श्मशान
Sanskrit
noun
Definitions
- cemetery
- a burial or burning ground
- an oblation to deceased ancestors
Etymology
Affix from Sanskrit अश्म (contraction of m, sky) + Sanskrit शयन (bed, resting, lying down)+ Sanskrit sa (owner, protector, ward, father, guardian, patron, possessor, lord)+ Sanskrit अश्मन् (stone, hammer, thunderbolt, sky, rock).
Origin
Sanskrit
अश्मन्
Gloss
stone, hammer, thunderbolt, sky, rock
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
石
Emoji
🗿 🪨
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sa Sanskrit
- अश्म Sanskrit
- अश्मन् Sanskrit
- ईषद्वीर्य Sanskrit
- द्यौष्पितृ Sanskrit
- मातुःष्वसृ Sanskrit
- शयन Sanskrit
- शे Sanskrit
- शयन Hindi
- श्मशान Hindi
- สุสาน Thai
- သုသာန် Burmese
- asman Pali
- susāna Pali
- सुसान Pali
- *Háśmā Proto-Indo-Aryan
- شینککش Urdu
- मसण Konkani
- मसण Old Marathi
- 𑘦𑘭𑘜 Old Marathi
- သုသာန် Mon
- شن Torwali