हेषस्

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Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

Noun[edit]

हेषस् (héṣas) stemn

  1. missile
  2. quickness, valor, vigor

Declension[edit]

Neuter as-stem declension of हेषस् (héṣas)
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[edit]

  • 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