हस्तिन्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ᬳᬲ᭄ᬢᬶᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
হস্তিন্ (Assamese script)
হস্তিন্ (Bengali script)
𑰮𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰰𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
હસ્તિન્ (Gujarati script)
ਹਸੑਤਿਨੑ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦲꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
ហស្តិន៑ (Khmer script)
ಹಸ್ತಿೝ (Kannada script)
ຫສ຺ຕິນ຺ (Lao script)
ഹസ്തിന് (Malayalam script)
𑘮𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘱𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠾᠠᠰᢐᢈᠨ (Mongolian script)
ᡥᠠᠰ᠌ᢠᡳᠨ (Manchu script)
ဟသ္တိန် (Burmese script)
𑧎𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧒𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐴𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐶𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
ହସ୍ତିନ୍ (Oriya script)
ꢲꢱ꣄ꢡꢶꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆲𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆴𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖮𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖰𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
හස්තින් (Sinhalese script)
హస్తిౝ (Telugu script)
หสฺตินฺ (Thai script)
ཧ་སྟི་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒯𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒱𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From हस्त (hasta, “hand”) +‎ -इन् (-in); literally meaning "having a hand" (i.e., a trunk).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦɐs.tín/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɦɐs̪.t̪in̪/

Noun

हस्तिन् • (hastín) m

an elephant
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.64.7:
  महिषासो मायिनश्चित्रभानवो गिरयो न स्वतवसो रघुष्यदः ।
  मृगा इव हस्तिनः खादथा वना यदारुणीषु तविषीरयुग्ध्वम् ॥
  mahiṣāso māyinaścitrabhānavo girayo na svatavaso raghuṣyadaḥ .
  mṛgā iva hastinaḥ khādathā vanā yadāruṇīṣu taviṣīrayugdhvam .
  Mighty, with wondrous power and marvellously bright, selfstrong like mountains, ye glide swiftly on your way.
  Like the wild elephants ye eat the forests up when ye assume your strength among the bright red flames.
Synonyms: गज (gaja), नाग (nāga), कुञ्जर (kuñjara)

Usage notes

In Vedic Sanskrit, the term appears in the neighbourhood of the term मृग (mṛga, “beast”), implying that it originally functioned purely as an adjective.

Declension

Masculine in-stem declension of हस्तिन् (hastín)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हस्ती hastī́	हस्तिनौ / हस्तिना¹ hastínau / hastínā¹	हस्तिनः hastínaḥ
Vocative	हस्तिन् hastín	हस्तिनौ / हस्तिना¹ hástinau / hástinā¹	हस्तिनः hástinaḥ
Accusative	हस्तिनम् hastínam	हस्तिनौ / हस्तिना¹ hastínau / hastínā¹	हस्तिनः hastínaḥ
Instrumental	हस्तिना hastínā	हस्तिभ्याम् hastíbhyām	हस्तिभिः hastíbhiḥ
Dative	हस्तिने hastíne	हस्तिभ्याम् hastíbhyām	हस्तिभ्यः hastíbhyaḥ
Ablative	हस्तिनः hastínaḥ	हस्तिभ्याम् hastíbhyām	हस्तिभ्यः hastíbhyaḥ
Genitive	हस्तिनः hastínaḥ	हस्तिनोः hastínoḥ	हस्तिनाम् hastínām
Locative	हस्तिनि hastíni	हस्तिनोः hastínoḥ	हस्तिषु hastíṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

हस्तिनापुर (hastināpura, “city of elephants”, name of a city)

Descendants

Gandhari: 𐨱𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨁‎ (hasti)
Pali: hatthin
Prakrit: 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (hatthi) (see there for further descendants)
→ Hindi: हस्ती (hastī)
→ Kannada: ಹಸ್ತಿ (hasti)
→ Javanese: ꦲꦱ꧀ꦠꦶ (asti)

References

“हस्ति॑न्” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 660, column 2.
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “हस्तिन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 376
Monier Williams (1899), “Hastín”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1295/3.