अंशु
See also: अंश
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hanśúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hanćúš, possibly from the BMAC substrate per Lubotsky. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬄𐬯𐬎 (ąsu).
Noun
अंशु • (aṃśú) m
- filament, stalk (especially of the Soma plant)
- RV 4.22.8
- पिपीळे अंशुर मद्यो न सिन्धुर आ तवा शमी शशमानस्य शक्तिः |
- अस्मद्र्यक छुशुचानस्य यम्या आशुर न रश्मिं तुव्योजसं गोः ||
- pipīḷe aṃśur madyo na sindhur ā tvā śamī śaśamānasya śaktiḥ |
- asmadryak chuśucānasya yamyā āśur na raśmiṃ tuvyojasaṃ ghoḥ ||
- Pressed is the gladdening stalk as ’twere a river: so let the rite, the toiler's power, attract thee
- To us-ward, of the Bright One, as the courser strains his. exceedingly strong leather bridle.
- RV 4.22.8
- kind of Soma libation
- thread
- end of a thread, a minute particle
- point, end
- array, sunbeam
- cloth
- name of a rishi
- name of an ancient Vedic teacher, son of a धनंजय (dhanaṃjaya)
- name of a prince
Declension
| Masculine u-stem declension of अंशु (aṃśú) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अंशुः aṃśúḥ |
अंशू aṃśū́ |
अंशवः aṃśávaḥ |
| Vocative | अंशो áṃśo |
अंशू áṃśū |
अंशवः áṃśavaḥ |
| Accusative | अंशुम् aṃśúm |
अंशू aṃśū́ |
अंशून् aṃśū́n |
| Instrumental | अंशुना / अंश्वा¹ aṃśúnā / aṃśvā̀¹ |
अंशुभ्याम् aṃśúbhyām |
अंशुभिः aṃśúbhiḥ |
| Dative | अंशवे / अंश्वे² aṃśáve / aṃśvè² |
अंशुभ्याम् aṃśúbhyām |
अंशुभ्यः aṃśúbhyaḥ |
| Ablative | अंशोः / अंश्वः² aṃśóḥ / aṃśvàḥ² |
अंशुभ्याम् aṃśúbhyām |
अंशुभ्यः aṃśúbhyaḥ |
| Genitive | अंशोः / अंश्वः² aṃśóḥ / aṃśvàḥ² |
अंश्वोः aṃśvóḥ |
अंशूनाम् aṃśūnā́m |
| Locative | अंशौ aṃśaú |
अंश्वोः aṃśvóḥ |
अंशुषु aṃśúṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
- Assamese: আঁহ (ãh)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “अंशु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0001.
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