शंस

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ᬰᬂᬲ (Balinese script)
শংস (Assamese script)
শংস (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰽𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀁𑀲 (Brahmi script)
𑌶𑌂𑌸 (Grantha script)
શંસ (Gujarati script)
ꦯꦁꦱ (Javanese script)
ಶಂಸ (Kannada script)
ၐံသ (Burmese script)
ଶଂସ (Oriya script)
ꢯꢀꢱ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆁𑆱 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖽𑖭 (Siddham script)
శంస (Telugu script)
ཤཾས (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑓀𑒮 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śánsas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĉánsas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéns-o-s, from *ḱens- (“to announce, proclaim”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬇𐬧𐬖𐬀‎ (sə̄ṇγa, “pronouncement”), Latin cēnseō.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ̃́.s̪ɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐ̃.s̪ɐ/

Noun

शंस • (śáṃsa) m

recitation, invocation, praise
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शंस (śáṃsa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शंसः śáṃsaḥ	शंसौ śáṃsau	शंसाः / शंसासः¹ śáṃsāḥ / śáṃsāsaḥ¹
Vocative	शंस śáṃsa	शंसौ śáṃsau	शंसाः / शंसासः¹ śáṃsāḥ / śáṃsāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शंसम् śáṃsam	शंसौ śáṃsau	शंसान् śáṃsān
Instrumental	शंसेन śáṃsena	शंसाभ्याम् śáṃsābhyām	शंसैः / शंसेभिः¹ śáṃsaiḥ / śáṃsebhiḥ¹
Dative	शंसाय śáṃsāya	शंसाभ्याम् śáṃsābhyām	शंसेभ्यः śáṃsebhyaḥ
Ablative	शंसात् śáṃsāt	शंसाभ्याम् śáṃsābhyām	शंसेभ्यः śáṃsebhyaḥ
Genitive	शंसस्य śáṃsasya	शंसयोः śáṃsayoḥ	शंसानाम् śáṃsānām
Locative	शंसे śáṃse	शंसयोः śáṃsayoḥ	शंसेषु śáṃseṣu
Notes	¹Vedic