सिंहासन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सिंहासन (siṃhāsana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sɪŋ.ɡʱɑː.sən/, [sɪ̃ŋ.ɡʱäː.sɐ̃n]

Noun

सिंहासन • (siṅhāsan) m

1. throne

   Synonym: राजगद्दी (rājgaddī)

   बूढ़ा राजा सिंहासन से उतरा।

   būṛhā rājā sĩhāsan se utrā.

   The old king abdicated the throne.

2. (figuratively) sovereignty, rule, dominion

Declension

Declension of सिंहासन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सिंहासन siṅhāsan	सिंहासन siṅhāsan
oblique	सिंहासन siṅhāsan	सिंहासनों siṅhāsanõ
vocative	सिंहासन siṅhāsan	सिंहासनो siṅhāsano

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সিংহাসন (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬶᬂᬳᬵᬲᬦ (Balinese script)
• সিংহাসন (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰰𑰽𑰮𑰯𑰭𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸𑀲𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• သိံဟာသန (Burmese script)
• સિંહાસન (Gujarati script)
• ਸਿਂਹਾਸਨ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌿𑌂𑌹𑌾𑌸𑌨 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦶꦁꦲꦴꦱꦤ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂱𑂁𑂯𑂰𑂮𑂢 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಿಂಹಾಸನ (Kannada script)
• សិំហាសន (Khmer script)
• ສິໍຫາສນ (Lao script)
• സിംഹാസന (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᡳᡥᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘱𑘽𑘮𑘰𑘭𑘡 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰᠢᠾᠠᢗᠰᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧒𑧞𑧎𑧑𑧍𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐶𑑄𑐴𑐵𑐳𑐣 (Newa script)
• ସିଂହାସନ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢶꢀꢲꢵꢱꢥ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆴𑆁𑆲𑆳𑆱𑆤 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖰𑖽𑖮𑖯𑖭𑖡 (Siddham script)
• සිංහාසන (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩑𑪖𑪂𑩛𑪁𑩯 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚮𑚫𑚩𑚭𑚨𑚝 (Takri script)
• ஸிஂஹாஸந (Tamil script)
• సింహాసన (Telugu script)
• สิํหาสน (Thai script)
• སིཾ་ཧཱ་ས་ན (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒱𑓀𑒯𑒰𑒮𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨁𑨸𑨱𑨊𑨰𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of सिंह (simhá, “lion”) +‎ आसन (ā́sana, “seat”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sĩ.ɦɑ́ː.sɐ.nɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ĩ.ɦɑː.s̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

सिंहासन • (siṃhāsana) stem, n

1. throne; "lion's seat"
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 1.69.34:

     तच्छ्रुत्वा पौरवो राजा व्याहृतं वै दिवौकसाम्।
     सिंहासनात् समुत्थाय प्रणम्य च दिवौकसः॥

     tacchrutvā pauravo rājā vyāhṛtaṃ vai divaukasām.
     siṃhāsanāt samutthāya praṇamya ca divaukasaḥ.

2. kind of sitting posture

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of सिंहासन

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सिंहासनम् (siṃhāsanam)	सिंहासने (siṃhāsane)	सिंहासनानि (siṃhāsanāni) सिंहासना¹ (siṃhāsanā¹)
vocative	सिंहासन (siṃhāsana)	सिंहासने (siṃhāsane)	सिंहासनानि (siṃhāsanāni) सिंहासना¹ (siṃhāsanā¹)
accusative	सिंहासनम् (siṃhāsanam)	सिंहासने (siṃhāsane)	सिंहासनानि (siṃhāsanāni) सिंहासना¹ (siṃhāsanā¹)
instrumental	सिंहासनेन (siṃhāsanena)	सिंहासनाभ्याम् (siṃhāsanābhyām)	सिंहासनैः (siṃhāsanaiḥ) सिंहासनेभिः¹ (siṃhāsanebhiḥ¹)
dative	सिंहासनाय (siṃhāsanāya)	सिंहासनाभ्याम् (siṃhāsanābhyām)	सिंहासनेभ्यः (siṃhāsanebhyaḥ)
ablative	सिंहासनात् (siṃhāsanāt)	सिंहासनाभ्याम् (siṃhāsanābhyām)	सिंहासनेभ्यः (siṃhāsanebhyaḥ)
genitive	सिंहासनस्य (siṃhāsanasya)	सिंहासनयोः (siṃhāsanayoḥ)	सिंहासनानाम् (siṃhāsanānām)
locative	सिंहासने (siṃhāsane)	सिंहासनयोः (siṃhāsanayoḥ)	सिंहासनेषु (siṃhāsaneṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: सिंहासन (sĩhāsan)
• → Kannada: ಸಿಂಹಾಸನ (siṃhāsana)
• → Malay: singgahsana
  • Indonesian: singgasana
• → Malayalam: സിംഹാസനം (siṁhāsanaṁ)
• → Punjabi: ਸਿੰਘਾਸਣ (siṅghāsaṇ)
• → Tamil: சிங்காசனம் (ciṅkācaṉam)
• → Telugu: సింహాసనం (siṁhāsanaṁ)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सिंहासन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1213.