शर्मण्यदेश

Sanskrit

FWOTD – 21 June 2018

Alternative forms

• शार्मण्यदेश (śārmaṇyadeśa)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• শৰ্মণ্যদেশ (Assamese script)
• ᬰᬃᬫᬡ᭄ᬬᬤᬾᬰ (Balinese script)
• শর্মণ্যদেশ (Bengali script)
• 𑰫𑰨𑰿𑰦𑰜𑰿𑰧𑰟𑰸𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀰𑀭𑁆𑀫𑀡𑁆𑀬𑀤𑁂𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• ၐရ်္မဏျဒေၐ (Burmese script)
• શર્મણ્યદેશ (Gujarati script)
• ਸ਼ਰ੍ਮਣ੍ਯਦੇਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌶𑌰𑍍𑌮𑌣𑍍𑌯𑌦𑍇𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ꦯꦂꦩꦟꦾꦢꦺꦯ (Javanese script)
• 𑂬𑂩𑂹𑂧𑂝𑂹𑂨𑂠𑂵𑂬 (Kaithi script)
• ಶರ್ಮಣ್ಯದೇಶ (Kannada script)
• ឝម៌ណ្យទេឝ (Khmer script)
• ຨຣ຺ມຓ຺ຍເທຨ (Lao script)
• ശര്മണ്യദേശ (Malayalam script)
• ᡧᠠᡵᠮᠠᢏᠶᠠᡩᡝᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘫𑘨𑘿𑘦𑘜𑘿𑘧𑘟𑘹𑘫 (Modi script)
• ᠱᠠᠷᠮᠠᢏᠶ᠋ᠠᢑᠧᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧋𑧈𑧠𑧆𑦼𑧠𑧇𑦿𑧚𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐱𑐬𑑂𑐩𑐞𑑂𑐫𑐡𑐾𑐱 (Newa script)
• ଶର୍ମଣ୍ଯଦେଶ (Odia script)
• ꢯꢬ꣄ꢪꢠ꣄ꢫꢣꢾꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆯𑆫𑇀𑆩𑆟𑇀𑆪𑆢𑆼𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖫𑖨𑖿𑖦𑖜𑖿𑖧𑖟𑖸𑖫 (Siddham script)
• ශර්‍මණ්‍යදෙශ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩿𑩼 𑪙𑩴𑩪 𑪙𑩻𑩭𑩔𑩿 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧𑚤𑚶𑚢𑚘𑚶𑚣𑚛𑚲𑚧 (Takri script)
• ஶர்மண்யதே³ஶ (Tamil script)
• శర్మణ్యదేశ (Telugu script)
• ศรฺมณฺยเทศ (Thai script)
• ཤ་རྨ་ཎྱ་དེ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒬𑒩𑓂𑒧𑒝𑓂𑒨𑒠𑒹𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨮𑨫𑩇𑨢𑨘𑩇𑨪𑨛𑨄𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin Germānus

Latin Germānī

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin Germāniabor.

Old English Ġermanie

Old French Germaniebor.

Middle English Germanie

English Germanybor.

Sanskrit शर्मण्य (śarmaṇya)

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dayć-

Sanskrit दिश् (diś)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Sanskrit -अ (-a)

Sanskrit देश (deśa)

Sanskrit शर्मण्यदेश

From शर्मण्य (śarmaṇya, “Germany”) +‎ देश (deśa, “country”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɕɐɾ.mɐɳ.jɐ.d̪eː.ɕɐ/

Proper noun

शर्मण्यदेश • (śarmaṇyadeśa) stem, m

1. (New Sanskrit) Germany (a country in Central Europe)
   • 1874, F. Max Müller, editor, ऋग्वेदसंहिता [Rig-Veda-Sanhita, the Sacred Hymns of the Brahmans], volume VI, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 618:

     शार्मण्यदेशजातेन श्रीगोतीर्थनिवासिना ।
     मोक्षमूलरभट्टेन भाष्यमिदं विशोधितं ॥

     śārmaṇyadeśajātena śrīgotīrthanivāsinā.
     mokṣamūlarabhaṭṭena bhāṣyam idaṃ viśodhitaṃ.

