वनस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬯᬦᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ৱনস্ (Assamese script)
• বনস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰡𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀦𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌵𑌨𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• વનસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਵਨਸੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦮꦤꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• វនស៑ (Khmer script)
• ವನಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ວນສ຺ (Lao script)
• വനസ് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘪𑘡𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠᠨᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• ᠸᠠᠨᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• ဝနသ် (Burmese script)
• 𑧊𑧁𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐣𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଵନସ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢮꢥꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆤𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖡𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• වනස් (Sinhalese script)
• వనస్ (Telugu script)
• วนสฺ (Thai script)
• ཝ་ན་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒢𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wénh₁-o-s (“beauty, loveliness”), from *wenh₁- (“to love”). Cognate with Proto-Italic *wenos (whence Latin Venus), Old English winnan (whence English win).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ́.nɐs/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋɐ.n̪ɐs̪/

Noun

वनस् • (vánas) n

1. loveliness, beauty
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.172.1:

     आ याहि वनसा सह गावः सचन्त वर्तनिं यदूधभिः ॥

     ā yāhi vanasā saha gāvaḥ sacanta vartaniṃ yadūdhabhiḥ .

     With all thy loveliness come: the cows approaching with full udders follow on thy path.

2. desire, longing

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of वनस् (vánas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वनः vánaḥ	वनसी vánasī	वनांसि vánāṃsi
Vocative	वनः vánaḥ	वनसी vánasī	वनांसि vánāṃsi
Accusative	वनः vánaḥ	वनसी vánasī	वनांसि vánāṃsi
Instrumental	वनसा vánasā	वनोभ्याम् vánobhyām	वनोभिः vánobhiḥ
Dative	वनसे vánase	वनोभ्याम् vánobhyām	वनोभ्यः vánobhyaḥ
Ablative	वनसः vánasaḥ	वनोभ्याम् vánobhyām	वनोभ्यः vánobhyaḥ
Genitive	वनसः vánasaḥ	वनसोः vánasoḥ	वनसाम् vánasām
Locative	वनसि vánasi	वनसोः vánasoḥ	वनःसु vánaḥsu

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “वनस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 918/3.