सहस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সহস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬳᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• সহস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰮𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• သဟသ် (Burmese script)
• સહસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਹਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌹𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦲꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂯𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಹಸ್ (Kannada script)
• សហស៑ (Khmer script)
• ສຫສ຺ (Lao script)
• സഹസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘮𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠠᠾᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧎𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐴𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ସହସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢲꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆲𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖮𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• සහස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑪂𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚩𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஸஹஸ் (Tamil script)
• సహస్ (Telugu script)
• สหสฺ (Thai script)
• ས་ཧ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒯𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨱𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáȷ́ʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *séǵʰos (“power, victory”).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬵 (hazah), Central Kurdish هێز (hêz), Proto-Germanic *segaz (whence Middle English sige, German Sieg).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ́.ɦɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐ.ɦɐs̪/

Noun

सहस् • (sáhas) stem, n

1. strength, power, force
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.16.6:

     इ॒मे सोमा॑स॒ इन्द॑वः सु॒तासो॒ अधि॑ ब॒र्हिषि॑ ।
     ताँ इ॑न्द्र॒ सह॑से पिब ॥

     imé sómāsa índavaḥ sutā́so ádhi barhíṣi.
     tā́m̐ indra sáhase piba.

     Here are the drops of Soma juice pressed out on the sacred grass:
     Drink them, Indra, for strength.

2. victory

   Synonym: जय (jayá)

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of सहस्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सहः (sáhaḥ)	सहसी (sáhasī)	सहांसि (sáhāṃsi)
vocative	सहः (sáhaḥ)	सहसी (sáhasī)	सहांसि (sáhāṃsi)
accusative	सहः (sáhaḥ)	सहसी (sáhasī)	सहांसि (sáhāṃsi)
instrumental	सहसा (sáhasā)	सहोभ्याम् (sáhobhyām)	सहोभिः (sáhobhiḥ)
dative	सहसे (sáhase)	सहोभ्याम् (sáhobhyām)	सहोभ्यः (sáhobhyaḥ)
ablative	सहसः (sáhasaḥ)	सहोभ्याम् (sáhobhyām)	सहोभ्यः (sáhobhyaḥ)
genitive	सहसः (sáhasaḥ)	सहसोः (sáhasoḥ)	सहसाम् (sáhasām)
locative	सहसि (sáhasi)	सहसोः (sáhasoḥ)	सहःसु (sáhaḥsu)

Related terms

• सहते (sáhate)
• साढृ (sā́ḍhṛ)
• साळ्हृ (sā́ḷhṛ)
• सोढृ (sóḍhṛ)