शठ

Sanskrit[edit]

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शठ • (śaṭha) stem, ?

Crafty, deceitful, fraudulent. dishonest, perfidious
Wicked, depraved
A rogue, cheat, knave, swindler
A false or deceitful lover (who pretends to love one woman while his heart is fixed on another)
A fool, blockhead
A mediator, arbitrator
The Dhattūra plant
An idler, a lazy fellow

Neuter a-stem declension of शठ (śaṭha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शठम् śaṭham	शठे śaṭhe	शठानि / शठा¹ śaṭhāni / śaṭhā¹
Vocative	शठ śaṭha	शठे śaṭhe	शठानि / शठा¹ śaṭhāni / śaṭhā¹
Accusative	शठम् śaṭham	शठे śaṭhe	शठानि / शठा¹ śaṭhāni / śaṭhā¹
Instrumental	शठेन śaṭhena	शठाभ्याम् śaṭhābhyām	शठैः / शठेभिः¹ śaṭhaiḥ / śaṭhebhiḥ¹
Dative	शठाय śaṭhāya	शठाभ्याम् śaṭhābhyām	शठेभ्यः śaṭhebhyaḥ
Ablative	शठात् śaṭhāt	शठाभ्याम् śaṭhābhyām	शठेभ्यः śaṭhebhyaḥ
Genitive	शठस्य śaṭhasya	शठयोः śaṭhayoḥ	शठानाम् śaṭhānām
Locative	शठे śaṭhe	शठयोः śaṭhayoḥ	शठेषु śaṭheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Apte, Macdonell (2022) “शठ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]