सन्न

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *s₁ₔd-nó-s (“seated, set down”), from *sed- (“to sit, settle”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐn.nɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ɐn̪.n̪ɐ/

Adjective

सन्न • (sanná) stem

1. set down, deposited, contained within, sunk
   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 12.6.1.33:

     अथ यदि नाराशंसेषु सन्नः किंचिदापद्येत। पितृभ्यो नाराशंसेभ्यः स्वाहेति जुहुयात्।

     átha yádi nā́rā́śaṃseṣu sannáḥ kíṃcidā́pádyeta. pitṛ́bhyo nā́rā́śaṃsébhyaḥ svā́héti juhuyā́t.

     And if (his Soma) were to meet with any mishap when contained within the Nârâsamsa , let him perform an oblation with, "To the Nârâsamsa Fathers hail!"

2. depressed, low, languid, exhausted
3. perished, dead, decayed
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

Declension

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “सन्न”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1139.