शिशयिषा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শিশয়িষা (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬶᬰᬬᬶᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
• শিশয়িষা (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰰𑰫𑰧𑰰𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀺𑀰𑀬𑀺𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ၐိၐယိၑာ (Burmese script)
• શિશયિષા (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਿਸ਼ਯਿਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌿𑌶𑌯𑌿𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦶꦯꦪꦶꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂱𑂬𑂨𑂱𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಿಶಯಿಷಾ (Kannada script)
• ឝិឝយិឞា (Khmer script)
• ຨິຨຍິຩາ (Lao script)
• ശിശയിഷാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᡳᡧᠠᠶᡳᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘱𑘫𑘧𑘱𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠢᠱᠠᠶ᠋ᠢᢔᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧒𑧋𑧇𑧒𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐶𑐱𑐫𑐶𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଶିଶଯିଷା (Odia script)
• ꢯꢶꢯꢫꢶꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆴𑆯𑆪𑆴𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖰𑖫𑖧𑖰𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ශිශයිෂා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩑𑩿𑩻𑩑𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚮𑚧𑚣𑚮𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஶிஶயிஷா (Tamil script)
• శిశయిషా (Telugu script)
• ศิศยิษา (Thai script)
• ཤི་ཤ་ཡི་ཥཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒱𑒬𑒨𑒱𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨁𑨮𑨪𑨁𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Back-formation from शिशयिषते (śiśayiṣate, “wishes to sleep”, desiderative) +‎ -आ (-ā), from the root शी (śī, “to sleep”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕi.ɕɐ.ji.ʂɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕi.ɕɐ.ji.ʂɑː/

Noun

शिशयिषा • (śiśayiṣā) stem, f

1. desire to lie down or sleep

   Synonym: सुषुप्सा (suṣupsā)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of शिशयिषा (śiśayiṣā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शिशयिषा śiśayiṣā	शिशयिषे śiśayiṣe	शिशयिषाः śiśayiṣāḥ
Vocative	शिशयिषे śiśayiṣe	शिशयिषे śiśayiṣe	शिशयिषाः śiśayiṣāḥ
Accusative	शिशयिषाम् śiśayiṣām	शिशयिषे śiśayiṣe	शिशयिषाः śiśayiṣāḥ
Instrumental	शिशयिषया / शिशयिषा¹ śiśayiṣayā / śiśayiṣā¹	शिशयिषाभ्याम् śiśayiṣābhyām	शिशयिषाभिः śiśayiṣābhiḥ
Dative	शिशयिषायै śiśayiṣāyai	शिशयिषाभ्याम् śiśayiṣābhyām	शिशयिषाभ्यः śiśayiṣābhyaḥ
Ablative	शिशयिषायाः / शिशयिषायै² śiśayiṣāyāḥ / śiśayiṣāyai²	शिशयिषाभ्याम् śiśayiṣābhyām	शिशयिषाभ्यः śiśayiṣābhyaḥ
Genitive	शिशयिषायाः / शिशयिषायै² śiśayiṣāyāḥ / śiśayiṣāyai²	शिशयिषयोः śiśayiṣayoḥ	शिशयिषाणाम् śiśayiṣāṇām
Locative	शिशयिषायाम् śiśayiṣāyām	शिशयिषयोः śiśayiṣayoḥ	शिशयिषासु śiśayiṣāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “शिशयिषा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1076, column 1.