वस्मन्
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Sanskrit
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Aryan *wásma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wásma, from Proto-Indo-European *wésmn̥, from the root *wes- (“to dress, clothe”). Cognate with Ancient Greek εἷμα (heîma).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]वस्मन् • (vásman) stem, n
- clothing, garment; cover
- Synonym: वस्त्र (vastra)
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.13.4:
- वहिष्ठेभिर्विहरन्यासि तन्तुमवव्ययन्नसितं देव वस्म ।
दविध्वतो रश्मयः सूर्यस्य चर्मेवावाधुस्तमो अप्स्वन्तः ॥- vahiṣṭhebhirviharanyāsi tantumavavyayannasitaṃ deva vasma.
davidhvato raśmayaḥ sūryasya carmevāvādhustamo apsvantaḥ. - Spreading thy web with mightiest Steeds thou comest, rending apart, thou God, the black-hued mantle.
The rays of Surya tremulously shining sink, like a hide, the darkness in the waters.
- vahiṣṭhebhirviharanyāsi tantumavavyayannasitaṃ deva vasma.
- वहिष्ठेभिर्विहरन्यासि तन्तुमवव्ययन्नसितं देव वस्म ।
- nest
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.31.1:
- अस्माकं मित्रावरुणावतं रथमादित्यै रुद्रैर्वसुभिः सचाभुवा ।
प्र यद्वयो न पप्तन्वस्मनस्परि श्रवस्यवो हृषीवन्तो वनर्षदः ॥- asmākaṃ mitrāvaruṇāvataṃ rathamādityai rudrairvasubhiḥ sacābhuvā.
pra yadvayo na paptanvasmanaspari śravasyavo hṛṣīvanto vanarṣadaḥ. - HELP, Varuna and Mitra, O ye Twain allied with Vasus, Rudras, and Adityas, help our car,
That, as the wild birds of the forest from their home [nest], our horses may fly forth, glad, eager for renown.
- asmākaṃ mitrāvaruṇāvataṃ rathamādityai rudrairvasubhiḥ sacābhuvā.
- अस्माकं मित्रावरुणावतं रथमादित्यै रुद्रैर्वसुभिः सचाभुवा ।
Declension
[edit]singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | वस्म (vasma) | वस्मनी (vasmanī) | वस्मानि (vasmāni) वस्म¹ (vasma¹) वस्मा¹ (vasmā¹) |
vocative | वस्मन् (vasman) वस्म (vasma) |
वस्मनी (vasmanī) | वस्मानि (vasmāni) वस्म¹ (vasma¹) वस्मा¹ (vasmā¹) |
accusative | वस्म (vasma) | वस्मनी (vasmanī) | वस्मानि (vasmāni) वस्म¹ (vasma¹) वस्मा¹ (vasmā¹) |
instrumental | वस्मना (vasmanā) | वस्मभ्याम् (vasmabhyām) | वस्मभिः (vasmabhiḥ) |
dative | वस्मने (vasmane) | वस्मभ्याम् (vasmabhyām) | वस्मभ्यः (vasmabhyaḥ) |
ablative | वस्मनः (vasmanaḥ) | वस्मभ्याम् (vasmabhyām) | वस्मभ्यः (vasmabhyaḥ) |
genitive | वस्मनः (vasmanaḥ) | वस्मनोः (vasmanoḥ) | वस्मनाम् (vasmanām) |
locative | वस्मनि (vasmani) वस्मन्¹ (vasman¹) |
वस्मनोः (vasmanoḥ) | वस्मसु (vasmasu) |
- ¹Vedic
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “वस्मन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 932.
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- Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sanskrit terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wes- (dress)
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- Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
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