पर्शान

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

পৰ্শান (Assamese script)
ᬧᬃᬰᬵᬦ (Balinese script)
পর্শান (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰨𑰿𑰫𑰯𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀭𑁆𑀰𑀸𑀦 (Brahmi script)
ပရ္ၐာန (Burmese script)
પર્શાન (Gujarati script)
ਪਰ੍ਸ਼ਾਨ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌶𑌾𑌨 (Grantha script)
ꦥꦂꦯꦴꦤ (Javanese script)
𑂣𑂩𑂹𑂬𑂰𑂢 (Kaithi script)
ಪರ್ಶಾನ (Kannada script)
បឝ៌ាន (Khmer script)
ປຣ຺ຨານ (Lao script)
പര്ശാന (Malayalam script)
ᢒᠠᡵᡧᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘢𑘨𑘿𑘫𑘰𑘡 (Modi script)
ᢒᠠᠷᠱᠠᢗᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧂𑧈𑧠𑧋𑧑𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐬𑑂𑐱𑐵𑐣 (Newa script)
ପର୍ଶାନ (Odia script)
ꢦꢬ꣄ꢯꢵꢥ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆫𑇀𑆯𑆳𑆤 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖨𑖿𑖫𑖯𑖡 (Siddham script)
පර්‍ශාන (Sinhalese script)
𑩰𑩼 𑪙𑩿𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
𑚞𑚤𑚶𑚧𑚭𑚝 (Takri script)
பர்ஶாந (Tamil script)
పర్శాన (Telugu script)
ปรฺศาน (Thai script)
པ་རྴཱ་ན (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒩𑓂𑒬𑒰𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
𑨞𑨫𑩇𑨮𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *párśaHnas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *párćaHnas, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥ḱeh₂. Cognate with Latin porca (“lynchet”), Lithuanian prapar̃šas (“ditch”), Welsh rhych (“furrow”), Old English furh (whence English furrow).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐ́ɾ.ɕɑː.nɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɐɾ.ɕɑː.n̪ɐ/

Noun

पर्शा॑न • (párśāna) stem, m

abyss, chasm, precipice
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.104.5:
  इन्द्रासोमा वर्तयतं दिवस्पर्यग्नितप्तेभिर्युवमश्महन्मभिः।
  तपुर्वधेभिरजरेभिरत्रिणो नि पर्शाने विध्यतं यन्तु निस्वरम्॥
  indrāsomā vartayataṃ divasparyagnitaptebhiryuvamaśmahanmabhiḥ.
  tapurvadhebhirajarebhiratriṇo ni parśāne vidhyataṃ yantu nisvaram.
  Indra and Soma, cast ye downward out of heaven your deadly darts of stone burning with fiery flame,
  Eternal, scorching darts; plunge the voracious ones within the depth, and let them sink without a sound.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पर्शा॑न
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पर्शा॑नः (párśānaḥ)	पर्शा॑नौ (párśānau) पर्शा॑ना¹ (párśānā¹)	पर्शा॑नाः (párśānāḥ) पर्शा॑नासः¹ (párśānāsaḥ¹)
accusative	पर्शा॑नम् (párśānam)	पर्शा॑नौ (párśānau) पर्शा॑ना¹ (párśānā¹)	पर्शा॑नान् (párśānān)
instrumental	पर्शा॑नेन (párśānena)	पर्शा॑नाभ्याम् (párśānābhyām)	पर्शा॑नैः (párśānaiḥ) पर्शा॑नेभिः¹ (párśānebhiḥ¹)
dative	पर्शा॑नाय (párśānāya)	पर्शा॑नाभ्याम् (párśānābhyām)	पर्शा॑नेभ्यः (párśānebhyaḥ)
ablative	पर्शा॑नात् (párśānāt)	पर्शा॑नाभ्याम् (párśānābhyām)	पर्शा॑नेभ्यः (párśānebhyaḥ)
genitive	पर्शा॑नस्य (párśānasya)	पर्शा॑नयोः (párśānayoḥ)	पर्शा॑नानाम् (párśānānām)
locative	पर्शा॑ने (párśāne)	पर्शा॑नयोः (párśānayoḥ)	पर्शा॑नेषु (párśāneṣu)
vocative	पर्शा॑न (párśāna)	पर्शा॑नौ (párśānau) पर्शा॑ना¹ (párśānā¹)	पर्शा॑नाः (párśānāḥ) पर्शा॑नासः¹ (párśānāsaḥ¹)

¹Vedic