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Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

शठ (śaṭha) stem?

  1. Crafty, deceitful, fraudulent. dishonest, perfidious
  2. Wicked, depraved
  3. A rogue, cheat, knave, swindler
  4. A false or deceitful lover (who pretends to love one woman while his heart is fixed on another)
  5. A fool, blockhead
  6. A mediator, arbitrator
  7. The Dhattūra plant
  8. An idler, a lazy fellow

Declension edit

Neuter a-stem declension of शठ (śaṭha)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शठम्
śaṭham
शठे
śaṭhe
शठानि / शठा¹
śaṭhāni / śaṭhā¹
Vocative शठ
śaṭha
शठे
śaṭhe
शठानि / शठा¹
śaṭhāni / śaṭhā¹
Accusative शठम्
śaṭham
शठे
śaṭhe
शठानि / शठा¹
śaṭhāni / śaṭhā¹
Instrumental शठेन
śaṭhena
शठाभ्याम्
śaṭhābhyām
शठैः / शठेभिः¹
śaṭhaiḥ / śaṭhebhiḥ¹
Dative शठाय
śaṭhāya
शठाभ्याम्
śaṭhābhyām
शठेभ्यः
śaṭhebhyaḥ
Ablative शठात्
śaṭhāt
शठाभ्याम्
śaṭhābhyām
शठेभ्यः
śaṭhebhyaḥ
Genitive शठस्य
śaṭhasya
शठयोः
śaṭhayoḥ
शठानाम्
śaṭhānām
Locative शठे
śaṭhe
शठयोः
śaṭhayoḥ
शठेषु
śaṭheṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants edit

  • Malayalam: ശഠൻ (śaṭhaṉ)

References edit

  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “शठ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]