यूषन्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- যূষন্ (Assamese script)
- ᬬᬹᬱᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
- যূষন্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰧𑰳𑰬𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀬𑀽𑀱𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ယူၑန် (Burmese script)
- યૂષન્ (Gujarati script)
- ਯੂਸ਼ਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌯𑍂𑌷𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦪꦹꦰꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂨𑂴𑂭𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ಯೂಷೝ (Kannada script)
- យូឞន៑ (Khmer script)
- ຍູຩນ຺ (Lao script)
- യൂഷന് (Malayalam script)
- ᠶᡠᡠᢢᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
- 𑘧𑘴𑘬𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠶ᠋ᠤᠤᢔᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧇𑧕𑧌𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐫𑐹𑐲𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଯୂଷନ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢫꢹꢰꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆪𑆷𑆰𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖧𑖳𑖬𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
- යූෂන් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩻𑩒𑩛𑪀𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚣𑚱𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
- யூஷந் (Tamil script)
- యూషౝ (Telugu script)
- ยูษนฺ (Thai script)
- ཡཱུ་ཥ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒨𑒴𑒭𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨪𑨃𑨊𑨯𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *yuHs-ḗn, from *yéwHs (“soup, broth”). Related to यूष (yūṣa) and यूस् (yūs); see those entries for cognates.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /juː.ʂɐ́n/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /juː.ʂɐn̪/
Noun
यूषन् • (yūṣán) stem, ?
- soup, broth
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.162.13:
- यन्नीक्षणं मांस्पचन्या उखाया या पात्राणि यूष्ण आसेचनानि । ऊष्मण्यापिधाना चरूणामङ्काः सूनाः परि भूषन्त्यश्वम् ॥
- yannīkṣaṇaṃ māṃspacanyā ukhāyā yā pātrāṇi yūṣṇa āsecanāni. ūṣmaṇyāpidhānā carūṇāmaṅkāḥ sūnāḥ pari bhūṣantyaśvam.
- The ladle of the meat-cooking cauldron, the vessels out of which the broth is sprinkled, The warming-pots, the covers of the dishes, hooks, carving-boards,-all these attend the Charger.
- यन्नीक्षणं मांस्पचन्या उखाया या पात्राणि यूष्ण आसेचनानि । ऊष्मण्यापिधाना चरूणामङ्काः सूनाः परि भूषन्त्यश्वम् ॥
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) VI.3.11:
- यूषन्न् अवधाय प्रोर्णोति रसो वा एष पशूनां यद् यू रसम् एव पशुषु दधाति
- yūṣánn avadhā́ya prórṇoti ráso vā́ eṣá paśūnā́ṃ yád yū́ rásam evá paśúṣu dadhāti.
- He covers (the cattle) after putting (the fat) on the soup; the soup [represents] the sap of cattle; thus he bestows sap upon cattle.
- यूषन्न् अवधाय प्रोर्णोति रसो वा एष पशूनां यद् यू रसम् एव पशुषु दधाति
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “यूषन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 856.