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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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वनस् (vánas) stemn

  1. loveliness, beauty
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 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

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Neuter as-stem declension of वनस्
singular dual plural
nominative 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)
vocative वनः (vánaḥ) वनसी (vánasī) वनांसि (vánāṃsi)

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “वनस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 918, column 3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “vánas-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 500-1