हस्तिन्
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- হস্তিন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬳᬲ᭄ᬢᬶᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- হস্তিন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰰𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဟသ္တိန် (Burmese script)
- હસ્તિન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਹਸੑਤਿਨੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦲꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂯𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂱𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಹಸ್ತಿೝ (Kannada script)
- ហស្តិន៑ (Khmer script)
- ຫສ຺ຕິນ຺ (Lao script)
- ഹസ്തിന് (Malayalam script)
- ᡥᠠᠰ᠌ᢠᡳᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘮𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘱𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠾᠠᠰᢐᠢᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧎𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧒𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐴𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐶𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ହସ୍ତିନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢲꢱ꣄ꢡꢶꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆴𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖰𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- හස්තින් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪂𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩑𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚩𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚮𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- ஹஸ்திந் (Tamil script)
- హస్తిౝ (Telugu script)
- หสฺตินฺ (Thai script)
- ཧ་སྟི་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒱𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨱𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨁𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
Compound of हस्त (hasta, “hand”) + इन् (in, “possesser”); literally meaning "possessing a hand" (i.e., a trunk).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
हस्तिन् • (hastín) stem, m
- an elephant
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.64.7:
- म॒हि॒षासो॑ मा॒यिन॑श्चि॒त्रभा॑नवो गि॒रयो॒ न स्वत॑वसो रघु॒ष्यद॑: ।
मृ॒गा इ॑व ह॒स्तिन॑: खादथा॒ वना॒ यदारु॑णीषु॒ तवि॑षी॒रयु॑ग्ध्वम् ॥- mahiṣā́so māyínaścitrábhānavo giráyo ná svátavaso raghuṣyáda: .
mṛgā́ iva hastína: khādathā vánā yádā́ruṇīṣu táviṣīráyugdhvam . - Vast, possessed of knowledge, bright-shining, like mountains in stability and quick in motion, you, like elephants, break down the forests.
- mahiṣā́so māyínaścitrábhānavo giráyo ná svátavaso raghuṣyáda: .
- म॒हि॒षासो॑ मा॒यिन॑श्चि॒त्रभा॑नवो गि॒रयो॒ न स्वत॑वसो रघु॒ष्यद॑: ।
Usage notes edit
In Vedic Sanskrit, the term appears in the neighbourhood of the term मृग (mṛga, “beast”), implying that it originally functioned purely as an adjective.
Declension edit
Masculine in-stem declension of हस्तिन् (hastín) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | हस्ती hastī́ |
हस्तिनौ / हस्तिना¹ hastínau / hastínā¹ |
हस्तिनः hastínaḥ |
Vocative | हस्तिन् hástin |
हस्तिनौ / हस्तिना¹ hástinau / hástinā¹ |
हस्तिनः hástinaḥ |
Accusative | हस्तिनम् hastínam |
हस्तिनौ / हस्तिना¹ hastínau / hastínā¹ |
हस्तिनः hastínaḥ |
Instrumental | हस्तिना hastínā |
हस्तिभ्याम् hastíbhyām |
हस्तिभिः hastíbhiḥ |
Dative | हस्तिने hastíne |
हस्तिभ्याम् hastíbhyām |
हस्तिभ्यः hastíbhyaḥ |
Ablative | हस्तिनः hastínaḥ |
हस्तिभ्याम् hastíbhyām |
हस्तिभ्यः hastíbhyaḥ |
Genitive | हस्तिनः hastínaḥ |
हस्तिनोः hastínoḥ |
हस्तिनाम् hastínām |
Locative | हस्तिनि hastíni |
हस्तिनोः hastínoḥ |
हस्तिषु hastíṣu |
Notes |
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Derived terms edit
- हस्तिनापुर (hastināpura, “city of elephants”, name of a city)
Descendants edit
- Gandhari: 𐨱𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨁 (hasti)
- Pali: hatthin
- Prakrit: 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (hatthi), 𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀺 (hasti)
- Helu Prakrit:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Khasa Prakrit:
- Nepali: हात्ती (hāttī)
- Maharastri Prakrit:
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Takka Apabhramsa:
- Vracada Apabhramsa:
- → Hindi: हस्ती (hastī)
- → Kannada: ಹಸ್ತಿ (hasti)
- → Javanese: ꦲꦱ꧀ꦠꦶ (asti)
References edit
- “हस्ति॑न्” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 660, column 2.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “हस्तिन्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 376
- Monier Williams (1899) “Hastín”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1295/3.