# शास्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* शिष् (śiṣ)

### Alternative scripts

* শাস্ (Assamese script)
* ᬰᬵᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
* শাস্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰯𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑀸𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ၐာသ် (Burmese script)
* શાસ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼ਾਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑌾𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦯꦴꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑂰𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಶಾಸ್ (Kannada script)
* ឝាស៑ (Khmer script)
* ຨາສ຺ (Lao script)
* ശാസ് (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘰𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᠱᠠᢗᠰ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑧑𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑐵𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଶାସ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢯꢵꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑆳𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖯𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
* ශාස් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿𑩛𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚭𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
* ஶாஸ் (Tamil script)
* శాస్ (Telugu script)
* ศาสฺ (Thai script)
* ཤཱ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑒰𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑨊𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁s- (“to teach, indicate; instruct”). Compare Albanian them (“to say”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕɑːs/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɕɑːs̪/

### Root

शास् • (śās)
* to teach, instruct, inform
* to correct, chastize, censure
* to direct, command, decree
* to proclaim
* to praise, commend

#### Derived terms
##### Primary Verbal Forms

* शास्ति (śā́sti, Present)
* शासति (śāsati, Present)
* शासिष्यति (śāsiṣyáti, Future)
* शासिता (śāsitā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अशिषत् (áśiṣat, Aorist)
* शशास (śaśā́sa, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* शास्यते (śāsyáte, Passive)
* शिष्यते (śiṣyáte, Passive)
* शाशयति (śāśáyati, Causative)
* अशशासत् (áśaśāsat, Causative Aorist)
* शिशासिषति (śiśāsiṣati, Desiderative)
* शेशिष्यते (śeśiṣyate, Intensive)
* शाशास्ति (śāśāsti, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* शिष्ट (śiṣṭá, Past Participle)
* शास्त (śāsta, Past Participle)
* शसित (śasita, Past Participle)
* शास्तुम् (śāstum, Infinitive)
* शासितुम् (śāsitum, Infinitive)
* शासित्वा (śāsitvā, Gerund)
* शिष्ट्वा (śiṣṭvā, Gerund)
* शिष्य (śiṣya, Gerund)
* शास्य (śāsya, Gerund)
* शास्य (śā́sya, Gerundive)
* शासनीय (śāsanīya, Gerundive)
* शासितव्य (śāsitavya, Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* आशिस् (āśís)
* शास् (śā́́s, “command, a commander”)
* शास (śā́sa, “order, command”)
* शास (śāsá, “commander, ruler”)
* शासक (śāsaka, “teacher, instructor, governor, ruler”)
* शासन (śā́sana, “punishing”)
* शासिन् (śāsin, “punishing, chastizing; governing”)
* शासुस् (śā́sus)
* शास्ति (śāsti, “correction, punishment; order, command”)
* शास्तृ (śāstṛ́, “ruler, commander; teacher, instructor”)
* शास्त्र (śāstrá, “order, command, precept, rule; instruction, teaching”)
* शिष्टि (śiṣṭi)
* शिष्य (śiṣya, “student, pupil, scholar”)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* अनुशास् (anuśās)
* अभिशास् (abhiśās)
* आशास् (āśās)
* निशास् (niśās)
* प्रशास् (praśās)
* विशास् (viśās)
* संशास् (saṃśās)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “शास्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1068, column 3.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 172
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “śās”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “ŚĀS”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 632-633