शवस्

See also: श्वन्, श्वास, and श्वस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শৱস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬯᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• শবস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰪𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀯𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ၐဝသ် (Burmese script)
• શવસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਵਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌵𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦮꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂫𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಶವಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ឝវស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຨວສ຺ (Lao script)
• ശവസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᠸᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘪𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᠸᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧊𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐰𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଶଵସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢮꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆮𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖪𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ශවස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩾𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚦𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஶவஸ் (Tamil script)
• శవస్ (Telugu script)
• ศวสฺ (Thai script)
• ཤ་ཝ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒫𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨭𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śáwHas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćáwHas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéwh₁-os, from *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, be strong, grow”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́.ʋɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ.ʋɐs̪/

Noun

शवस् • (śávas) stem, n (root शू)

1. strength, power, might, superiority
2. prowess, valour, heroism
3. a dead body

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of शवस्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शवः (śávaḥ)	शवसी (śávasī)	शवांसि (śávāṃsi)
accusative	शवः (śávaḥ)	शवसी (śávasī)	शवांसि (śávāṃsi)
instrumental	शवसा (śávasā)	शवोभ्याम् (śávobhyām)	शवोभिः (śávobhiḥ)
dative	शवसे (śávase)	शवोभ्याम् (śávobhyām)	शवोभ्यः (śávobhyaḥ)
ablative	शवसः (śávasaḥ)	शवोभ्याम् (śávobhyām)	शवोभ्यः (śávobhyaḥ)
genitive	शवसः (śávasaḥ)	शवसोः (śávasoḥ)	शवसाम् (śávasām)
locative	शवसि (śávasi)	शवसोः (śávasoḥ)	शवःसु (śávaḥsu)
vocative	शवः (śávaḥ)	शवसी (śávasī)	शवांसि (śávāṃsi)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शवस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1059, column 3.