अर्शस्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• अर्श (arśa) — masculine a-stem

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অৰ্শস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬃᬰᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• অর্শস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰨𑰿𑰫𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀰𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• အရ္ၐသ် (Burmese script)
• અર્શસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਰ੍ਸ਼ਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌶𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦂꦯꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂩𑂹𑂬𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಅರ್ಶಸ್ (Kannada script)
• អឝ៌ស៑ (Khmer script)
• ອຣ຺ຨສ຺ (Lao script)
• അര്ശസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡵᡧᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘨𑘿𑘫𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠷᠱᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧈𑧠𑧋𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐬𑑂𑐱𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଅର୍ଶସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢬ꣄ꢯꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆫𑇀𑆯𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖨𑖿𑖫𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• අර්‍ශස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩼 𑪙𑩿𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚤𑚶𑚧𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• அர்ஶஸ் (Tamil script)
• అర్శస్ (Telugu script)
• อรฺศสฺ (Thai script)
• ཨ་རྴ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒩𑓂𑒬𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨫𑩇𑨮𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hárćas (“ulcer; haemorrhoids”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱos (“wound, sore, ulcer”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἕλκος (hélkos, “wound, sore”), Latin ulcus (“ulcer”) (→ English ulcer), Sogdian [script needed] (ʾrsx, “haemorrhoids”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́ɾ.ɕɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.ɕɐs̪/

Noun

अर्शस् • (árśas) stem, n

1. hemorrhoids, piles
   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 12.98:

     नाशयित्री बलासस्यार्शस ऽउपचिताम् असि ।

     nāśayitrī balāsasyārśasa ʼupacitām asi.

     Banisher of catarrh art thou, of tumours and of hemorrhoids

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of अर्शस्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	अर्शः (árśaḥ)	अर्शसी (árśasī)	अर्शांसि (árśāṃsi)
accusative	अर्शः (árśaḥ)	अर्शसी (árśasī)	अर्शांसि (árśāṃsi)
instrumental	अर्शसा (árśasā)	अर्शोभ्याम् (árśobhyām)	अर्शोभिः (árśobhiḥ)
dative	अर्शसे (árśase)	अर्शोभ्याम् (árśobhyām)	अर्शोभ्यः (árśobhyaḥ)
ablative	अर्शसः (árśasaḥ)	अर्शोभ्याम् (árśobhyām)	अर्शोभ्यः (árśobhyaḥ)
genitive	अर्शसः (árśasaḥ)	अर्शसोः (árśasoḥ)	अर्शसाम् (árśasām)
locative	अर्शसि (árśasi)	अर्शसोः (árśasoḥ)	अर्शःसु (árśaḥsu)
vocative	अर्शः (árśaḥ)	अर्शसी (árśasī)	अर्शांसि (árśāṃsi)

Descendants

• Pali: arisa
• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀭𑀺𑀲 (arisa), 𑀅𑀭𑀲 (arasa)
• Prakrit: *𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲 (*assa)
  • Sindhi: اَسو (aso, “wart, mole”)
• → Hindi: अर्श (arś)
• → Kannada: ಅರ್ಶಸ್ಸು (arśassu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अर्शस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 93.