ध्वंस

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধ্বংস (Assamese script)
• ᬥ᭄ᬯᬂᬲ (Balinese script)
• ধ্বংস (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰿𑰪𑰽𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑁆𑀯𑀁𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• ဓွံသ (Burmese script)
• ધ્વંસ (Gujarati script)
• ਧ੍ਵਂਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌂𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦣ꧀ꦮꦁꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂹𑂫𑂁𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ಧ್ವಂಸ (Kannada script)
• ធ្វំស (Khmer script)
• ຘ຺ວໍສ (Lao script)
• ധ്വംസ (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘿𑘪𑘽𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧠𑧊𑧞𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑑂𑐰𑑄𑐳 (Newa script)
• ଧ୍ଵଂସ (Odia script)
• ꢤ꣄ꢮꢀꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑇀𑆮𑆁𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖿𑖪𑖽𑖭 (Siddham script)
• ධ‍්වංස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮 𑪙𑩾𑪖𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚶𑚦𑚫𑚨 (Takri script)
• த்⁴வஂஸ (Tamil script)
• ధ్వంస (Telugu script)
• ธฺวํส (Thai script)
• དྷྭཾ་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑓂𑒫𑓀𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑩇𑨭𑨸𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root ध्वंस् (dhvaṃs).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱʋɐ̃.sɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱʋɐ̃.s̪ɐ/

Noun

ध्वंस • (dhvaṃsa) stem, m

1. falling down, perishing, destruction, loss, ruin

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ध्वंस (dhvaṃsa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ध्वंसः dhvaṃsaḥ	ध्वंसौ / ध्वंसा¹ dhvaṃsau / dhvaṃsā¹	ध्वंसाः / ध्वंसासः¹ dhvaṃsāḥ / dhvaṃsāsaḥ¹
Vocative	ध्वंस dhvaṃsa	ध्वंसौ / ध्वंसा¹ dhvaṃsau / dhvaṃsā¹	ध्वंसाः / ध्वंसासः¹ dhvaṃsāḥ / dhvaṃsāsaḥ¹
Accusative	ध्वंसम् dhvaṃsam	ध्वंसौ / ध्वंसा¹ dhvaṃsau / dhvaṃsā¹	ध्वंसान् dhvaṃsān
Instrumental	ध्वंसेन dhvaṃsena	ध्वंसाभ्याम् dhvaṃsābhyām	ध्वंसैः / ध्वंसेभिः¹ dhvaṃsaiḥ / dhvaṃsebhiḥ¹
Dative	ध्वंसाय dhvaṃsāya	ध्वंसाभ्याम् dhvaṃsābhyām	ध्वंसेभ्यः dhvaṃsebhyaḥ
Ablative	ध्वंसात् dhvaṃsāt	ध्वंसाभ्याम् dhvaṃsābhyām	ध्वंसेभ्यः dhvaṃsebhyaḥ
Genitive	ध्वंसस्य dhvaṃsasya	ध्वंसयोः dhvaṃsayoḥ	ध्वंसानाम् dhvaṃsānām
Locative	ध्वंसे dhvaṃse	ध्वंसयोः dhvaṃsayoḥ	ध्वंसेषु dhvaṃseṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ध्वंस”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 522/1.