शंस

See also: शंस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শংস (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬂᬲ (Balinese script)
• শংস (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰽𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀁𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• ၐံသ (Burmese script)
• શંસ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਂਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌂𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦁꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂁𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಂಸ (Kannada script)
• ឝំស (Khmer script)
• ຨໍສ (Lao script)
• ശംസ (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᡧᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘽𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠱᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧞𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑄𑐳 (Newa script)
• ଶଂସ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢀꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆁𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖽𑖭 (Siddham script)
• ශංස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑪖𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚫𑚨 (Takri script)
• ஶஂஸ (Tamil script)
• శంస (Telugu script)
• ศํส (Thai script)
• ཤཾ་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑓀𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨸𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćánsas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéns-o-s, from *ḱens- (“to announce, proclaim”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬇𐬧𐬖𐬀 (sə̄ṇγa, “pronouncement”), Latin cēnseō.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ̃́.sɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐ̃.s̪ɐ/

Noun

शंस • (śáṃsa) stem, m

1. recitation, invocation, praise
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शंस (śáṃsa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शंसः śáṃsaḥ	शंसौ / शंसा¹ śáṃsau / śáṃsā¹	शंसाः / शंसासः¹ śáṃsāḥ / śáṃsāsaḥ¹
Vocative	शंस śáṃsa	शंसौ / शंसा¹ śáṃsau / śáṃsā¹	शंसाः / शंसासः¹ śáṃsāḥ / śáṃsāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शंसम् śáṃsam	शंसौ / शंसा¹ śáṃsau / śáṃsā¹	शंसान् śáṃsān
Instrumental	शंसेन śáṃsena	शंसाभ्याम् śáṃsābhyām	शंसैः / शंसेभिः¹ śáṃsaiḥ / śáṃsebhiḥ¹
Dative	शंसाय śáṃsāya	शंसाभ्याम् śáṃsābhyām	शंसेभ्यः śáṃsebhyaḥ
Ablative	शंसात् śáṃsāt	शंसाभ्याम् śáṃsābhyām	शंसेभ्यः śáṃsebhyaḥ
Genitive	शंसस्य śáṃsasya	शंसयोः śáṃsayoḥ	शंसानाम् śáṃsānām
Locative	शंसे śáṃse	शंसयोः śáṃsayoḥ	शंसेषु śáṃseṣu
Notes	¹Vedic