शंस्

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to announce, declare solemnly”). Cognate with Persian سخن (soxan, “speech”), Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order, honor; mankind; world”), Latin cēnseō (“recommend, decree; reckon”) (whence cēnsus), as well as possibly Latin carmen (“composition, tune”) and English herry (“praise, honor”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɐ̃s/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɕɐs̪/

शंस् • (śaṃs)

1. to praise, commend, approve
2. to recite, repeat (texts, invocations)
3. to vow
4. to wish
5. to foretell, predict, prognosticate
6. to calumniate, revile
7. to hurt, injure
8. to be unhappy

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