अंहस्

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See also: अहिंसा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অংহস্ (Assamese script)
ᬅᬂᬳᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
অংহস্ (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰽𑰮𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀁𑀳𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
အံဟသ် (Burmese script)
અંહસ્ (Gujarati script)
ਅਂਹਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌂𑌹𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦁꦲꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂁𑂯𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಅಂಹಸ್ (Kannada script)
អំហស៑ (Khmer script)
ອໍຫສ຺ (Lao script)
അംഹസ് (Malayalam script)
ᢀ᠋ᠠᡥᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘽𑘮𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢀ᠋ᠠᠾᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧞𑧎𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑑄𑐴𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
ଅଂହସ୍ (Odia script)
ꢂꢀꢲꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆁𑆲𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖽𑖮𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
අංහස් (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑪖𑪂𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚫𑚩𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
அஂஹஸ் (Tamil script)
అంహస్ (Telugu script)
อํหสฺ (Thai script)
ཨཾ་ཧ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑓀𑒯𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨸𑨱𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hánȷ́ʰas (“anxiety, fear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰ-o-s, from *h₂enǵʰ- (“constricted, tight; distress anxiety”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬄𐬰𐬀𐬵 (ązah), Latin angor (“anguish”), Proto-Germanic *angazaz (“worry”). Also distantly related to English anxiety.

Pronunciation

(Rigveda) IPA^(key): /ɐ́n.ɦɐs/
(Yajurveda chanting) IPA^(key): /ɐ́.ɡm̩.ɦɐs̪/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.ɦɐs̪/

Noun

अंहस् • (áṃhas) stem, n

anxiety, trouble, distress, affliction
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.12.6:
  यथा॑ ह॒ त्यद्व॑सवो गौ॒र्यं॑ चित्प॒दि षि॒ताममुं॑चता यजत्राः ।
  ए॒वो ष्व१॒॑स्मन्मुं॑चता॒ व्य्अंहः॒ प्र ता॑र्यग्ने प्रत॒रं न॒ आयुः॑ ॥
  yáthā ha tyádvasavo gauryám citpadí ṣitā́mámuñcatā yajatrāḥ.
  evó ṣvásmánmuñcatā vyáṃhaḥ prá tāryagne pratarám na ā́yuḥ.
  O Excellent and Holy Gods, just like you have loosened the cow that was tethered by the foot,
  Set us free from this affliction and let our life, O Agni, be extended long.

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of अंहस् (áṃhas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अंहः áṃhaḥ	अंहसी áṃhasī	अंहांसि áṃhāṃsi
Vocative	अंहः áṃhaḥ	अंहसी áṃhasī	अंहांसि áṃhāṃsi
Accusative	अंहः áṃhaḥ	अंहसी áṃhasī	अंहांसि áṃhāṃsi
Instrumental	अंहसा áṃhasā	अंहोभ्याम् áṃhobhyām	अंहोभिः áṃhobhiḥ
Dative	अंहसे áṃhase	अंहोभ्याम् áṃhobhyām	अंहोभ्यः áṃhobhyaḥ
Ablative	अंहसः áṃhasaḥ	अंहोभ्याम् áṃhobhyām	अंहोभ्यः áṃhobhyaḥ
Genitive	अंहसः áṃhasaḥ	अंहसोः áṃhasoḥ	अंहसाम् áṃhasām
Locative	अंहसि áṃhasi	अंहसोः áṃhasoḥ	अंहःसु áṃhaḥsu

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