श्नथ्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćnatʰ- (“to strike, pierce”).

Root

श्नथ् • (śnath)

1. to injure, pierce, strike, kill

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:

  श्नथति (śnáthati)

  श्नथयति (śnatháyati, causative)

  शिश्नथिषति (śiśnathiṣati, desiderative)

• श्नथित (śnathitá)
• श्नथन (śnáthana)
• श्नथितृ (śnáthitṛ)
• शिश्नथ (śiśnátha)
• शिश्न (śiśná)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “श्नथ्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1094.