घ्रंस

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰransás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr-ens(o)- (“heat”), from the root *gʷʰer- (“to be hot”). Cognate with Welsh gwres (“heat”), Old Irish grís (“heat (of the sun), fire, embers”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡʱɾɐ̃.sɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʱɾɐ̃.s̪ɐ/

Noun

घ्रंस • (ghraṃsá) stem, m

1. heat of the sun
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.116.8:

     हिमेनाग्निं घ्रंसमवारयेथां पितुमतीमूर्जमस्मा अधत्तम् ।
     ऋबीसे अत्रिमश्विनावनीतमुन्निन्यथुः सर्वगणं स्वस्ति ॥

     himénāgníṃ ghraṃsám avārayethām pitumátīm ū́rjam asmā adhattam
     ṛbī́se átrim aśvinā́vanītam ún ninyathuḥ sárvagaṇaṃ suastí

     Ye warded off with cold the fire's fierce burning; food very rich in nourishment ye furnished.
     Atri, cast downward in the cavern, Asvins ye brought, with all his people, forth to comfort.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of घ्रंस (ghraṃsá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	घ्रंसः ghraṃsáḥ	घ्रंसौ / घ्रंसा¹ ghraṃsaú / ghraṃsā́¹	घ्रंसाः / घ्रंसासः¹ ghraṃsā́ḥ / ghraṃsā́saḥ¹
Vocative	घ्रंस ghráṃsa	घ्रंसौ / घ्रंसा¹ ghráṃsau / ghráṃsā¹	घ्रंसाः / घ्रंसासः¹ ghráṃsāḥ / ghráṃsāsaḥ¹
Accusative	घ्रंसम् ghraṃsám	घ्रंसौ / घ्रंसा¹ ghraṃsaú / ghraṃsā́¹	घ्रंसान् ghraṃsā́n
Instrumental	घ्रंसेन ghraṃséna	घ्रंसाभ्याम् ghraṃsā́bhyām	घ्रंसैः / घ्रंसेभिः¹ ghraṃsaíḥ / ghraṃsébhiḥ¹
Dative	घ्रंसाय ghraṃsā́ya	घ्रंसाभ्याम् ghraṃsā́bhyām	घ्रंसेभ्यः ghraṃsébhyaḥ
Ablative	घ्रंसात् ghraṃsā́t	घ्रंसाभ्याम् ghraṃsā́bhyām	घ्रंसेभ्यः ghraṃsébhyaḥ
Genitive	घ्रंसस्य ghraṃsásya	घ्रंसयोः ghraṃsáyoḥ	घ्रंसानाम् ghraṃsā́nām
Locative	घ्रंसे ghraṃsé	घ्रंसयोः ghraṃsáyoḥ	घ्रंसेषु ghraṃséṣu
Notes	¹Vedic