शष्प

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

শষ্প (Assamese script)
ᬰᬱ᭄ᬧ (Balinese script)
শষ্প (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰬𑰿𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀱𑁆𑀧 (Brahmi script)
ၐၑ္ပ (Burmese script)
શષ્પ (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼ਸ਼੍ਪ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑌷𑍍𑌪 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦰ꧀ꦥ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑂭𑂹𑂣 (Kaithi script)
ಶಷ್ಪ (Kannada script)
ឝឞ្ប (Khmer script)
ຨຩ຺ປ (Lao script)
ശഷ്പ (Malayalam script)
ᡧᠠᢢᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘬𑘿𑘢 (Modi script)
ᠱᠠᢔᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧌𑧠𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐲𑑂𑐥 (Newa script)
ଶଷ୍ପ (Odia script)
ꢯꢰ꣄ꢦ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆰𑇀𑆥 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖬𑖿𑖢 (Siddham script)
ශෂ‍්ප (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑪀 𑪙𑩰 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚶𑚞 (Takri script)
ஶஷ்ப (Tamil script)
శష్ప (Telugu script)
ศษฺป (Thai script)
ཤ་ཥྤ (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒭𑓂𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨯𑩇𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćáp-ša-m ~ *ćáp-sa-m, after undergoing metathesis; from the root *ćap- (“greens; grass”). Cognate with Persian (sabze, “grass”), (sabzi, “vegetable”), Pashto سابه (sābah), Shughni [script needed] (sebc, “cultivated field”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́ʂ.pɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐʂ.pɐ/

Noun

शष्प • (śáṣpa) stem, n

young, sprouting grass
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 19.13:
  दीक्षायै रूपँ शष्पाणि प्रायणीयस्य तोक्मानि ।
  क्रयस्य रूपँ सोमस्य लाजाः सोमाꣳशवो मधु ॥
  dīkṣā́yai rūpám̐ śáṣpāṇi prāyaṇī́yasya tókmāni
  krayásya rūpám̐ sómasya lājā́ḥ somām̐śávo mádhu
  Symbols of Dīkṣā are grass buds; those of Prāyaṇīya are sprouts of corn,
  Of Soma-purchasing fried grains are symbols, Soma-shoots and meath.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of शष्प (śáṣpa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शष्पम् śáṣpam	शष्पे śáṣpe	शष्पाणि / शष्पा¹ śáṣpāṇi / śáṣpā¹
Vocative	शष्प śáṣpa	शष्पे śáṣpe	शष्पाणि / शष्पा¹ śáṣpāṇi / śáṣpā¹
Accusative	शष्पम् śáṣpam	शष्पे śáṣpe	शष्पाणि / शष्पा¹ śáṣpāṇi / śáṣpā¹
Instrumental	शष्पेण śáṣpeṇa	शष्पाभ्याम् śáṣpābhyām	शष्पैः / शष्पेभिः¹ śáṣpaiḥ / śáṣpebhiḥ¹
Dative	शष्पाय śáṣpāya	शष्पाभ्याम् śáṣpābhyām	शष्पेभ्यः śáṣpebhyaḥ
Ablative	शष्पात् śáṣpāt	शष्पाभ्याम् śáṣpābhyām	शष्पेभ्यः śáṣpebhyaḥ
Genitive	शष्पस्य śáṣpasya	शष्पयोः śáṣpayoḥ	शष्पाणाम् śáṣpāṇām
Locative	शष्पे śáṣpe	शष्पयोः śáṣpayoḥ	शष्पेषु śáṣpeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

शष्प्य (śaṣpya, “grassy”)
शष्पिञ्जर (śaṣpiñjara, “yellowish like young grass”)

Descendants

→ Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀨 (sappha)
- → Kannada: ಸೊಪ್ಪು (soppu)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “शष्प”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1060/3.