अंशु

See also: अंश

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hanśúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hanćúš, possibly from the BMAC substrate per Lubotsky. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬄𐬯𐬎 (ąsu).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ɕú/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.ɕu/

Noun

अंशु • (aṃśú) stem, m

1. filament, stalk (especially of the Soma plant)
   • RV 4.22.8

     पिपीळे अंशुर मद्यो न सिन्धुर आ तवा शमी शशमानस्य शक्तिः |

     अस्मद्र्यक छुशुचानस्य यम्या आशुर न रश्मिं तुव्योजसं गोः ||

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     Pressed is the gladdening stalk as ’twere a river: so let the rite, the toiler's power, attract thee

     To us-ward, of the Bright One, as the courser strains his. exceedingly strong leather bridle.

2. kind of Soma libation
3. thread
4. end of a thread, a minute particle
5. point, end
6. array, sunbeam
7. cloth
8. name of a rishi
   • RV 8.5.26

     यथोत कर्त्व्ये धने.अंशुं गोष्वगस्त्यम |

     यथा वाजेषु सोभरिम ||

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     And Amsu in decisive fight, Agastya in the fray for kine.

     And, in his battles, Sobhari.

9. name of an ancient Vedic teacher, son of a धनंजय (dhanaṃjaya)
10. name of a prince

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of अंशु (aṃśú)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अंशुः aṃśúḥ	अंशू aṃśū́	अंशवः aṃśávaḥ
Vocative	अंशो áṃśo	अंशू áṃśū	अंशवः áṃśavaḥ
Accusative	अंशुम् aṃśúm	अंशू aṃśū́	अंशून् aṃśū́n
Instrumental	अंशुना / अंश्वा¹ aṃśúnā / aṃśvā́¹	अंशुभ्याम् aṃśúbhyām	अंशुभिः aṃśúbhiḥ
Dative	अंशवे / अंश्वे¹ aṃśáve / aṃśvé¹	अंशुभ्याम् aṃśúbhyām	अंशुभ्यः aṃśúbhyaḥ
Ablative	अंशोः / अंश्वः¹ aṃśóḥ / aṃśváḥ¹	अंशुभ्याम् aṃśúbhyām	अंशुभ्यः aṃśúbhyaḥ
Genitive	अंशोः / अंश्वः¹ aṃśóḥ / aṃśváḥ¹	अंश्वोः aṃśvóḥ	अंशूनाम् aṃśūnā́m
Locative	अंशौ aṃśaú	अंश्वोः aṃśvóḥ	अंशुषु aṃśúṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Assamese: আঁহ (ãh)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अंशु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0001.