पाषी

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পাষী (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬵᬱᬷ (Balinese script)
• পাষী (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰯𑰬𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀸𑀱𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ပါၑီ (Burmese script)
• પાષી (Gujarati script)
• ਪਾਸ਼ੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌾𑌷𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦴꦰꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂰𑂭𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಾಷೀ (Kannada script)
• បាឞី (Khmer script)
• ປາຩີ (Lao script)
• പാഷീ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢢᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘰𑘬𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᢗᢔᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧑𑧌𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐵𑐲𑐷 (Newa script)
• ପାଷୀ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢵꢰꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆳𑆰𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖯𑖬𑖱 (Siddham script)
• පාෂී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩛𑪀𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚭𑚯 (Takri script)
• பாஷீ (Tamil script)
• పాషీ (Telugu script)
• ปาษี (Thai script)
• པཱ་ཥཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒰𑒭𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨊𑨯𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *paršíH, from Proto-Indo-European *pels-íh₂. Cognate with Pashto پرښه (parša), Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla, “stone”). See also पाषाण (pāṣāṇa). Compare Ashkun paṣú (“mountainslope, side”), Kamkata-viri paṣǘ, paṣí (“mountainslope, side”), Prasuni Uṣǘt (“Pashki, literally "place of the rock"”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɑː.ʂiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.ʂiː/

Noun

पाषी • (pāṣī) stem, f

1. stone
   • RV 1.56.6

     त्वं दिवो धरुणं धिष ओजसा पृथिव्या इन्द्र सदनेषु माहिनः ।
     त्वं सुतस्य मदे अरिणा अपो वि वृत्रस्य समया पाष्यारुजः ॥

     tvaṃ divo dharuṇaṃ dhiṣa ojasā pṛthivyā indra sadaneṣu māhinaḥ.
     tvaṃ sutasya made ariṇā apo vi vṛtrasya samayā pāṣyārujaḥ.

     Thou with thy might didst grasp, the holder-up of heaven, thou who art mighty also in the seats of earth.
     Thou, gladdened by the juice, hast set the waters free, and broken Vrtra's stony fences through and through.

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of पाषी (pāṣī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पाषी pāṣī	पाष्यौ / पाषी¹ pāṣyau / pāṣī¹	पाष्यः / पाषीः¹ pāṣyaḥ / pāṣīḥ¹
Vocative	पाषि pāṣi	पाष्यौ / पाषी¹ pāṣyau / pāṣī¹	पाष्यः / पाषीः¹ pāṣyaḥ / pāṣīḥ¹
Accusative	पाषीम् pāṣīm	पाष्यौ / पाषी¹ pāṣyau / pāṣī¹	पाषीः pāṣīḥ
Instrumental	पाष्या pāṣyā	पाषीभ्याम् pāṣībhyām	पाषीभिः pāṣībhiḥ
Dative	पाष्यै pāṣyai	पाषीभ्याम् pāṣībhyām	पाषीभ्यः pāṣībhyaḥ
Ablative	पाष्याः / पाष्यै² pāṣyāḥ / pāṣyai²	पाषीभ्याम् pāṣībhyām	पाषीभ्यः pāṣībhyaḥ
Genitive	पाष्याः / पाष्यै² pāṣyāḥ / pāṣyai²	पाष्योः pāṣyoḥ	पाषीणाम् pāṣīṇām
Locative	पाष्याम् pāṣyām	पाष्योः pāṣyoḥ	पाषीषु pāṣīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पाषी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 624/1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 125