पसस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬧᬲᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- পসস্ (Assamese script)
- পসস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰭𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀲𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌪𑌸𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- પસસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਪਸਸੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦥꦱꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- បសស៑ (Khmer script)
- ಪಸಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ປສສ຺ (Lao script)
- പസസ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘢𑘭𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠠᠰᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- ᢒᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- ပသသ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧂𑧍𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐳𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ପସସ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢦꢱꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆱𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖭𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- පසස් (Sinhalese script)
- పసస్ (Telugu script)
- ปสสฺ (Thai script)
- པ་ས་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒮𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pés-o-s (“penis”). Cognate with Ancient Greek πέος (péos), Latin pēnis, Old English fæsl.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɐ́.sɐs/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpɐ.s̪ɐs̪/
Noun
पसस् • (pásas) n
- penis, phallus
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
- c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 13.2.9.6:
- ...विड्वै गभो राष्ट्रं पसो राष्ट्रमेव विश्याहन्ति तस्माद्राष्ट्रो विशं घातुकः
- ...viḍvai gabho rāṣṭraṃ paso rāṣṭrameva viśyāhanti tasmādrāṣṭro viśaṃ ghātukaḥ
- ...the vulva, doubtless, [represents] the people, and the penis [represents] royal power; and [in the same way] royal power, indeed, presses hard on and strikes the people on account of which the wielder of royal power is apt to strike down people.
- ...विड्वै गभो राष्ट्रं पसो राष्ट्रमेव विश्याहन्ति तस्माद्राष्ट्रो विशं घातुकः
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:शिश्न
Declension
| Neuter as-stem declension of पसस् (pásas) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | पसः pásaḥ | पससी pásasī | पसांसि pásāṃsi |
| Vocative | पसः pásaḥ | पससी pásasī | पसांसि pásāṃsi |
| Accusative | पसः pásaḥ | पससी pásasī | पसांसि pásāṃsi |
| Instrumental | पससा pásasā | पसोभ्याम् pásobhyām | पसोभिः pásobhiḥ |
| Dative | पससे pásase | पसोभ्याम् pásobhyām | पसोभ्यः pásobhyaḥ |
| Ablative | पससः pásasaḥ | पसोभ्याम् pásobhyām | पसोभ्यः pásobhyaḥ |
| Genitive | पससः pásasaḥ | पससोः pásasoḥ | पससाम् pásasām |
| Locative | पससि pásasi | पससोः pásasoḥ | पसःसु pásaḥsu |
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “पसस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 612.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “पसस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan