນ (Lao script)
• വസ്ന (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘭𑘿𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠰᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧍𑧠𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐳𑑂𑐣 (Newa script)
• ଵସ୍ନ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢱ꣄ꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆱𑇀𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖭𑖿𑖡 (Siddham script)
• වස‍්න (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑪁 𑪙𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚨𑚶𑚝 (Takri script)
• வஸ்ந (Tamil script)
• వస్న (Telugu script)
• วสฺน (Thai script)
• ཝ་སྣ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒮𑓂𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨰𑩇𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *wasnám, from Proto-Indo-European *wos-nó-, from *wes- (“to trade, sell”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὦνος (ônos, “price”) and Latin vēndere (“to sell”). Also related to Persian بازار (bâzâr, “market”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐs.nɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐs̪.n̪ɐ/

Noun

वस्न • (vasná) stem, n

1. price, value
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.24.22:

     भूयसा वस्नम्अचरत्कनीयो...

     bhūyasā vasnamacaratkanīyo...

     He bid a small price for a thing of high value...

   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā)
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 12.2.36:

     यत्कृषते यद्वनुते यच्च वस्नेन विन्दते ।
     सर्वं मर्त्यस्य तन् नास्ति क्रव्याच्चेदनिराहितः ॥

     yatkṛṣate yadvanute yacca vasnena vindate.
     sarvaṃ martyasya tan nāsti kravyāccedanirāhitaḥ.

     Whatever man acquires by farming, by winning in war, and all that he obtains for a price
     He loses all if the Carnivorous Fire is not set aside

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of वस्न (vasná)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वस्नम् vasnám	वस्ने vasné	वस्नानि / वस्ना¹ vasnā́ni / vasnā́¹
Vocative	वस्न vásna	वस्ने vásne	वस्नानि / वस्ना¹ vásnāni / vásnā¹
Accusative	वस्नम् vasnám	वस्ने vasné	वस्नानि / वस्ना¹ vasnā́ni / vasnā́¹
Instrumental	वस्नेन vasnéna	वस्नाभ्याम् vasnā́bhyām	वस्नैः / वस्नेभिः¹ vasnaíḥ / vasnébhiḥ¹
Dative	वस्नाय vasnā́ya	वस्नाभ्याम् vasnā́bhyām	वस्नेभ्यः vasnébhyaḥ
Ablative	वस्नात् vasnā́t	वस्नाभ्याम् vasnā́bhyām	वस्नेभ्यः vasnébhyaḥ
Genitive	वस्नस्य vasnásya	वस्नयोः vasnáyoḥ	वस्नानाम् vasnā́nām
Locative	वस्ने vasné	वस्नयोः vasnáyoḥ	वस्नेषु vasnéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वस्न”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 931.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “वस्न”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan