शंस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শংস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬂᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• শংস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰽𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀁𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ၐံသ် (Burmese script)
• શંસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਂਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌂𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦁꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂁𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಂಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ឝំស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຨໍສ຺ (Lao script)
• ശംസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᡧᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘽𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠱᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧞𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑑄𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଶଂସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢀꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆁𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖽𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ශංස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑪖𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚫𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஶஂஸ் (Tamil script)
• శంస్ (Telugu script)
• ศํสฺ (Thai script)
• ཤཾ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑓀𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨸𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to announce, declare solemnly”). Cognate with Persian سخن (soxan, “speech”), Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order, honor; mankind; world”), Latin cēnseō (“recommend, decree; reckon”) (whence cēnsus), as well as possibly Latin carmen (“composition, tune”) and English herry (“praise, honor”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ̃s/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐs̪/

Root

शंस् • (śaṃs)

1. to praise, commend, approve
2. to recite, repeat (texts, invocations)
3. to vow
4. to wish
5. to foretell, predict, prognosticate
6. to calumniate, revile
7. to hurt, injure
8. to be unhappy

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root शंस् (0 c, 2 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root शंस् (1 c, 0 e)

Primary Verbal Forms

• शंसति (śáṃsati, Present)
• शंसिष्यति (śaṃsiṣyáti, Future)
• शंसिता (śaṃsitā́, Periphrastic Future)
• अशंसीत् (áśaṃsīt, Aorist)
• शस्यात् (śasyā́t, Benedictive)
• शशंस (śaśáṃsa, Perfect)

Secondary Forms

• शस्यते (śasyáte, Passive)
• अशंसि (áśaṃsi, Passive Aorist)
• शंसयति (śaṃsáyati, Causative)
• अशशंसत् (áśaśaṃsat, Causative Aorist)
• शिशंसिषति (śiśaṃsiṣati, Desiderative)
• शाशस्यते (śāśasyate, Intensive)
• शाशंस्ति (śāśaṃsti, Intensive)

Non-Finite Forms

• शस्त (śastá, Past Participle)
• शंसित (śaṃsita, Past Participle)
• शंसितुम् (śaṃsitum, Infinitive)
• शसे (śase, Infinitive)
• शस्त्वा (śastvā́, Gerund)
• शस्य (śasya, Gerund)
• शंस्य (śaṃsya, Gerund)
• शंसम् (śaṃsam, Gerund)
• शंस्य (śáṃsya, Gerundive)
• शस्य (śásya, Gerundive)
• शंस्तव्य (śaṃstavya, Gerundive)

Derived Nominal Forms

• शंस (śáṃsa)
• शंसन (śaṃsana)
• शंसिन् (śaṃsin)
• शंस्तृ (śáṃstṛ)
• शस् (śas)
• शस्ति (śastí)
• शस्त्र (śastrá)
• शस्मन् (śásman)

Prefixed Root Forms

• अतिशंस् (atiśaṃs)
• अनुशंस् (anuśaṃs)
• अभिशंस् (abhiśaṃs)
• आशंस् (āśaṃs)
• प्रतिशंस् (pratiśaṃs)
• प्रशंस् (praśaṃs)
• विशंस् (viśaṃs)
• संशंस् (saṃśaṃs)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शंस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1044, column 3.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “शंस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 169
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “शंस्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “śaṃs”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 599-600

• Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 334-5
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 356
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 326
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “566”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 566