सिंहासन
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit सिंहासन (siṃhāsana).
Pronunciation
Noun
सिंहासन • (sĩhāsan) m
- throne
- बूढ़ा राजा सिंहासन से उतरा।
- būṛhā rājā sĩhāsan se utrā.
- The old king abdicated the throne.
- Synonym: राजगद्दी (rājgaddī)
- (figuratively) sovereignty, rule, dominion
Declension
Sanskrit
Etymology
सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + आसन (āsana, “seat; pose”).
Noun
सिंहासन • (siṃhāsana) stem, n
- throne; "lion's seat"
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 1.69.34:
- तच्छरुत्वा पौरवो राजा व्याहृतं वै दिवौकसाम् ।
सिंहासनात् समुत्थाय प्रणम्य च दिवौकसः ॥- taccharutvā pauravo rājā vyāhṛtaṃ vai divaukasām.
siṃhāsanāt samutthāya praṇamya ca divaukasaḥ.
- taccharutvā pauravo rājā vyāhṛtaṃ vai divaukasām.
- तच्छरुत्वा पौरवो राजा व्याहृतं वै दिवौकसाम् ।
- kind of sitting posture
Declension
Neuter a-stem declension of सिंहासन | |||
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Nom. sg. | सिंहासनम् (siṃhāsanam) | ||
Gen. sg. | सिंहासनस्य (siṃhāsanasya) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | सिंहासनम् (siṃhāsanam) | सिंहासने (siṃhāsane) | सिंहासनानि (siṃhāsanāni) |
Vocative | सिंहासन (siṃhāsana) | सिंहासने (siṃhāsane) | सिंहासनानि (siṃhāsanāni) |
Accusative | सिंहासनम् (siṃhāsanam) | सिंहासने (siṃhāsane) | सिंहासनानि (siṃhāsanāni) |
Instrumental | सिंहासनेन (siṃhāsanena) | सिंहासनाभ्याम् (siṃhāsanābhyām) | सिंहासनैः (siṃhāsanaiḥ) |
Dative | सिंहासनाय (siṃhāsanāya) | सिंहासनाभ्याम् (siṃhāsanābhyām) | सिंहासनेभ्यः (siṃhāsanebhyaḥ) |
Ablative | सिंहासनात् (siṃhāsanāt) | सिंहासनाभ्याम् (siṃhāsanābhyām) | सिंहासनेभ्यः (siṃhāsanebhyaḥ) |
Genitive | सिंहासनस्य (siṃhāsanasya) | सिंहासनयोः (siṃhāsanayoḥ) | सिंहासनानाम् (siṃhāsanānām) |
Locative | सिंहासने (siṃhāsane) | सिंहासनयोः (siṃhāsanayoḥ) | सिंहासनेषु (siṃhāsaneṣu) |
Descendants
- → Hindi: सिंहासन (sĩhāsan)
- → Malay: singgahsana
- Indonesian: singgasana
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “सिंहासन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1213.
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