# हिंस्
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* হিংস্ (Assamese script)
* ᬳᬶᬂᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
* হিংস্ (Bengali script)
* 𑰮𑰰𑰽𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
* ဟိံသ် (Burmese script)
* હિંસ્ (Gujarati script)
* ਹਿਂਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌹𑌿𑌂𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
* ꦲꦶꦁꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
* 𑂯𑂱𑂁𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
* ಹಿಂಸ್ (Kannada script)
* ហិំស៑ (Khmer script)
* ຫິໍສ຺ (Lao script)
* ഹിംസ് (Malayalam script)
* ᢀ᠋ᡥᡳᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
* 𑘮𑘱𑘽𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
* ᢀ᠋ᠾᠢᠰ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧎𑧒𑧞𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐴𑐶𑑄𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
* ହିଂସ୍ (Odia script)
* ꢲꢶꢀꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆲𑆴𑆁𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
* 𑖮𑖰𑖽𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
* හිංස් (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪂𑩑𑪖𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚩𑚮𑚫𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
* ஹிஂஸ் (Tamil script)
* హింస్ (Telugu script)
* หิํสฺ (Thai script)
* ཧིཾ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒯𑒱𑓀𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨱𑨁𑨸𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeys- (“fright”), an extension of *ǵʰey- (“wound, thrust”). See also हेष् (heṣ, “to be strong”).
Compare the semantic development of English thrust and threat, both from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to push, thrust”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɦĩs/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɦis̪/

### Root

हिंस् • (hiṃs)
* to injure, harm, wound, kill, destroy

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

* हिनस्ति (hinásti, Present)
* हिंसति (hiṃsati, Present)
* हिंसिष्यति (hiṃsiṣyáti, Future)
* हिंसिता (hiṃsitā́, Periphrastic Future)
* अहिंसीत् (áhiṃsīt, Aorist)
* जिहिंस (jihíṃsa, Perfect)

##### Secondary Forms

* हिंस्यते (hiṃsyáte, Passive)
* अहिंसि (áhiṃsi, Passive Aorist)
* हिंसयति (hiṃsáyati, Causative)
* अजिहिंसत् (ájihiṃsat, Causative Aorist)
* जिहिंसिषति (jíhiṃsiṣati, Desiderative)
* जेहिंस्यते (jehiṃsyate, Intensive)
* जेहिंस्ति (jehiṃsti, Intensive)

##### Non-Finite Forms

* हिंसित (hiṃsitá, Past Participle)
* हिंसितुम् (hiṃsitum, Infinitive)
* हिंसितोस् (híṃsitos, Infinitive)
* हिंसित्वा (hiṃsitvā́, Gerund)
* हिंस्य (hiṃsya, Gerund)
* हिंस्य (hiṃsya, Gerundive)
* हिंसितव्य (hiṃsitavyà, Gerundive)
* हिंसनीय (hiṃsanīya, Gerundive)

##### Derived Nominal Forms

* हिंसक (hiṃsaka)
* हिंसन (hiṃsana)
* हिंसा (hiṃsā)
* हिंसितृ (hiṃsitṛ)
* हिंस्र (hiṃsrá)

##### Prefixed Root Forms

* उपहिंस् (upahiṃs)
* विहिंस् (vihiṃs)

### Adjective

हिंस् • (hiṃs) stem
* injuring, striking

#### Declension

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#### Derived terms

* सुहिंस् (suhiṃs)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “हिंस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1297, column 3.
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 205
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “हिंस्”, 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
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “हिंस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “HEṢ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 820-1
* Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 245
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 174
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “427”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 427