सुमनस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সুমনস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬸᬫᬦᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• সুমনস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰲𑰦𑰡𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀼𑀫𑀦𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သုမနသ် (Burmese script)
• સુમનસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸੁਮਨਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍁𑌮𑌨𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦸꦩꦤꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂳𑂧𑂢𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸುಮನಸ್ (Kannada script)
• សុមនស៑ (Khmer script)
• ສຸມນສ຺ (Lao script)
• സുമനസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᡠᠮᠠᠨᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘳𑘦𑘡𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠤᠮᠠᠨᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧔𑧆𑧁𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐸𑐩𑐣𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସୁମନସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢸꢪꢥꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆶𑆩𑆤𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖲𑖦𑖡𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• සුමනස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩒𑩴𑩯𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚰𑚢𑚝𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸுமநஸ் (Tamil script)
• సుమనస్ (Telugu script)
• สุมนสฺ (Thai script)
• སུ་མ་ན་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒳𑒧𑒢𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨃𑨢𑨝𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Indo-European *ménos

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁sumenēs

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsumánās

Sanskrit सुमनस् (sumanas)

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsumánās.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /su.mɐ́.nɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪u.mɐ.n̪ɐs̪/

Adjective

सुमनस् • (sumánas) stem

1. good-minded, well-disposed, benevolent, gracious, favourable, pleasant, agreeable
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
   • Gobh
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Kaṭha Upaniṣad
2. well pleased, satisfied, cheerful, easy, comfortable
3. wise, intelligent
   • 200 BCE – 1200, Kāvya literature
   • c. 1000, Somadeva, Kathāsaritsāgara

Declension

Masculine as-stem declension of सुमनस् (sumánas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सुमनाः sumánāḥ	सुमनसौ / सुमनसा¹ sumánasau / sumánasā¹	सुमनसः / सुमनाः¹ sumánasaḥ / sumánāḥ¹
Vocative	सुमनः súmanaḥ	सुमनसौ / सुमनसा¹ súmanasau / súmanasā¹	सुमनसः / सुमनाः¹ súmanasaḥ / súmanāḥ¹
Accusative	सुमनसम् / सुमनाम्¹ sumánasam / sumánām¹	सुमनसौ / सुमनसा¹ sumánasau / sumánasā¹	सुमनसः / सुमनाः¹ sumánasaḥ / sumánāḥ¹
Instrumental	सुमनसा sumánasā	सुमनोभ्याम् sumánobhyām	सुमनोभिः sumánobhiḥ
Dative	सुमनसे sumánase	सुमनोभ्याम् sumánobhyām	सुमनोभ्यः sumánobhyaḥ
Ablative	सुमनसः sumánasaḥ	सुमनोभ्याम् sumánobhyām	सुमनोभ्यः sumánobhyaḥ
Genitive	सुमनसः sumánasaḥ	सुमनसोः sumánasoḥ	सुमनसाम् sumánasām
Locative	सुमनसि sumánasi	सुमनसोः sumánasoḥ	सुमनःसु sumánaḥsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine as-stem declension of सुमनस् (sumánas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सुमनाः sumánāḥ	सुमनसौ / सुमनसा¹ sumánasau / sumánasā¹	सुमनसः / सुमनाः¹ sumánasaḥ / sumánāḥ¹
Vocative	सुमनः súmanaḥ	सुमनसौ / सुमनसा¹ súmanasau / súmanasā¹	सुमनसः / सुमनाः¹ súmanasaḥ / súmanāḥ¹
Accusative	सुमनसम् / सुमनाम्¹ sumánasam / sumánām¹	सुमनसौ / सुमनसा¹ sumánasau / sumánasā¹	सुमनसः / सुमनाः¹ sumánasaḥ / sumánāḥ¹
Instrumental	सुमनसा sumánasā	सुमनोभ्याम् sumánobhyām	सुमनोभिः sumánobhiḥ
Dative	सुमनसे sumánase	सुमनोभ्याम् sumánobhyām	सुमनोभ्यः sumánobhyaḥ
Ablative	सुमनसः sumánasaḥ	सुमनोभ्याम् sumánobhyām	सुमनोभ्यः sumánobhyaḥ
Genitive	सुमनसः sumánasaḥ	सुमनसोः sumánasoḥ	सुमनसाम् sumánasām
Locative	सुमनसि sumánasi	सुमनसोः sumánasoḥ	सुमनःसु sumánaḥsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter as-stem declension of सुमनस् (sumánas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सुमनः sumánaḥ	सुमनसी sumánasī	सुमनांसि sumánāṃsi
Vocative	सुमनः súmanaḥ	सुमनसी súmanasī	सुमनांसि súmanāṃsi
Accusative	सुमनः sumánaḥ	सुमनसी sumánasī	सुमनांसि sumánāṃsi
Instrumental	सुमनसा sumánasā	सुमनोभ्याम् sumánobhyām	सुमनोभिः sumánobhiḥ
Dative	सुमनसे sumánase	सुमनोभ्याम् sumánobhyām	सुमनोभ्यः sumánobhyaḥ
Ablative	सुमनसः sumánasaḥ	सुमनोभ्याम् sumánobhyām	सुमनोभ्यः sumánobhyaḥ
Genitive	सुमनसः sumánasaḥ	सुमनसोः sumánasoḥ	सुमनसाम् sumánasām
Locative	सुमनसि sumánasi	सुमनसोः sumánasoḥ	सुमनःसु sumánaḥsu

Noun

सुमनस् • (sumanas) stem, m

1. a good or wise man
2. name of various plants; according to lexicographers, identifiable as "wheat, a kind of Karañja, Azadirachta Indica, Guilandina Bonduc"
3. a male given name
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
4. (in the plural) name of a particular class of gods under the 12th Manu

Noun

सुमनस् • (sumanas) stem, f

1. (plural or in compounds) flowers
   • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
2. great-flowering jasmine
3. a female given name

Noun

सुमनस् • (sumanas) stem, n

1. a flower
   • Śatr

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: [script needed] (suman), [script needed] (sŏman)
• Pali: sumanā (“Jasminum grandiflorum”)
• Pali: Sumana
  • Burmese: သုမန (su.ma.na.)
  • Khmer: សុមនៈ (somnĕəʼ)
  • → English: Sumana
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀼𑀫𑀡 n (sumaṇa, “flower”), 𑀲𑀼𑀫𑀡𑀲 (sumaṇasa)
  • Central Indo-Aryan:
    • Old Hindi: सुमन (sumana, “flower”)
      • Hindi: सुमन (suman)
      • Urdu: سُمَن (suman)
• → Sinhalese: සුමන (sumana)
• → Telugu: సుమనసస్ (sumanasas)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सुमनस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1230, column 3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sumanas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press