षष्

Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: षष् (ṣaṣ)     Ordinal: षष्ठ (ṣaṣṭha)     Multiplier: षोढा (ṣoḍhā)     Distributive: षट्शस् (ṣaṭśas)

Alternative forms

• *ट्षष् (*ṭṣaṣ)
• षट् (ṣaṭ), षड् (ṣaḍ)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ষষ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬱᬱ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ষষ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰬𑰬𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀱𑀱𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ၑၑ် (Burmese script)
• ષષ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਸ਼੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌷𑌷𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦰꦰ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂭𑂭𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಷಷ್ (Kannada script)
• ឞឞ៑ (Khmer script)
• ຩຩ຺ (Lao script)
• ഷഷ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢢᠠᢢ (Manchu script)
• 𑘬𑘬𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢔᠠᢔ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧌𑧌𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐲𑐲𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଷଷ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢰꢰ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆰𑆰𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖬𑖬𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ෂෂ් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪀𑪀 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚶 (Takri script)
• ஷஷ் (Tamil script)
• షష్ (Telugu script)
• ษษฺ (Thai script)
• ཥ་ཥ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒭𑒭𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨯𑨯𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ṣwáṭṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *šwáćš, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Cognate with Avestan 𐬑𐬴𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬱 (xṣ̌uuaš), Persian شش (šeš), Old Armenian վեց (vecʻ), Tocharian B ṣkas, Old Church Slavonic шесть (šestĭ), Lithuanian šeši̇̀, Latin sex, Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), Old English six (whence English six).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʂɐ́ʂ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʂɐʂ/

Numeral

षष् • (ṣáṣ)

1. six

Declension

Gender-neutral numeral declension of षष्

	plural
nominative	षट् (ṣáṭ)
accusative	षट् (ṣáṭ)
instrumental	ष॒ड्भिः (ṣaḍbhíḥ)
dative	ष॒ड्भ्यः (ṣaḍbhyáḥ)
ablative	ष॒ड्भ्यः (ṣaḍbhyáḥ)
genitive	ष॒ण्णाम् (ṣaṇṇā́m)
locative	ष॒ट्सु (ṣaṭsú)
vocative	षट् (ṣáṭ)

Derived terms

• अरिषड्वर्ग (ariṣaḍvarga, “Arishadvargas, six enemies of the mind that trap a soul”)
• षट्कोण (ṣaṭkoṇa, “hexagon, six corners”)
• षड्गति (ṣaḍgati, “six realms of rebirth”)
• षड्ज (ṣaḍja, “generating the six notes of music”)
• षड्यन्त्र (ṣaḍyantra, “six devices”)
• षड्रिपु (ṣaḍripu, “six enemies of the mind that trap a soul; lust, anger, greed, ego, attachment, jealousy”)
• षड्विं॑शति (ṣáḍviṃśati, “twenty-six”)

Related terms

• षष्टि (ṣaṣṭi, “sixty”)

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀙 (*cha), 𑀱 (ṣa)
  • Prakrit: 𑀙 (cha) (see there for further descendants)
• Gandhari: 𐨮 (ṣa)
• Pali: cha

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “षष्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1108, column 1.