हेषा

Sanskrit

From the root हेष् (heṣ, “to neigh”).

हेषा • (heṣā) stem, f (Classical Sanskrit)

neighing (of a horse)
- c. 600 CE, Bhāravi, Kirātārjunīya 16.8.1:
  रथाङ्गसंक्रीडितमश्वहेषा वहन्ति मत्तद्विपबृंहितानि ।
  rathāṅgasaṃkrīḍitamaśvaheṣā vahanti mattadvipabṛṃhitāni.
  The rattle of parts of chariots, neighings of horses, roars of intoxicated elephants are flowing.

Feminine ā-stem declension of हेषा (heṣā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	हेषा heṣā	हेषे heṣe	हेषाः heṣāḥ
Vocative	हेषे heṣe	हेषे heṣe	हेषाः heṣāḥ
Accusative	हेषाम् heṣām	हेषे heṣe	हेषाः heṣāḥ
Instrumental	हेषया / हेषा¹ heṣayā / heṣā¹	हेषाभ्याम् heṣābhyām	हेषाभिः heṣābhiḥ
Dative	हेषायै heṣāyai	हेषाभ्याम् heṣābhyām	हेषाभ्यः heṣābhyaḥ
Ablative	हेषायाः / हेषायै² heṣāyāḥ / heṣāyai²	हेषाभ्याम् heṣābhyām	हेषाभ्यः heṣābhyaḥ
Genitive	हेषायाः / हेषायै² heṣāyāḥ / heṣāyai²	हेषयोः heṣayoḥ	हेषाणाम् heṣāṇām
Locative	हेषायाम् heṣāyām	हेषयोः heṣayoḥ	हेषासु heṣāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Monier Williams (1899) “हेषा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1305.
Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “heṣā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hēṣā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 819