शंसति
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শংসতি (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬂᬲᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- শংসতি (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰽𑰭𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀁𑀲𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- ၐံသတိ (Burmese script)
- શંસતિ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਂਸਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌂𑌸𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦁꦱꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂁𑂮𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಂಸತಿ (Kannada script)
- ឝំសតិ (Khmer script)
- ຨໍສຕິ (Lao script)
- ശംസതി (Malayalam script)
- ᢀ᠋ᡧᠠᠰ᠌ᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘽𑘭𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠱᠠᠰᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧞𑧍𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑑄𑐳𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଶଂସତି (Odia script)
- ꢯꢀꢱꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆁𑆱𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖽𑖭𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- ශංසති (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑪖𑪁𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚫𑚨𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
- ஶஂஸதி (Tamil script)
- శంసతి (Telugu script)
- ศํสติ (Thai script)
- ཤཾ་ས་ཏི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑓀𑒮𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨸𑨰𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱéns-e-ti, from *ḱens- (“to announce, proclaim”). Cognate with Latin cēnseō, Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬢𐬵 (saŋh, “to declare”), Polish sądzić.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɐ̃́.sɐ.ti/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɐ̃.s̪ɐ.t̪i/
Verb
शंसति • (śáṃsati) third-singular indicative (root शंस्)
- to declare, announce, proclaim
- to say, tell
- to praise, commend, extol
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.100.5:
- प्र तत्ते अद्य शिपिविष्ट नामार्यः शंसामि वयुनानि विद्वान् ।
तं त्वा गृणामि तवसमतव्यान्क्षयन्तमस्य रजसः पराके ॥- pra tatte adya śipiviṣṭa nāmāryaḥ śaṃsāmi vayunāni vidvān.
taṃ tvā gṛṇāmi tavasamatavyānkṣayantamasya rajasaḥ parāke. - To-day I laud this name, O Shipivista, I, skilled in rules, the name of thee the Noble.
Yea, I the poor and weak praise thee the Mighty who dwellest in the realm beyond this region.
- pra tatte adya śipiviṣṭa nāmāryaḥ śaṃsāmi vayunāni vidvān.
- प्र तत्ते अद्य शिपिविष्ट नामार्यः शंसामि वयुनानि विद्वान् ।