     This commentary was edited by Max Müller, who was born in Germany and resides in Oxford.

   • 1934, “प्रस्तावना [Preface]”, in Baladeva Upādhyāya, editor, वेदभाष्यभूमिकासङ्ग्रहः [Veda Bhāṣya Bhūmikā Saṁgraha], Benares: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, पाश्चात्यानां वेदार्थानुशीलनम्:

     शर्मण्यदेशे वेदानामित्थं गोचरीक्रियते भूयान् अध्ययनक्रमः, लक्ष्यीक्रियते च प्राकाश्यं नीतो विपुलो वेदसम्बद्धो ग्रन्थनिचयः ।

     śarmaṇyadeśe vedānām itthaṃ gocarīkriyate bhūyān adhyayanakramaḥ, lakṣyīkriyate ca prākāśyaṃ nīto vipulo vedasambaddho granthanicayaḥ.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1973, ‘Padma’ Śāstrī, “साम्यवादनिदर्शनम्” (chapter 1), in Vishva Bandhu, editor, लेनिनामृतम् [Lenināmṛtam], Hoshiarpur: Vishveshvaranand Vedic Research Institute, page 5:

     शर्मण्यदेशसञ्जातो लास्साल इति विश्रुतः ।
     यहूदीधर्मतत्त्वज्ञ आसीच्चायं वणिक्सुतः ॥३१॥

     śarmaṇyadeśasañjāto lāssāla iti viśrutaḥ.
     yahūdīdharmatattvajña āsīc cāyaṃ vaṇiksutaḥ.31.

     Born in Germany, he was renowned as [Ferdinand] Lassalle. He was a merchant's son and a knower of the essence of the Jewish religion.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of शर्मण्यदेश

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	शर्मण्यदेशः (śarmaṇyadeśaḥ)	शर्मण्यदेशौ (śarmaṇyadeśau)	शर्मण्यदेशाः (śarmaṇyadeśāḥ)
accusative	शर्मण्यदेशम् (śarmaṇyadeśam)	शर्मण्यदेशौ (śarmaṇyadeśau)	शर्मण्यदेशान् (śarmaṇyadeśān)
instrumental	शर्मण्यदेशेन (śarmaṇyadeśena)	शर्मण्यदेशाभ्याम् (śarmaṇyadeśābhyām)	शर्मण्यदेशैः (śarmaṇyadeśaiḥ)
dative	शर्मण्यदेशाय (śarmaṇyadeśāya)	शर्मण्यदेशाभ्याम् (śarmaṇyadeśābhyām)	शर्मण्यदेशेभ्यः (śarmaṇyadeśebhyaḥ)
ablative	शर्मण्यदेशात् (śarmaṇyadeśāt)	शर्मण्यदेशाभ्याम् (śarmaṇyadeśābhyām)	शर्मण्यदेशेभ्यः (śarmaṇyadeśebhyaḥ)
genitive	शर्मण्यदेशस्य (śarmaṇyadeśasya)	शर्मण्यदेशयोः (śarmaṇyadeśayoḥ)	शर्मण्यदेशानाम् (śarmaṇyadeśānām)
locative	शर्मण्यदेशे (śarmaṇyadeśe)	शर्मण्यदेशयोः (śarmaṇyadeśayoḥ)	शर्मण्यदेशेषु (śarmaṇyadeśeṣu)
vocative	शर्मण्यदेश (śarmaṇyadeśa)	शर्मण्यदेशौ (śarmaṇyadeśau)	शर्मण्यदेशाः (śarmaṇyadeśāḥ)

Derived terms

• शर्मण्यदेशीय (śarmaṇyadeśīya, “German”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “शर्मण्यदेश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1332.