अंशु

See also: अंश

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ᬅᬂᬰᬸ (Balinese script)
অংশু (Assamese script)
অংশু (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰽𑰫𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀁𑀰𑀼 (Brahmi script)
𑌅𑌂𑌶𑍁 (Grantha script)
અંશુ (Gujarati script)
ਅਂਸ਼ੁ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦄꦁꦯꦸ (Javanese script)
អំឝុ (Khmer script)
ಅಂಶು (Kannada script)
ອໍຨຸ (Lao script)
അംശു (Malayalam script)
𑘀𑘽𑘫𑘳 (Modi script)
ᢀ᠋ᠠᠱᠤ (Mongolian script)
ᢀ᠋ᠠᡧᡠ (Manchu script)
အံၐု (Burmese script)
𑦠𑧞𑧋𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑑄𑐱𑐸 (Newa script)
ଅଂଶୁ (Oriya script)
ꢂꢀꢯꢸ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆁𑆯𑆶 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖽𑖫𑖲 (Siddham script)
අංශු (Sinhalese script)
అంశు (Telugu script)
อํศุ (Thai script)
ཨཾ་ཤུ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑓀𑒬𑒳 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hanśúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hanćúš, possibly from the BMAC substrate per Lubotsky. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬄𐬯𐬎‎ (ąsu).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɕú/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.ɕu/

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.
kind of Soma libation
thread
end of a thread, a minute particle
point, end
array, sunbeam
cloth
name of a rishi
- RV 8.5.26
  यथोत कर्त्व्ये धने.अंशुं गोष्वगस्त्यम |
  यथा वाजेषु सोभरिम ||
  athota kṛtvye dhane.aṃśuṃ ghoṣvaghastyam |
  yathā vājeṣu sobharim ||
  And Amsu in decisive fight, Agastya in the fray for kine.
  And, in his battles, Sobhari.
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	¹Vedic ²Less common

Derived terms

सुधांशु (sudhāṃśu)

Descendants

Assamese: আঁহ (ãh)
Bengali: আঁশ (ãśô)
Rohingya: añc

References

Monier Williams (1899), “अंशु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0001.