बर्हिस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• বৰ্হিস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬩᬃᬳᬶᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• বর্হিস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰤𑰨𑰿𑰮𑰰𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀩𑀭𑁆𑀳𑀺𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဗရ်္ဟိသ် (Burmese script)
• બર્હિસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਬਰ੍ਹਿਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌬𑌰𑍍𑌹𑌿𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦧꦂꦲꦶꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂥𑂩𑂹𑂯𑂱𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಬರ್ಹಿಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ពហ៌ិស៑ (Khmer script)
• ພຣ຺ຫິສ຺ (Lao script)
• ബര്ഹിസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠪᠠᡵᡥᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘤𑘨𑘿𑘮𑘱𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠪᠠᠷᠾᠢᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧄𑧈𑧠𑧎𑧒𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐧𑐭𑐶𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ବର୍ହିସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢨꢬ꣄ꢲꢶꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆧𑆫𑇀𑆲𑆴𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖤𑖨𑖿𑖮𑖰𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• බර්‍හිස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩲𑩼 𑪙𑪂𑩑𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚠𑚤𑚶𑚩𑚮𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ப³ர்ஹிஸ் (Tamil script)
• బర్హిస్ (Telugu script)
• พรฺหิสฺ (Thai script)
• བ་རྷི་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒥𑒩𑓂𑒯𑒱𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨠𑨫𑩇𑨱𑨁𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰarȷ́ʰíš (“padding, pillow, cushion”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolǵʰ-í-s. Cognate with Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱 (bar^əziš, “pad, pillow”), Classical Persian بَالِش (bāliš, “pillow, cushion”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /bɐɾ.ɦís/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bɐɾ.ɦis̪/

Noun

ब॒र्हिस् • (barhís) stem, n or m

1. a bed, cushion, or layer of Kuśa grass, strewn over the place where the Yajña is performed, to serve as a sacred surface on which to present the oblations, and as a seat for the gods and for the worshippers
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.16.10:

     अग्न॒ आ या॑हि वी॒तये॑ गृणा॒नो ह॒व्यदा॑तये ।
     नि होता॑ सत्सि ब॒र्हिषि॑ ॥

     ágna ā́ yāhi vītáye gṛṇānó havyádātaye.
     ní hótā satsi barhíṣi.

     Come, Agni, lauded, to the feast; come to the offering of the gifts.
     As the Priest, be seated on the bed of grass.

Declension

Neuter is-stem declension of ब॒र्हिस्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ब॒र्हिः (barhíḥ)	ब॒र्हिषी॑ (barhíṣī)	ब॒र्हींषि॑ (barhī́ṃṣi)
accusative	ब॒र्हिः (barhíḥ)	ब॒र्हिषी॑ (barhíṣī)	ब॒र्हींषि॑ (barhī́ṃṣi)
instrumental	ब॒र्हिषा॑ (barhíṣā)	ब॒र्हिर्भ्या॑म् (barhírbhyām)	ब॒र्हिर्भिः॑ (barhírbhiḥ)
dative	ब॒र्हिषे॑ (barhíṣe)	ब॒र्हिर्भ्या॑म् (barhírbhyām)	ब॒र्हिर्भ्यः॑ (barhírbhyaḥ)
ablative	ब॒र्हिषः॑ (barhíṣaḥ)	ब॒र्हिर्भ्या॑म् (barhírbhyām)	ब॒र्हिर्भ्यः॑ (barhírbhyaḥ)
genitive	ब॒र्हिषः॑ (barhíṣaḥ)	ब॒र्हिषोः॑ (barhíṣoḥ)	ब॒र्हिषा॑म् (barhíṣām)
locative	ब॒र्हिषि॑ (barhíṣi)	ब॒र्हिषोः॑ (barhíṣoḥ)	ब॒र्हिःषु॑ (barhíḥṣu)
vocative	बर्हिः॑ (bárhiḥ)	बर्हि॑षी (bárhiṣī)	बर्हीं॑षि (bárhīṃṣi)

Masculine is-stem declension of ब॒र्हिस्

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ब॒र्हिः (barhíḥ)	ब॒र्हिषौ॑ (barhíṣau) ब॒र्हिषा॑¹ (barhíṣā¹)	ब॒र्हिषः॑ (barhíṣaḥ)
accusative	ब॒र्हिष॑म् (barhíṣam)	ब॒र्हिषौ॑ (barhíṣau) ब॒र्हिषा॑¹ (barhíṣā¹)	ब॒र्हिषः॑ (barhíṣaḥ)
instrumental	ब॒र्हिषा॑ (barhíṣā)	ब॒र्हिर्भ्या॑म् (barhírbhyām)	ब॒र्हिर्भिः॑ (barhírbhiḥ)
dative	ब॒र्हिषे॑ (barhíṣe)	ब॒र्हिर्भ्या॑म् (barhírbhyām)	ब॒र्हिर्भ्यः॑ (barhírbhyaḥ)
ablative	ब॒र्हिषः॑ (barhíṣaḥ)	ब॒र्हिर्भ्या॑म् (barhírbhyām)	ब॒र्हिर्भ्यः॑ (barhírbhyaḥ)
genitive	ब॒र्हिषः॑ (barhíṣaḥ)	ब॒र्हिषोः॑ (barhíṣoḥ)	ब॒र्हिषा॑म् (barhíṣām)
locative	ब॒र्हिषि॑ (barhíṣi)	ब॒र्हिषोः॑ (barhíṣoḥ)	ब॒र्हिःषु॑ (barhíḥṣu)
vocative	बर्हिः॑ (bárhiḥ)	बर्हि॑षौ (bárhiṣau) बर्हि॑षा¹ (bárhiṣā¹)	बर्हि॑षः (bárhiṣaḥ)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “बर्हिस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0722.