शास्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• शिष् (śiṣ)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শাস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬵᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• শাস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰯𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀸𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ၐာသ် (Burmese script)
• શાસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਾਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌾𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦴꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂰𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಶಾಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ឝាស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຨາສ຺ (Lao script)
• ശാസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘰𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᢗᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧑𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐵𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଶାସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢵꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆳𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖯𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ශාස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩛𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚭𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஶாஸ் (Tamil script)
• శాస్ (Telugu script)
• ศาสฺ (Thai script)
• ཤཱ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒰𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨊𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁s- (“to teach, indicate; instruct”). Compare Albanian them (“to say”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɑːs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɑːs̪/

Root

शास् • (śās)

1. to teach, instruct, inform
2. to correct, chastize, censure
3. to direct, command, decree
4. to proclaim
5. to praise, commend

Derived terms

Primary verbal forms

• शास्ति॑ (śā́sti, present)
• शासति (śāsati, present)
• शा॒सि॒ष्यति॑ (śāsiṣyáti, future)
• शा॒सि॒ता (śāsitā́, periphrastic future)
• अशि॑षत् (áśiṣat, aorist)
• श॒शास॑ (śaśā́sa, perfect)

Secondary forms

• शा॒स्यते॑ (śāsyáte, passive)
• शि॒ष्यते॑ (śiṣyáte, passive)
• शा॒शय॑ति (śāśáyati, causative)
• अश॑शासत् (áśaśāsat, causative aorist)
• शिशासिषति (śiśāsiṣati, desiderative)
• शेशिष्यते (śeśiṣyate, intensive)
• शाशास्ति (śāśāsti, intensive)

Non-finite forms

• शि॒ष्ट (śiṣṭá, past participle)
• शास्त (śāsta, past participle)
• शसित (śasita, past participle)
• शास्तुम् (śāstum, infinitive)
• शासितुम् (śāsitum, infinitive)
• शासित्वा (śāsitvā, gerund)
• शिष्ट्वा (śiṣṭvā, gerund)
• शिष्य (śiṣya, gerund)
• शास्य (śāsya, gerund)
• शास्य॑ (śā́sya, gerundive)
• शासनीय (śāsanīya, gerundive)
• शासितव्य (śāsitavya, gerundive)

Derived nominal forms

• आ॒शिस् (āśís)
• शास् (śā́́s, “command, a commander”)
• शास (śā́sa, “order, command”)
• शास (śāsá, “commander, ruler”)
• शासक (śāsaka, “teacher, instructor, governor, ruler”)
• शासन (śā́sana, “punishing”)
• शासिन् (śāsin, “punishing, chastizing; governing”)
• शासु॑स् (śā́sus)
• शास्ति (śāsti, “correction, punishment; order, command”)
• शास्तृ (śāstṛ́, “ruler, commander; teacher, instructor”)
• शास्त्र (śāstrá, “order, command, precept, rule; instruction, teaching”)
• शिष्टि (śiṣṭi)
• शिष्य (śiṣya, “student, pupil, scholar”)

Prefixed root forms

• अनुशास् (anuśās)
• अभिशास् (abhiśās)
• आशास् (āśās)
• निशास् (niśās)
• प्रशास् (praśās)
• विशास् (viśās)
• संशास् (saṃśās)

Sanskrit terms belonging to the root शास् (0 c, 3 e)

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root शास् (5 c, 0 e)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “शास्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1068, column 3.
• William Dwight Whitney (1885), The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 172

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “śās”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.