संसार

See also: ससुर and सासरा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀭 (saṃsāra), from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /sən.sɑːɾ/, [sɐ̃n.säːɾ], /səŋ.sɑːɾ/, [sɐ̃ŋ.säːɾ]

Noun

संसार • (sansār) m (Urdu spelling سنسار)

1. world; mortal world

   यह संसार केवल एक माया है।

   yah sansār keval ek māyā hai.

   The world is but an illusion.

Declension

	singular	plural
direct	संसार sansār	संसार sansār
oblique	संसार sansār	संसारों sansārõ
vocative	संसार sansār	संसारो sansāro

Declension of संसार (masc cons-stem)

See also

• दुनिया (duniyā), जगत् (jagat), जहान (jahān)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “संसार”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “संसार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• saṃsāra (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• সংসার (Bengali script)
• සංසාර (Sinhalese script)
• သံသာရ or သံသႃရ (Burmese script)
• สํสาร or สังสาระ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩴᩈᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ສໍສາຣ or ສັງສາຣະ (Lao script)
• សំសារ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄁𑄥𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

संसार m

1. Devanagari script form of saṃsāra (“transmigration”)

Declension

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	संसारो (saṃsāro)	संसारा (saṃsārā)
Accusative (second)	संसारं (saṃsāraṃ)	संसारे (saṃsāre)
Instrumental (third)	संसारेन (saṃsārena)	संसारेहि (saṃsārehi) or संसारेभि (saṃsārebhi)
Dative (fourth)	संसारस्स (saṃsārassa) or संसाराय (saṃsārāya) or संसारत्थं (saṃsāratthaṃ)	संसारानं (saṃsārānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	संसारस्मा (saṃsārasmā) or संसारम्हा (saṃsāramhā) or संसारा (saṃsārā)	संसारेहि (saṃsārehi) or संसारेभि (saṃsārebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	संसारस्स (saṃsārassa)	संसारानं (saṃsārānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	संसारस्मिं (saṃsārasmiṃ) or संसारम्हि (saṃsāramhi) or संसारे (saṃsāre)	संसारेसु (saṃsāresu)
Vocative (calling)	संसार (saṃsāra)	संसारा (saṃsārā)

Declension table of "संसार" (masculine)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সংসাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬂᬲᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• সংসার (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰽𑰭𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• သံသာရ (Burmese script)
• સંસાર (Gujarati script)
• ਸਂਸਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌂𑌸𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦁꦱꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂁𑂮𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಂಸಾರ (Kannada script)
• សំសារ (Khmer script)
• ສໍສາຣ (Lao script)
• സംസാര (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘽𑘭𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰᠠᠰᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧞𑧍𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑑄𑐳𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ସଂସାର (Odia script)
• ꢱꢀꢱꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆁𑆱𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖽𑖭𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• සංසාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑪖𑪁𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚫𑚨𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• ஸஂஸார (Tamil script)
• సంసార (Telugu script)
• สํสาร (Thai script)
• སཾ་སཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑓀𑒮𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨸𑨰𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From सम्- (sam-) +‎ सार (sāra).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ̃.sɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐ̃ˈs̪ɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

संसार • (saṃsāra) stem, m

1. going or wandering through, undergoing transmigration; samsara
2. course, passage, passing through a succession of states, circuit of mundane existence, transmigration, metempsychosis
3. the world, secular life, worldly illusion

   आ संसारात् ― ā saṃsārāt ― from the beginning of the world

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of संसार (saṃsāra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	संसारः saṃsāraḥ	संसारौ / संसारा¹ saṃsārau / saṃsārā¹	संसाराः / संसारासः¹ saṃsārāḥ / saṃsārāsaḥ¹
Vocative	संसार saṃsāra	संसारौ / संसारा¹ saṃsārau / saṃsārā¹	संसाराः / संसारासः¹ saṃsārāḥ / saṃsārāsaḥ¹
Accusative	संसारम् saṃsāram	संसारौ / संसारा¹ saṃsārau / saṃsārā¹	संसारान् saṃsārān
Instrumental	संसारेण saṃsāreṇa	संसाराभ्याम् saṃsārābhyām	संसारैः / संसारेभिः¹ saṃsāraiḥ / saṃsārebhiḥ¹
Dative	संसाराय saṃsārāya	संसाराभ्याम् saṃsārābhyām	संसारेभ्यः saṃsārebhyaḥ
Ablative	संसारात् saṃsārāt	संसाराभ्याम् saṃsārābhyām	संसारेभ्यः saṃsārebhyaḥ
Genitive	संसारस्य saṃsārasya	संसारयोः saṃsārayoḥ	संसाराणाम् saṃsārāṇām
Locative	संसारे saṃsāre	संसारयोः saṃsārayoḥ	संसारेषु saṃsāreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: saṃsāra
  • → Thai: สงสาร (sǒng-sǎan)
• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀭 (saṃsāra)
  • Central:
    • Old Hindi: संसार (saṃsāra)
      • Hindi: संसार (sansār)
      • Urdu: سنسار (sansār)
• → English: samsara
• → Indonesian: sengsara
• → Bengali: সংসার (śoṅśar)
• → Khmer: សង្សារ (sɑngsaa)
• → Lao: ສົງສານ (song sān)
• → Lü: ᦉᦳᧂᦉᦱᧃ (ṡungṡaan)
• → Malay: sengsara
• → Mongolian: сансар (sansar)
• → Polish: samsara
• → Russian: самса́ра (samsára)
• → Serbo-Croatian: samsàra/самса̀ра
• → Telugu: సంసారము (saṁsāramu)
• → Tocharian B: saṃsār

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “संसार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1119.