# ध्वंस्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ধ্বংস্ (Assamese script)
* ᬥ᭄ᬯᬂᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
* ধ্বংস্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰠𑰿𑰪𑰽𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀥𑁆𑀯𑀁𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဓွံသ် (Burmese script)
* ધ્વંસ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਧ੍ਵਂਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌧𑍍𑌵𑌂𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦣ꧀ꦮꦁꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂡𑂹𑂫𑂁𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಧ್ವಂಸ್ (Kannada script)
* ធ្វំស៑ (Khmer script)
* ຘ຺ວໍສ຺ (Lao script)
* ധ്വംസ് (Malayalam script)
* ᢡᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
* 𑘠𑘿𑘪𑘽𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠾᢀ᠋ᠸᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧀𑧠𑧊𑧞𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐢𑑂𑐰𑑄𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
* ଧ୍ଵଂସ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢤ꣄ꢮꢀꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆣𑇀𑆮𑆁𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖠𑖿𑖪𑖽𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
* ධ‍්වංස් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩮 𑪙𑩾𑪖𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚜𑚶𑚦𑚫𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
* த்⁴வஂஸ் (Tamil script)
* ధ్వంస్ (Telugu script)
* ธฺวํสฺ (Thai script)
* དྷྭཾ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒡𑓂𑒫𑓀𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨜𑩇𑨭𑨸𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰwe-n-s-, nasal-infixed form of *dʰwes- (“to breathe”), probably with influence from the possibly related term *dʰewh₂- (“(to produce) smoke, mist, haze”), with further semantic shift to mean destruction (perhaps as allusions to natural phenomena like volcanism or storms, which involve smoke and haze).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dʱʋɐ̃s/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪ʱʋɐs̪/

### Root

ध्वंस् • (dhvaṃs)
* to fall to pieces or to dust, decay, be ruined, perish
* to be gone, vanish
* to scatter, cover

#### Derived terms

* अध्वंसिष्ट (adhvaṃsiṣṭa)
* दध्वंसिरे (dadhvaṃsire)
* दध्वंसुर् (dadhvaṃsur)
* दनीध्वस्यते (danīdhvasyate)
* दिध्वंसिषते (didhvaṃsiṣate)
* ध्वंस (dhvaṃsa)
* ध्वंसति (dhvaṃsati)
* ध्वंसते (dhvaṃsate)
* ध्वंसयति (dhvaṃsayati)
* ध्वंसयते (dhvaṃsayate)
* ध्वंसिता (dhvaṃsitā)
* ध्वंसिरे (dhvaṃsire)
* ध्वंसिष्यते (dhvaṃsiṣyate)
* ध्वसयति (dhvasayati)
* ध्वस्त (dhvasta)
* ध्वस्यति (dhvasyati)
* ध्वस्यते (dhvasyate)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “ध्वंस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0522/1.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ध्वंस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 086
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “ध्वंस्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 799-800
* Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 173-4
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 159
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0268”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0268