एधस्

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 5 February 2023

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• এধস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬏᬥᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• এধস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰊𑰠𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀏𑀥𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဧဓသ် (Burmese script)
• એધસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਏਧਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌏𑌧𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦌꦣꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂉𑂡𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಏಧಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ឯធស៑ (Khmer script)
• ເອຘສ຺ (Lao script)
• ഏധസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡝᢡᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘊𑘠𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠧᢑᠾᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦪𑧀𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐊𑐢𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଏଧସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢍꢤꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆍𑆣𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖊𑖠𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• එධස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩔𑩮𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚆𑚜𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஏத⁴ஸ் (Tamil script)
• ఏధస్ (Telugu script)
• เอธสฺ (Thai script)
• ཨེ་དྷ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒋𑒡𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨄𑨜𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háydʰas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háydʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰ-os, from *h₂eydʰ- (“to ignite, fire”). Cognate with Ancient Greek αἶθος (aîthos).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́j.dʱɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.d̪ʱɐs̪/

Noun

एधस् • (édhas) stem, n

1. happiness, prosperity
2. fuel, combustion (same as एध (édha))
   • Srimad Bhagavad-Gita 4.37:

     एधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुते

     edhāṃsi samiddhoʼgnirbhasmasātkurute

     Combustibles are by fires alight turned into ashes

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of एधस् (édhas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	एधः édhaḥ	एधसी édhasī	एधांसि édhāṃsi
Vocative	एधः édhaḥ	एधसी édhasī	एधांसि édhāṃsi
Accusative	एधः édhaḥ	एधसी édhasī	एधांसि édhāṃsi
Instrumental	एधसा édhasā	एधोभ्याम् édhobhyām	एधोभिः édhobhiḥ
Dative	एधसे édhase	एधोभ्याम् édhobhyām	एधोभ्यः édhobhyaḥ
Ablative	एधसः édhasaḥ	एधोभ्याम् édhobhyām	एधोभ्यः édhobhyaḥ
Genitive	एधसः édhasaḥ	एधसोः édhasoḥ	एधसाम् édhasām
Locative	एधसि édhasi	एधसोः édhasoḥ	एधःसु édhaḥsu

Related terms

• एधते (édhate, “to prosper, increase, grow”)
• एध (édha, “fuel, firewood”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “एधस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 231,232.