आयुस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬆᬬᬸᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• আয়ুস্ (Assamese script)
• আয়ুস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰁𑰧𑰲𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆𑀬𑀼𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌆𑌯𑍁𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• આયુસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਆਯੁਸੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦄꦴꦪꦸꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• អាយុស៑ (Khmer script)
• ಆಯುಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ອາຍຸສ຺ (Lao script)
• ആയുസ് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘁𑘧𑘳𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠤᠰ (Mongolian script)
• ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᡠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• အာယုသ် (Burmese script)
• 𑦡𑧇𑧔𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁𑐫𑐸𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଆଯୁସ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢃꢫꢸꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄𑆪𑆶𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁𑖧𑖲𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ආයුස් (Sinhalese script)
• ఆయుస్ (Telugu script)
• อายุสฺ (Thai script)
• ཨཱ་ཡུ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂𑒨𑒳𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hā́yu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́yu, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu (“long time, lifetime”). Cognate with Latin aevum (whence English age), Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn) (whence English eon), Avestan 𐬁𐬌𐬌𐬏‎ (āiiū, “lifetime, life”), Old English ā, English aye. The Sanskrit root is इ (i), whence also आयु (ā́yu).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑ́ː.jus/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.jus̪/

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.jús/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.jus̪/

Noun

आयुस् • (ā́yus) n

1. life, vital power, vigour, health, lifespan, long life, age
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 09.067.08

     kakuháḥ somiyó rása índur índrāya pūrviyáḥ
     āyúḥ pavata āyáve

     For Indra floweth excellent Indu, the noblest Soma juice
     The Living for the Living One.

2. active power, efficacy, vitality
3. the totality of living beings, world

Declension

Neuter us-stem declension of आयुस् (ā́yus)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	आयुः ā́yuḥ	आयुषी ā́yuṣī	आयूंषि ā́yūṃṣi
Vocative	आयुः ā́yuḥ	आयुषी ā́yuṣī	आयूंषि ā́yūṃṣi
Accusative	आयुः ā́yuḥ	आयुषी ā́yuṣī	आयूंषि ā́yūṃṣi
Instrumental	आयुषा ā́yuṣā	आयुर्भ्याम् ā́yurbhyām	आयुर्भिः ā́yurbhiḥ
Dative	आयुषे ā́yuṣe	आयुर्भ्याम् ā́yurbhyām	आयुर्भ्यः ā́yurbhyaḥ
Ablative	आयुषः ā́yuṣaḥ	आयुर्भ्याम् ā́yurbhyām	आयुर्भ्यः ā́yurbhyaḥ
Genitive	आयुषः ā́yuṣaḥ	आयुषोः ā́yuṣoḥ	आयुषाम् ā́yuṣām
Locative	आयुषि ā́yuṣi	आयुषोः ā́yuṣoḥ	आयुःषु ā́yuḥṣu

Derived terms

• आयुर्वेद (āyurveda)