ध्वंस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধ্বংস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬥ᭄ᬯᬂᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ধ্বংস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰿𑰪𑰽𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑁆𑀯𑀁𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ဓွံသ် (Burmese script)
• ધ્વંસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਧ੍ਵਂਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌂𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦣ꧀ꦮꦁꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂹𑂫𑂁𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಧ್ವಂಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ធ្វំស៑ (Khmer script)
• ຘ຺ວໍສ຺ (Lao script)
• ധ്വംസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘿𑘪𑘽𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧠𑧊𑧞𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑑂𑐰𑑄𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଧ୍ଵଂସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢤ꣄ꢮꢀꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑇀𑆮𑆁𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖿𑖪𑖽𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ධ‍්වංස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮 𑪙𑩾𑪖𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚶𑚦𑚫𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• த்⁴வஂஸ் (Tamil script)
• ధ్వంస్ (Telugu script)
• ธฺวํสฺ (Thai script)
• དྷྭཾ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑓂𑒫𑓀𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑩇𑨭𑨸𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰwe-n-s-, nasal-infixed form of *dʰwes- (“to breathe”), probably with influence from the possibly related term *dʰewh₂- (“(to produce) smoke, mist, haze”), with further semantic shift to mean destruction (perhaps as allusions to natural phenomena like volcanism or storms, which involve smoke and haze).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱʋɐ̃s/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱʋɐs̪/

Root

ध्वंस् • (dhvaṃs)

1. to fall to pieces or to dust, decay, be ruined, perish
2. to be gone, vanish
3. to scatter, cover

Derived terms

• अध्वंसिष्ट (adhvaṃsiṣṭa)
• दध्वंसिरे (dadhvaṃsire)
• दध्वंसुर् (dadhvaṃsur)
• दनीध्वस्यते (danīdhvasyate)
• दिध्वंसिषते (didhvaṃsiṣate)
• ध्वंस (dhvaṃsa)
• ध्वंसति (dhvaṃsati)
• ध्वंसते (dhvaṃsate)
• ध्वंसयति (dhvaṃsayati)
• ध्वंसयते (dhvaṃsayate)
• ध्वंसिता (dhvaṃsitā)
• ध्वंसिरे (dhvaṃsire)
• ध्वंसिष्यते (dhvaṃsiṣyate)
• ध्वसयति (dhvasayati)
• ध्वस्त (dhvasta)
• ध्वस्यति (dhvasyati)
• ध्वस्यते (dhvasyate)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ध्वंस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0522/1.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ध्वंस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 086
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “ध्वंस्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 799-800
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 173-4

• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 159
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 0268, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0268