Sh, 艢, 峁�: 3 definitions

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Sh means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit terms 艢 and 峁� can be transliterated into English as S or Sh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

1) 艢 (啶多).鈥擜 sibilant letter of the palatal class, possessed of the properties, 啶多啶掂ぞ啶膏ぞ啶ㄠ啶啶班う啶距え, 啶呧啷嬥し (艣惫腻蝉腻苍耻辫谤补诲腻苍补, 补驳丑辞峁) and 啶曕ぃ啷嵿啶掂た啶掂啶むい啷嵿さ (办补峁囜弓丑补惫颈惫峁泃补迟惫补);

2) 艢.鈥擳he initial indicatory (啶囙い啷� (it)) letter 啶多 (艣) of a non-taddhita affix in Panini's grammar, which is dropped;

3) 艢.鈥擲ubstitute for 啶氞啶涏 (cch) when followed by an affix beginning with a nasal consonant; e.g 啶啶班ざ啷嵿え啶� (辫谤补艣苍补岣�), cf. P.VI.4.19;

4) 艢.鈥擲ubstitute for 啶膏 (s) when followed by 啶多 (艣) or any palatal letter;e.g. 啶掂啶曕啶粪ざ啷嵿啶距う啶い啶� 啶掂啶曕啶粪ざ啷嵿ざ啷囙い啷� (v峁沰峁艣ch膩dayati v峁沰峁艣艣ete) Kas.on P. VIII. 4.40.

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峁� (啶粪).鈥�(l) a sibilant letter of the cerebral class of consonants possessed of the properties 啶多啶掂ぞ啶�, 啶呧啷嬥し, 啶曕ぃ啷嵿啶掂た啶掂ぞ啶� (艣惫腻蝉补, 补驳丑辞峁, 办补峁囜弓丑补惫颈惫腻谤补) and 啶す啶距お啷嵿ぐ啶距ぃ (尘补丑腻辫谤腻峁嘺) ; (2) mute indicatory letter 啶粪 (峁�), attached to nouns as also to affixes with which nouns are formed, such as 啶粪啶掂啶ㄠ, 啶粪啶曕え啷�, 啶粪啶熰ぐ啶氞, 啶粪啶熰啶班え啷� (峁耻苍, 峁补苍, 峁ａ弓补谤补肠, 峁ａ弓谤补苍) etc. showing the addition of the feminine affix 啶� (墨) (啶權啶粪 (峁吥梗)); cf. 啶粪た啶︵啶椸啶班ぞ啶︵た啶啶ざ啷嵿 (峁诲驳补耻谤腻诲颈产丑测补艣肠补) P. IV. 1.41 ; (3) changeable to 啶膏 (s) when placed at the beginning of roots in the Dhatupatha except in the case of the roots formed from nouns and the roots 啶粪啶犩た啶掂 (峁ａ弓丑颈惫) and 啶粪啶掂し啷嵿啷� (峁补峁); (4) substitute for the last consonant of the roots 啶啶班ざ啷嵿, 啶啶班じ啷嵿啷�, 啶膏啶溹, 啶啶溹, 啶啷�, 啶班ぞ啶溹, 啶啶班ぞ啶溹 (产谤补艣肠补, bhrasj, 蝉峁沯, 尘峁沯, yaj, 谤腻箩, bh谤腻箩), as also of the roots ending in 啶涏 (ch) and 啶多 (艣) before a consonant excepting a nasal and a semivowel, as also when the 47 consonant is at the end of the word; e. g. 啶啶班し啷嵿啶�, 啶膏啶班し啷嵿啶�, 啶し啷嵿啷佮ぎ啷� 啶膏ぎ啷嵿ぐ啶距啷� (产丑谤补峁ａ弓腻, 蝉谤补峁ａ弓腻, ya峁ａ弓um samr膩峁�) etc. cf P. VIII.2.36; (5) substitute for a visarjaniya preceded by a vowel except 啶� (a) and followed by a consonant of the guttural or the labial class which does not begin a different word, as also before the words 啶ぞ啶�, 啶曕げ啷嵿お, 啶�, 啶曕ぞ啶啶� (辫腻艣补, kalpa, ka, 办腻产丑测补) etc. cf. P. VIII. 3.39; cf. also P. VIII 3.41, 43, 44, 45 and 48 for some specified cases; (6) substitute for 啶膏 (s) when placed near a consonant of the cerebral class or near the consonant 啶粪 (峁�); e. g. 啶掂啶曕啶粪し啷嵿し啶｀啶∴, 啶掂啶曕啶粪し啷嵿啶曕ぞ啶班 (惫峁沰峁峁ａ梗补峁囜笉别, 惫峁沰峁峁ａ弓补办腻谤补岣�) Kas. on P. VIII. 4.41.

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Vyakarana (啶掂啶ぞ啶曕ぐ啶�, vy膩kara峁嘺) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

Languages of India and abroad

Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Sh in Hindi refers in English to:鈥�-the first of the conventional sibilant—trio ([sha, sha, sa]) of the Devnagri: alphabet. In current Hindi sound-pattern, however, the cerebral ([sha]) has merged its identity into the palatal sibilant ([sha])..鈥攕h (啶�) is alternatively transliterated as 艢a.

2) Sh in Hindi refers in English to:鈥�—the second of the sibilant-trio ([sha, sha, sa]) of the Devnagri: alphabet. In Modern Hindi sound pattern, however, this has lost its identity and is invariably pronounced as palatal sibilant ([sha]) rather than as cerebral (as it originally was)..鈥攕h (啶�) is alternatively transliterated as 峁.

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