सिंहासन
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit सिंहासन (siṃhāsana).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
सिंहासन • (siṅhāsan) m
- throne
- Synonym: राजगद्दी (rājgaddī)
- बूढ़ा राजा सिंहासन से उतरा।
- būṛhā rājā sĩhāsan se utrā.
- The old king abdicated the throne.
- (figuratively) sovereignty, rule, dominion
Declension edit
Sanskrit edit
Etymology edit
सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + आसन (āsana, “seat; pose”).
Noun edit
सिंहासन • (siṃhāsana) stem, n
- throne; "lion's seat"
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 1.69.34:
- तच्छ्रुत्वा पौरवो राजा व्याहृतं वै दिवौकसाम् ।
सिंहासनात् समुत्थाय प्रणम्य च दिवौकसः ॥- tacchrutvā pauravo rājā vyāhṛtaṃ vai divaukasām.
siṃhāsanāt samutthāya praṇamya ca divaukasaḥ.
- tacchrutvā pauravo rājā vyāhṛtaṃ vai divaukasām.
- तच्छ्रुत्वा पौरवो राजा व्याहृतं वै दिवौकसाम् ।
- kind of sitting posture
Declension edit
| Neuter a-stem declension of सिंहासन | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | सिंहासनम् (siṃhāsanam) | ||
| Gen. sg. | सिंहासनस्य (siṃhāsanasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | सिंहासनम् (siṃhāsanam) | सिंहासने (siṃhāsane) | सिंहासनानि (siṃhāsanāni) |
| Vocative | सिंहासन (siṃhāsana) | सिंहासने (siṃhāsane) | सिंहासनानि (siṃhāsanāni) |
| Accusative | सिंहासनम् (siṃhāsanam) | सिंहासने (siṃhāsane) | सिंहासनानि (siṃhāsanāni) |
| Instrumental | सिंहासनेन (siṃhāsanena) | सिंहासनाभ्याम् (siṃhāsanābhyām) | सिंहासनैः (siṃhāsanaiḥ) |
| Dative | सिंहासनाय (siṃhāsanāya) | सिंहासनाभ्याम् (siṃhāsanābhyām) | सिंहासनेभ्यः (siṃhāsanebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | सिंहासनात् (siṃhāsanāt) | सिंहासनाभ्याम् (siṃhāsanābhyām) | सिंहासनेभ्यः (siṃhāsanebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | सिंहासनस्य (siṃhāsanasya) | सिंहासनयोः (siṃhāsanayoḥ) | सिंहासनानाम् (siṃhāsanānām) |
| Locative | सिंहासने (siṃhāsane) | सिंहासनयोः (siṃhāsanayoḥ) | सिंहासनेषु (siṃhāsaneṣu) |
Descendants edit
- → Hindi: सिंहासन (sĩhāsan)
- → Kannada: ಸಿಂಹಾಸನ (siṃhāsana)
- → Malay: singgahsana
- Indonesian: singgasana
- → Malayalam: സിംഹാസനം (siṁhāsanaṁ)
- → Punjabi: ਸਿੰਘਾਸਣ (siṅghāsaṇ)
- → Tamil: சிங்காசனம் (ciṅkācaṉam)
- → Telugu: సింహాసనం (siṁhāsanaṁ)
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “सिंहासन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1213.