यक्ष्म

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• যক্ষ্ম (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬓ᭄ᬱ᭄ᬫ (Balinese script)
• যক্ষ্ম (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰎𑰿𑰬𑰿𑰦 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• ယက္ၑ္မ (Burmese script)
• યક્ષ્મ (Gujarati script)
• ਯਕ੍ਸ਼੍ਮ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌕𑍍𑌷𑍍𑌮 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦏ꧀ꦰ꧀ꦩ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂍𑂹𑂭𑂹𑂧 (Kaithi script)
• ಯಕ್ಷ್ಮ (Kannada script)
• យក្ឞ្ម (Khmer script)
• ຍກ຺ຩ຺ມ (Lao script)
• യക്ഷ്മ (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠᡬᢢᠮᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘎𑘿𑘬𑘿𑘦 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᢉᢔᠮᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑦮𑧠𑧌𑧠𑧆 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐎𑑂𑐲𑑂𑐩 (Newa script)
• ଯକ୍ଷ୍ମ (Odia script)
• ꢫꢒ꣄ꢰ꣄ꢪ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆑𑇀𑆰𑇀𑆩 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖎𑖿𑖬𑖿𑖦 (Siddham script)
• යක්‍ෂ‍්ම (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩜 𑪙𑪀 𑪙𑩴 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚊𑚶𑚶𑚢 (Takri script)
• யக்ஷ்ம (Tamil script)
• యక్ష్మ (Telugu script)
• ยกฺษฺม (Thai script)
• ཡ་ཀྵྨ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒏𑓂𑒭𑓂𑒧 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨋𑩇𑨯𑩇𑨢 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Connected with the root यक्ष् (yakṣ, “to appear”), referring to the phenomenon of signs and symptoms appearing on the onset of illnesses and diseases. This semantic development probably happened in Proto-Indo-Iranian; compare Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬯𐬐𐬀 (yaska, “illness”), which underwent metathesis due to taboo distortion. The Proto-Indo-Iranian term is *yakš ~ *yask.

Noun

यक्ष्म • (yákṣma) stem, m

1. illness, disease, sickness
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.163.3:

     यक्ष्मं मतस्नाभ्यां यक्नः प्लाशिभ्यो वि वृहामि ते ॥

     yakṣmaṃ matasnābhyāṃ yaknaḥ plāśibhyo vi vṛhāmi te.

     From kidneys, liver, and from the spleen, I drive thy malady away.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of यक्ष्म (yákṣma)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	यक्ष्मः yákṣmaḥ	यक्ष्मौ / यक्ष्मा¹ yákṣmau / yákṣmā¹	यक्ष्माः / यक्ष्मासः¹ yákṣmāḥ / yákṣmāsaḥ¹
Vocative	यक्ष्म yákṣma	यक्ष्मौ / यक्ष्मा¹ yákṣmau / yákṣmā¹	यक्ष्माः / यक्ष्मासः¹ yákṣmāḥ / yákṣmāsaḥ¹
Accusative	यक्ष्मम् yákṣmam	यक्ष्मौ / यक्ष्मा¹ yákṣmau / yákṣmā¹	यक्ष्मान् yákṣmān
Instrumental	यक्ष्मेण yákṣmeṇa	यक्ष्माभ्याम् yákṣmābhyām	यक्ष्मैः / यक्ष्मेभिः¹ yákṣmaiḥ / yákṣmebhiḥ¹
Dative	यक्ष्माय yákṣmāya	यक्ष्माभ्याम् yákṣmābhyām	यक्ष्मेभ्यः yákṣmebhyaḥ
Ablative	यक्ष्मात् yákṣmāt	यक्ष्माभ्याम् yákṣmābhyām	यक्ष्मेभ्यः yákṣmebhyaḥ
Genitive	यक्ष्मस्य yákṣmasya	यक्ष्मयोः yákṣmayoḥ	यक्ष्माणाम् yákṣmāṇām
Locative	यक्ष्मे yákṣme	यक्ष्मयोः yákṣmayoḥ	यक्ष्मेषु yákṣmeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “यक्ष्म”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 779.