सिंहासन

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सिंहासन (siṃhāsana).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /sɪŋ.ɡʱɑː.sən/,

Noun

सिंहासन • (siṅhāsan) m

throne
Synonym: राजगद्दी (rājgaddī)

बूढ़ा राजा सिंहासन से उतरा।
būṛhā rājā sĩhāsan se utrā.
The old king abdicated the throne.
(figuratively) sovereignty, rule, dominion

Declension

Declension of सिंहासन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सिंहासन siṅhāsan	सिंहासन siṅhāsan
oblique	सिंहासन siṅhāsan	सिंहासनों siṅhāsanõ
vocative	सिंहासन siṅhāsan	सिंहासनो siṅhāsano

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

সিংহাসন (Assamese script)
ᬲᬶᬂᬳᬵᬲᬦ (Balinese script)
সিংহাসন (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰰𑰽𑰮𑰯𑰭𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀸𑀲𑀦 (Brahmi script)
သိံဟာသန (Burmese script)
સિંહાસન (Gujarati script)
ਸਿਂਹਾਸਨ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑌿𑌂𑌹𑌾𑌸𑌨 (Grantha script)
ꦱꦶꦁꦲꦴꦱꦤ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂱𑂁𑂯𑂰𑂮𑂢 (Kaithi script)
ಸಿಂಹಾಸನ (Kannada script)
សិំហាសន (Khmer script)
ສິໍຫາສນ (Lao script)
സിംഹാസന (Malayalam script)
ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᡳᡥᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘱𑘽𑘮𑘰𑘭𑘡 (Modi script)
ᢀ᠋ᠰᠢᠾᠠᢗᠰᠠᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑧒𑧞𑧎𑧑𑧍𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑐶𑑄𑐴𑐵𑐳𑐣 (Newa script)
ସିଂହାସନ (Odia script)
ꢱꢶꢀꢲꢵꢱꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑆴𑆁𑆲𑆳𑆱𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖰𑖽𑖮𑖯𑖭𑖡 (Siddham script)
සිංහාසන (Sinhalese script)
𑪁𑩑𑪖𑪂𑩛𑪁𑩯 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚮𑚫𑚩𑚭𑚨𑚝 (Takri script)
ஸிஂஹாஸந (Tamil script)
సింహాసన (Telugu script)
สิํหาสน (Thai script)
སིཾ་ཧཱ་ས་ན (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑒱𑓀𑒯𑒰𑒮𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑨁𑨸𑨱𑨊𑨰𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of सिंह (simhá, “lion”) +‎ आसन (ā́sana, “seat”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /sĩ.ɦɑ́ː.sɐ.nɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ĩˈɦɑː.s̪ɐ.n̪ɐ/

Noun

सिंहासन • (siṃhāsana) stem, n

throne; "lion's seat"
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 1.69.34:
  तच्छ्रुत्वा पौरवो राजा व्याहृतं वै दिवौकसाम्।
  सिंहासनात् समुत्थाय प्रणम्य च दिवौकसः॥
  tacchrutvā pauravo rājā vyāhṛtaṃ vai divaukasām.
  siṃhāsanāt samutthāya praṇamya ca divaukasaḥ.
kind of sitting posture

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of सिंहासन (siṃhāsana)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सिंहासनम् siṃhāsanam	सिंहासने siṃhāsane	सिंहासनानि / सिंहासना¹ siṃhāsanāni / siṃhāsanā¹
Vocative	सिंहासन siṃhāsana	सिंहासने siṃhāsane	सिंहासनानि / सिंहासना¹ siṃhāsanāni / siṃhāsanā¹
Accusative	सिंहासनम् siṃhāsanam	सिंहासने siṃhāsane	सिंहासनानि / सिंहासना¹ siṃhāsanāni / siṃhāsanā¹
Instrumental	सिंहासनेन siṃhāsanena	सिंहासनाभ्याम् siṃhāsanābhyām	सिंहासनैः / सिंहासनेभिः¹ siṃhāsanaiḥ / siṃhāsanebhiḥ¹
Dative	सिंहासनाय siṃhāsanāya	सिंहासनाभ्याम् siṃhāsanābhyām	सिंहासनेभ्यः siṃhāsanebhyaḥ
Ablative	सिंहासनात् siṃhāsanāt	सिंहासनाभ्याम् siṃhāsanābhyām	सिंहासनेभ्यः siṃhāsanebhyaḥ
Genitive	सिंहासनस्य siṃhāsanasya	सिंहासनयोः siṃhāsanayoḥ	सिंहासनानाम् siṃhāsanānām
Locative	सिंहासने siṃhāsane	सिंहासनयोः siṃhāsanayoḥ	सिंहासनेषु siṃhāsaneṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

→ Hindi: सिंहासन (sĩhāsan)
→ Kannada: ಸಿಂಹಾಸನ (siṃhāsana)
→ Malay: singgahsana
- Indonesian: singgasana
→ Malayalam: സിംഹാസനം (siṁhāsanaṁ)
→ Punjabi: ਸਿੰਘਾਸਣ (siṅghāsaṇ)
→ Tamil: சிங்காசனம் (ciṅkācaṉam)
→ Telugu: సింహాసనం (siṁhāsanaṁ)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “सिंहासन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1213.

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