शण
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬰᬡ (Balinese script)
- শণ (Assamese script)
- শণ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰜 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀡 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌶𑌣 (Grantha script)
- શણ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਣ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦯꦟ (Javanese script)
- ឝណ (Khmer script)
- ಶಣ (Kannada script)
- ຨຓ (Lao script)
- ശണ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘫𑘜 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᢏᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᡧᠠᢏᠠ (Manchu script)
- ၐဏ (Burmese script)
- 𑧋𑦼 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐞 (Newa script)
- ଶଣ (Oriya script)
- ꢯꢠ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆟 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖜 (Siddham script)
- ශණ (Sinhalese script)
- శణ (Telugu script)
- ศณ (Thai script)
- ཤ་ཎ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒝 (Tirhuta script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɐ.ɳɐ́/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɕɐ.ɳɐ/
Noun
शण • (śaṇá) m or n
- a kind of hemp, Cannabis sativa or Crotalaria juncea
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of शण (śaṇá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | शणः śaṇáḥ | शणौ śaṇaú | शणाः / शणासः¹ śaṇā́ḥ / śaṇā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | शण śáṇa | शणौ śáṇau | शणाः / शणासः¹ śáṇāḥ / śáṇāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | शणम् śaṇám | शणौ śaṇaú | शणान् śaṇā́n |
| Instrumental | शणेन śaṇéna | शणाभ्याम् śaṇā́bhyām | शणैः / शणेभिः¹ śaṇaíḥ / śaṇébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | शणाय śaṇā́ya | शणाभ्याम् śaṇā́bhyām | शणेभ्यः śaṇébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | शणात् śaṇā́t | शणाभ्याम् śaṇā́bhyām | शणेभ्यः śaṇébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | शणस्य śaṇásya | शणयोः śaṇáyoḥ | शणानाम् śaṇā́nām |
| Locative | शणे śaṇé | शणयोः śaṇáyoḥ | शणेषु śaṇéṣu |
| Notes |
| ||
| Neuter a-stem declension of शण (śaṇá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | शणम् śaṇám | शणे śaṇé | शणानि / शणा¹ śaṇā́ni / śaṇā́¹ |
| Vocative | शण śáṇa | शणे śáṇe | शणानि / शणा¹ śáṇāni / śáṇā¹ |
| Accusative | शणम् śaṇám | शणे śaṇé | शणानि / शणा¹ śaṇā́ni / śaṇā́¹ |
| Instrumental | शणेन śaṇéna | शणाभ्याम् śaṇā́bhyām | शणैः / शणेभिः¹ śaṇaíḥ / śaṇébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | शणाय śaṇā́ya | शणाभ्याम् śaṇā́bhyām | शणेभ्यः śaṇébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | शणात् śaṇā́t | शणाभ्याम् śaṇā́bhyām | शणेभ्यः śaṇébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | शणस्य śaṇásya | शणयोः śaṇáyoḥ | शणानाम् śaṇā́nām |
| Locative | शणे śaṇé | शणयोः śaṇáyoḥ | शणेषु śaṇéṣu |
| Notes |
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Derived terms
- शाण (śāṇa, “hempen”)
Descendants
- Pali: saṇa
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “शण”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1048.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “शण”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press