हेषस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হেষস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬾᬱᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• হেষস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰸𑰬𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑁂𑀱𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဟေၑသ် (Burmese script)
• હેષસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਹੇਸ਼ਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑍇𑌷𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦺꦰꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂵𑂭𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಹೇಷಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ហេឞស៑ (Khmer script)
• ເຫຩສ຺ (Lao script)
• ഹേഷസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᡝᢢᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘹𑘬𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠧᢔᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧚𑧌𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐾𑐲𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ହେଷସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢲꢾꢰꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆼𑆰𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖸𑖬𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• හෙෂස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩔𑪀𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚲𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஹேஷஸ் (Tamil script)
• హేషస్ (Telugu script)
• เหษสฺ (Thai script)
• ཧེ་ཥ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒹𑒭𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨄𑨯𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰáyṣas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáyšas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéysos ~ ǵʰéyses-, from *ǵʰey- (“to drive, throw, wound”). Cognate with Ancient Greek χαῖος (khaîos, “shepherd's staff”), Old Irish gae (“spear”), Old English gār (“spear”). The Sanskrit root is हेष् (heṣ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐ́j.ʂɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦeː.ʂɐs̪/

Noun

हेषस् • (héṣas) stem, n

1. missile
2. quickness, valor, vigor

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of हेषस्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	हेषः (héṣaḥ)	हेषसी (héṣasī)	हेषांसि (héṣāṃsi)
vocative	हेषः (héṣaḥ)	हेषसी (héṣasī)	हेषांसि (héṣāṃsi)
accusative	हेषः (héṣaḥ)	हेषसी (héṣasī)	हेषांसि (héṣāṃsi)
instrumental	हेषसा (héṣasā)	हेषोभ्याम् (héṣobhyām)	हेषोभिः (héṣobhiḥ)
dative	हेषसे (héṣase)	हेषोभ्याम् (héṣobhyām)	हेषोभ्यः (héṣobhyaḥ)
ablative	हेषसः (héṣasaḥ)	हेषोभ्याम् (héṣobhyām)	हेषोभ्यः (héṣobhyaḥ)
genitive	हेषसः (héṣasaḥ)	हेषसोः (héṣasoḥ)	हेषसाम् (héṣasām)
locative	हेषसि (héṣasi)	हेषसोः (héṣasoḥ)	हेषःसु (héṣaḥsu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हेषस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1305/3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 820