शूल

See also: शूल्, शाल, शाला, शील, शिला, शीला, and -शाली

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śúHlas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćúHlas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱúh₃-los, from *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”). Cognate with Persian سان‎ (sân, “whetstone”), Old Armenian սուր (sur), Latin cos, Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos), Old English hān (whence English hone). The Sanskrit root is शूल् (śūl, “to hurt, cause pain”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕúː.lɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕuː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

शूल • (śū́la) m

1. any sharp instrument or pointed dart, lance, pike, spear (esp. the trident of Shiva)
2. a stake for impaling criminals
3. any sharp or acute pain (esp. that of colic or gout)
4. pain, grief, sorrow

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शूल (śū́la)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शूलः śū́laḥ	शूलौ śū́lau	शूलाः / शूलासः¹ śū́lāḥ / śū́lāsaḥ¹
Vocative	शूल śū́la	शूलौ śū́lau	शूलाः / शूलासः¹ śū́lāḥ / śū́lāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शूलम् śū́lam	शूलौ śū́lau	शूलान् śū́lān
Instrumental	शूलेन śū́lena	शूलाभ्याम् śū́lābhyām	शूलैः / शूलेभिः¹ śū́laiḥ / śū́lebhiḥ¹
Dative	शूलाय śū́lāya	शूलाभ्याम् śū́lābhyām	शूलेभ्यः śū́lebhyaḥ
Ablative	शूलात् śū́lāt	शूलाभ्याम् śū́lābhyām	शूलेभ्यः śū́lebhyaḥ
Genitive	शूलस्य śū́lasya	शूलयोः śū́layoḥ	शूलानाम् śū́lānām
Locative	शूले śū́le	शूलयोः śū́layoḥ	शूलेषु śū́leṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• त्रिशूल (triśūla)

Descendants

• Sindhi: सूरु sg (sooru, “pain”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “शूल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1086.