शूल
See also: शूल्, शाल, शाला, शील, शिला, शीला, and -शाली
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śúHlas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĉúHlas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱúh₃-los, from *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”). Cognate with Persian سان (sān, “whetstone”), Old Armenian սուր (sur), Latin cos, Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos), Old English hān (whence English hone). The Sanskrit root is शूल् (śūl, “to hurt, cause pain”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕúː.l̪ɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɕuː.l̪ɐ/
Noun
शूल • (śū́la) m
- any sharp instrument or pointed dart, lance, pike, spear (esp. the trident of Shiva)
- a stake for impaling criminals
- any sharp or acute pain (esp. that of colic or gout)
- pain, grief, sorrow
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of शूल (śū́la) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | शूलः śū́laḥ | शूलौ śū́lau | शूलाः / शूलासः¹ śū́lāḥ / śū́lāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | शूल śū́la | शूलौ śū́lau | शूलाः / शूलासः¹ śū́lāḥ / śū́lāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | शूलम् śū́lam | शूलौ śū́lau | शूलान् śū́lān |
| Instrumental | शूलेन śū́lena | शूलाभ्याम् śū́lābhyām | शूलैः / शूलेभिः¹ śū́laiḥ / śū́lebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | शूलाय śū́lāya | शूलाभ्याम् śū́lābhyām | शूलेभ्यः śū́lebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | शूलात् śū́lāt | शूलाभ्याम् śū́lābhyām | शूलेभ्यः śū́lebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | शूलस्य śū́lasya | शूलयोः śū́layoḥ | शूलानाम् śū́lānām |
| Locative | शूले śū́le | शूलयोः śū́layoḥ | शूलेषु śū́leṣu |
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References
- Monier Williams (1899), “शूल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1086.