पसस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পসস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬲᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• পসস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰭𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀲𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပသသ် (Burmese script)
• પસસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਸਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌸𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦱꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂮𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಸಸ್ (Kannada script)
• បសស៑ (Khmer script)
• ປສສ຺ (Lao script)
• പസസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘭𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠰᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧍𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐳𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପସସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢱꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆱𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖭𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• පසස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑪁𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚨𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• பஸஸ் (Tamil script)
• పసస్ (Telugu script)
• ปสสฺ (Thai script)
• པ་ས་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒮𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨰𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pés-o-s (“penis”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πέος (péos), Latin pēnis, Old English fæsl.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ́.sɐs/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐ.s̪ɐs̪/

Noun

पसस् • (pásas) stem, n

1. penis, phallus

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:शिश्न

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 13.2.9.6:

     ...विड्वै गभो राष्ट्रं पसो राष्ट्रमेव विश्याहन्ति तस्माद्राष्ट्रो विशं घातुकः

     ...viḍvai gabho rāṣṭraṃ paso rāṣṭrameva viśyāhanti tasmādrāṣṭro viśaṃ ghātukaḥ

     ...the vulva, doubtless, [represents] the people, and the penis [represents] royal power; and [in the same way] royal power, indeed, presses hard on and strikes the people on account of which the wielder of royal power is apt to strike down people.

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of पसस् (pásas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पसः pásaḥ	पससी pásasī	पसांसि pásāṃsi
Vocative	पसः pásaḥ	पससी pásasī	पसांसि pásāṃsi
Accusative	पसः pásaḥ	पससी pásasī	पसांसि pásāṃsi
Instrumental	पससा pásasā	पसोभ्याम् pásobhyām	पसोभिः pásobhiḥ
Dative	पससे pásase	पसोभ्याम् pásobhyām	पसोभ्यः pásobhyaḥ
Ablative	पससः pásasaḥ	पसोभ्याम् pásobhyām	पसोभ्यः pásobhyaḥ
Genitive	पससः pásasaḥ	पससोः pásasoḥ	पससाम् pásasām
Locative	पससि pásasi	पससोः pásasoḥ	पसःसु pásaḥsu

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “पसस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 612.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पसस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan