शष्प

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শষ্প (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬱ᭄ᬧ (Balinese script)
• শষ্প (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰬𑰿𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀱𑁆𑀧 (Brahmi script)
• ၐၑ္ပ (Burmese script)
• શષ્પ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਸ਼੍ਪ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌷𑍍𑌪 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦰ꧀ꦥ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂭𑂹𑂣 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಷ್ಪ (Kannada script)
• ឝឞ្ប (Khmer script)
• ຨຩ຺ປ (Lao script)
• ശഷ്പ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᢢᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘬𑘿𑘢 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᢔᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧌𑧠𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐲𑑂𑐥 (Newa script)
• ଶଷ୍ପ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢰ꣄ꢦ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆰𑇀𑆥 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖬𑖿𑖢 (Siddham script)
• ශෂ‍්ප (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑪀 𑪙𑩰 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚶𑚞 (Takri script)
• ஶஷ்ப (Tamil script)
• శష్ప (Telugu script)
• ศษฺป (Thai script)
• ཤ་ཥྤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒭𑓂𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨯𑩇𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćáp-ša-m ~ *ćáp-sa-m, after undergoing metathesis; from the root *ćap- (“greens; grass”). Cognate with Persian سبزه (sabze, “grass”), سبزی (sabzi, “vegetable”), Pashto سابه (sābah), Shughni [script needed] (sebc, “cultivated field”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ́ʂ.pɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɐʂ.pɐ/

Noun

शष्प • (śáṣpa) stem, n

1. young, sprouting grass
   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 19.13:

     दीक्षायै रूपँ शष्पाणि प्रायणीयस्य तोक्मानि ।
     क्रयस्य रूपँ सोमस्य लाजाः सोमाꣳशवो मधु ॥

     dīkṣā́yai rūpám̐ śáṣpāṇi prāyaṇī́yasya tókmāni
     krayásya rūpám̐ sómasya lājā́ḥ somām̐śávo mádhu

     Symbols of Dīkṣā are grass buds; those of Prāyaṇīya are sprouts of corn,
     Of Soma-purchasing fried grains are symbols, Soma-shoots and meath.

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of शष्प (śáṣpa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शष्पम् śáṣpam	शष्पे śáṣpe	शष्पाणि / शष्पा¹ śáṣpāṇi / śáṣpā¹
Vocative	शष्प śáṣpa	शष्पे śáṣpe	शष्पाणि / शष्पा¹ śáṣpāṇi / śáṣpā¹
Accusative	शष्पम् śáṣpam	शष्पे śáṣpe	शष्पाणि / शष्पा¹ śáṣpāṇi / śáṣpā¹
Instrumental	शष्पेण śáṣpeṇa	शष्पाभ्याम् śáṣpābhyām	शष्पैः / शष्पेभिः¹ śáṣpaiḥ / śáṣpebhiḥ¹
Dative	शष्पाय śáṣpāya	शष्पाभ्याम् śáṣpābhyām	शष्पेभ्यः śáṣpebhyaḥ
Ablative	शष्पात् śáṣpāt	शष्पाभ्याम् śáṣpābhyām	शष्पेभ्यः śáṣpebhyaḥ
Genitive	शष्पस्य śáṣpasya	शष्पयोः śáṣpayoḥ	शष्पाणाम् śáṣpāṇām
Locative	शष्पे śáṣpe	शष्पयोः śáṣpayoḥ	शष्पेषु śáṣpeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• शष्प्य (śaṣpya, “grassy”)
• शष्पिञ्जर (śaṣpiñjara, “yellowish like young grass”)

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀨 (sappha)
  • → Kannada: ಸೊಪ್ಪು (soppu)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “शष्प”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1060/3.