शठ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • শঠ (Assamese script)
  • ᬰᬞ (Balinese script)
  • শঠ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰫𑰙 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀰𑀞 (Brahmi script)
  • ၐဌ (Burmese script)
  • શઠ (Gujarati script)
  • ਸ਼ਠ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌶𑌠 (Grantha script)
  • ꦯꦜ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂬𑂘 (Kaithi script)
  • ಶಠ (Kannada script)
  • ឝឋ (Khmer script)
  • ຨຐ (Lao script)
  • ശഠ (Malayalam script)
  • ᡧᠠᡱᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘫𑘙 (Modi script)
  • ᠱᠠᢍᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧋𑦹 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐱𑐛 (Newa script)
  • ଶଠ (Odia script)
  • ꢯꢝ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆯𑆜 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖫𑖙 (Siddham script)
  • ශඨ (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩿𑩧 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚧𑚕 (Takri script)
  • ஶட² (Tamil script)
  • శఠ (Telugu script)
  • ศฐ (Thai script)
  • ཤ་ཋ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒬𑒚 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨮𑨕 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

शठ • (śaṭha) stem, ?

  1. Crafty, deceitful, fraudulent. dishonest, perfidious
  2. Wicked, depraved
  3. A rogue, cheat, knave, swindler
  4. A false or deceitful lover (who pretends to love one woman while his heart is fixed on another)
  5. A fool, blockhead
  6. A mediator, arbitrator
  7. The Dhattūra plant
  8. An idler, a lazy fellow

Declension
Neuter a-stem declension of शठ (śaṭha)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शठम्
śaṭham		 शठे
śaṭhe		 शठानि / शठा¹
śaṭhāni / śaṭhā¹
Vocative शठ
śaṭha		 शठे
śaṭhe		 शठानि / शठा¹
śaṭhāni / śaṭhā¹
Accusative शठम्
śaṭham		 शठे
śaṭhe		 शठानि / शठा¹
śaṭhāni / śaṭhā¹
Instrumental शठेन
śaṭhena		 शठाभ्याम्
śaṭhābhyām		 शठैः / शठेभिः¹
śaṭhaiḥ / śaṭhebhiḥ¹
Dative शठाय
śaṭhāya		 शठाभ्याम्
śaṭhābhyām		 शठेभ्यः
śaṭhebhyaḥ
Ablative शठात्
śaṭhāt		 शठाभ्याम्
śaṭhābhyām		 शठेभ्यः
śaṭhebhyaḥ
Genitive शठस्य
śaṭhasya		 शठयोः
śaṭhayoḥ		 शठानाम्
śaṭhānām
Locative शठे
śaṭhe		 शठयोः
śaṭhayoḥ		 शठेषु
śaṭheṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants
  • → Malayalam: ശഠൻ (śaṭhaṉ)

References
  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “शठ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
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