हरस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হৰস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬭᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• হরস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰨𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀭𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဟရသ် (Burmese script)
• હરસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਹਰਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌰𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦫꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂩𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಹರಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ហរស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຫຣສ຺ (Lao script)
• ഹരസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᠠᡵᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘨𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠠᠷᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧈𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐬𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ହରସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢬꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆫𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖨𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• හරස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩼𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚤𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஹரஸ் (Tamil script)
• హరస్ (Telugu script)
• หรสฺ (Thai script)
• ཧ་ར་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒩𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨫𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéros (“heat”). Cognate with Ancient Greek θέρος (théros).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ́.ɾɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɐ.ɾɐs̪/

Noun

हरस् • (háras) stem, n

1. (Vedic) flame, fire

   Synonyms: अग्नि (agní), पावक (pāvaká)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.87.25:

     प्रत्य॑ग्ने॒ हर॑सा॒ हरः॑ शृणी॒हि वि॒श्वतः॒ प्रति॑ ।
     या॒तु॒धान॑स्य र॒क्षसो॒ बलं॒ वि रु॑ज वी॒र्यं॑ ॥

     prátyagne hárasā háraḥ śṛṇīhí viśvátaḥ práti.
     yātudhā́nasya rakṣáso bálaṃ ví ruja vīryàṃ.

     Shoot forth your flame, O Agni; with your flame demolish them on every side.
     Break the Yātudhāna's strength and the vigour of the Rākṣasa.

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of हरस् (háras)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हरः háraḥ	हरसी hárasī	हरांसि hárāṃsi
Vocative	हरः háraḥ	हरसी hárasī	हरांसि hárāṃsi
Accusative	हरः háraḥ	हरसी hárasī	हरांसि hárāṃsi
Instrumental	हरसा hárasā	हरोभ्याम् hárobhyām	हरोभिः hárobhiḥ
Dative	हरसे hárase	हरोभ्याम् hárobhyām	हरोभ्यः hárobhyaḥ
Ablative	हरसः hárasaḥ	हरोभ्याम् hárobhyām	हरोभ्यः hárobhyaḥ
Genitive	हरसः hárasaḥ	हरसोः hárasoḥ	हरसाम् hárasām
Locative	हरसि hárasi	हरसोः hárasoḥ	हरःसु háraḥsu

References

• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 804
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “θέρομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 542