शंसति
Sanskrit edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱéns-e-ti, from *ḱens- (“to announce, proclaim”). Cognate with Latin cēnseō, Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬢𐬵 (saŋh, “to declare”), Polish sądzić.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
शंसति • (śáṃsati) third-singular present indicative (root शंस्)
- to declare, announce, proclaim
- to say, tell
- to praise, commend, extol
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.100.5:
- प्र तत्ते अद्य शिपिविष्ट नामार्यः शंसामि वयुनानि विद्वान् ।
तं त्वा गृणामि तवसमतव्यान्क्षयन्तमस्य रजसः पराके ॥- pra tatte adya śipiviṣṭa nāmāryaḥ śaṃsāmi vayunāni vidvān.
taṃ tvā gṛṇāmi tavasamatavyānkṣayantamasya rajasaḥ parāke. - To-day I laud this name, O Shipivista, I, skilled in rules, the name of thee the Noble.
Yea, I the poor and weak praise thee the Mighty who dwellest in the realm beyond this region.
- pra tatte adya śipiviṣṭa nāmāryaḥ śaṃsāmi vayunāni vidvān.
- प्र तत्ते अद्य शिपिविष्ट नामार्यः शंसामि वयुनानि विद्वान् ।