# शिष्य (śiṣya)

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शिष्य (śiṣya) is a Sanskrit word meaning shishta, to be taught, to be instructed, a pupil, scholar, or disciple, a female pupil, passion, anger. Its 14 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them To be taught (Adjective/Gerundive), Pupil / Scholar (Noun), Passion / Anger.

- **Root:** शास् (śās)
- **Etymology:** E. शास to order, aff. क्यप्, and the vowel changed to इ — E. śāsa to order, aff. kyap, and the vowel changed to i
- **SLP1:** `Sizya`  **IAST:** śiṣya  **Devanagari:** शिष्य
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/shishya/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### To be taught (Adjective/Gerundive) (7 definitions)
- See 1. shishta.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1069,3] शिष्य (śiṣya) a &c. See 1. शिष्ट (śiṣṭa) p. 1076, col. 3, and p. 1077, col. 1. [ ID=216468 ]
- to be taught  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1077,1] शिष्य (śiṣya) b mfn. to be taught (see अ - श् (a-ś) ° (°); अ - निष्पन्न (niṣpanna) (a-niṣpanna) े निष्पन्न (niṣpanna)- शब्दः शिष्य (śiṣya) ः (a-niṣpanne niṣpanna-śabdaḥ śiṣyaḥ), ‘it must be taught that the word निष्पन्न (niṣpanna) has the meaning of अ - निष्पन्न (niṣpanna) (a-niṣpanna) ’ Vārtt. on Pāṇini (Author) iii, 2, 132 ) [ ID=218143 ]
- to be instructed  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > to be instructed (see अ - श् (a-ś) ° (°) ) [ ID=218144 ]
- 1. To be taught or instructed. 2. A pupil or disciple.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शिष्य (śiṣya) [Printed book page 314-3 ] शिष्य (śiṣya) śiṣ-ya, fp. [√śās] to be taught; to be instructed; m. pupil, disciple: ā, f. female pupil: ( a ) -ka, m. pupil; ( a ) -tā, f. pupilage. [ ID=17935 ]
- 1. To be taught or instructed. 2. A scholar or pupil.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शिष्य (śiṣya) [Printed book page 549 ] शिष्य (śiṣya) a. to be taught or instructed; m. scholar, pupil ( f. आ (ā) ); abstr. ° ता (°tā) f. [ ID=32606 ]
- 1. To be taught. 2. A pupil.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > शिष्य (śiṣya) [Printed book page 258-b ] śiṣya, grdv. to be taught; as m. pupil. [ √śās, weak form śiṣ. ] [ ID=4201 ]
- 1. A scholar, pupil, or disciple. 2. Passion, anger, or violence.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > शिष्य (śiṣya) [Printed book page 1009-c ] Śiṣya, as, ā, am, to be taught, docile [cf. a-ś° ]; ( as ), m. a scholar, pupil, disciple, ( ku-śiṣya, a bad or wicked pupil); passion, anger; violence. —Śiṣya- tā, f. or śiṣya-tva, am, n. the state or character of a pupil, pupilage, instruction. —Śiṣya-param- parā, f. a series or succession of pupils or disciples. —Śiṣya-putra, as, m. a pupil equal to a son. —Śiṣya-pradeya, as, ā, am, to be delivered or imparted to pupils. —Śiṣya-śiṣṭi, is, f. chastise- ment or correction of a pupil. [ ID=46772 ]

### Pupil / Scholar (Noun) (5 definitions)
- 1. A pupil, scholar, or disciple. 2. A female pupil.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > शिष्य (śiṣya) m. a pupil, scholar, disciple ( f( आ (ā) ). a female pupil), Ṣaḍviṃśa-brāhmaṇa (Title); Mahābhārata (Title) &c. [ ID=218145 ]
- 1. A pupil or scholar. 2. Passion or anger. 3. Violence.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शिष्य (śiṣya) [Printed book page 847 ] शिष्य (śiṣya) ( - ष्यः (-ṣyaḥ) ) 1 A pupil, a scholar. 2 Passion, anger. 3 Violence. E. शास (śāsa) to order, aff. क्यप् (kyap), and the vowel changed to इ (i). [ ID=38474 ]
- 1. A pupil or scholar. 2. Passion or violence.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शिष्य (śiṣya) [Printed book page 766-a ] शिष्य (śiṣya) ( ष्यः ) ((ṣyaḥ)) 1. m. A pupil, scholar,; passion, violence. [ ID=38119 ]
- 1. A scholar or pupil. 2. Anger or passion.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शिष्य (śiṣya) [Printed book page 721-02 ] शिष्य (śiṣya) m. 1. A scholar, a pupil, शिष्य (śiṣya) स्तेऽहं शाधि मां त्वां प्रपन्नम् (śiṣyaste'haṃ śādhi māṃ tvāṃ prapannam) Bg. ii.7, R. i.92, ii.40; 2. anger, passion. [ ID=37875 ]
- 1. A pupil or scholar. 2. Passion or anger. 3. Violence.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शिष्य (śiṣya) [Printed book page 721-b ] शिष्य (śiṣya) m. ( - ष्यः (-ṣyaḥ) ) 1. A pupil, a scholar. 2. Passion, anger. 3. Violence. E. शास् (śās) to order, aff. क्यप्; (kyap;) the vowel changed to इ । (i.) [ ID=40326 ]

### Passion / Anger (1 definition)
- passion, anger  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > शिष्य (śiṣya) m. passion, anger, Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ ID=218146 ]

### Violence (1 definition)
- violence  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > violence, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=218147 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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