Sanskrit

edit

Alternative scripts

edit

Etymology

edit

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰós-tos.

    Cognate with Old Persian 𐎭𐎿𐎫 (d-s-t /⁠dasta⁠/) (whence modern Persian دست (dast)), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀 (zasta, hand), Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, hand), Latin hir (hand).

    Pronunciation

    edit

    Noun

    edit

    हस्त (hásta) stemm

    1. the hand
      • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.33.7:
        क्व स्य ते रुद्र मृळयाकुर्हस्तो यो अस्ति भेषजो जलाषः ।
        kva sya te rudra mṛḷayākurhasto yo asti bheṣajo jalāṣaḥ.
        O Rudra, where is that gracious hand of thine, that giveth health and bringeth comfort?
    2. an elephant's trunk
    3. the forearm (a measure of length from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger)
    4. (astronomy) the 11th (13th) lunar asterism (represented by a hand and containing five stars, identified by some with part of the constellation Corvus)
    5. (prosody) an anapest

    Declension

    edit
    Masculine a-stem declension of हस्त (hásta)
    Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative हस्तः
    hástaḥ
    हस्तौ / हस्ता¹
    hástau / hástā¹
    हस्ताः / हस्तासः¹
    hástāḥ / hástāsaḥ¹
    Vocative हस्त
    hásta
    हस्तौ / हस्ता¹
    hástau / hástā¹
    हस्ताः / हस्तासः¹
    hástāḥ / hástāsaḥ¹
    Accusative हस्तम्
    hástam
    हस्तौ / हस्ता¹
    hástau / hástā¹
    हस्तान्
    hástān
    Instrumental हस्तेन
    hástena
    हस्ताभ्याम्
    hástābhyām
    हस्तैः / हस्तेभिः¹
    hástaiḥ / hástebhiḥ¹
    Dative हस्ताय
    hástāya
    हस्ताभ्याम्
    hástābhyām
    हस्तेभ्यः
    hástebhyaḥ
    Ablative हस्तात्
    hástāt
    हस्ताभ्याम्
    hástābhyām
    हस्तेभ्यः
    hástebhyaḥ
    Genitive हस्तस्य
    hástasya
    हस्तयोः
    hástayoḥ
    हस्तानाम्
    hástānām
    Locative हस्ते
    háste
    हस्तयोः
    hástayoḥ
    हस्तेषु
    hásteṣu
    Notes
    • ¹Vedic

    Descendants

    edit

    References

    edit
    • Monier Williams (1899) “हस्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1294.
    • Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “हस्त”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
    • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “हस्त”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 812
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hásta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
      NODES
    Note 2