एधस्

एधस्

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 5 February 2023

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háydʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háydʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰ-os, from *h₂eydʰ- (“to ignite, fire”). Cognate with Ancient Greek αἶθος (aîthos).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́j.dʱɐs/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.d̪ʱɐs̪/

Noun

एधस् • (édhas) n

1. happiness, prosperity
2. fuel, combustion (same as एध (édha))
   • Srimad Bhagavad-Gita 4.37:

     एधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुते

     edhāṃsi samiddhoʼgnirbhasmasātkurute

     Combustibles are by fires alight turned into ashes

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of एधस् (édhas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	एधः édhaḥ	एधसी édhasī	एधांसि édhāṃsi
Vocative	एधः édhaḥ	एधसी édhasī	एधांसि édhāṃsi
Accusative	एधः édhaḥ	एधसी édhasī	एधांसि édhāṃsi
Instrumental	एधसा édhasā	एधोभ्याम् édhobhyām	एधोभिः édhobhiḥ
Dative	एधसे édhase	एधोभ्याम् édhobhyām	एधोभ्यः édhobhyaḥ
Ablative	एधसः édhasaḥ	एधोभ्याम् édhobhyām	एधोभ्यः édhobhyaḥ
Genitive	एधसः édhasaḥ	एधसोः édhasoḥ	एधसाम् édhasām
Locative	एधसि édhasi	एधसोः édhasoḥ	एधःसु édhaḥsu

Related terms

• एधते (édhate, “to prosper, increase, grow”)
• एध (édha, “fuel, firewood”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “एधस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 231,232.