"इतिहास" meaning in Sanskrit

See इतिहास in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /i.ti.ɦɑː.sɐ́/ [Vedic], /i.t̪i.ɦɑː.s̪ɐ/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From इति (iti, “thus; so; like that”, quotative particle) + ह (ha, intensifying particle) + आस (āsa, “was”, first/third person perfective), from the root अस् (as, “to be”). Literally, "so it has been; it was exactly as narrated." Etymology templates: {{com|sa|इति|ह|आस|pos1=quotative particle|pos2=intensifying particle|pos3=first/third person perfective|t1=thus; so; like that|t3=was}} इति (iti, “thus; so; like that”, quotative particle) + ह (ha, intensifying particle) + आस (āsa, “was”, first/third person perfective) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=m|tr=itihāsá}} इतिहास • (itihāsá) stem, m Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-m|itihāsá}} Forms: itihāsá [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], इतिहासः [nominative, singular], इतिहासौ [dual, nominative], इतिहासा1 [dual, nominative], इतिहासाः [nominative, plural], इतिहासासः1 [nominative, plural], इतिहासम् [accusative, singular], इतिहासौ [accusative, dual], इतिहासा1 [accusative, dual], इतिहासान् [accusative, plural], इतिहासेन [instrumental, singular], इतिहासाभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], इतिहासैः [instrumental, plural], इतिहासेभिः1 [instrumental, plural], इतिहासाय [dative, singular], इतिहासाभ्याम् [dative, dual], इतिहासेभ्यः [dative, plural], इतिहासात् [ablative, singular], इतिहासाभ्याम् [ablative, dual], इतिहासेभ्यः [ablative, plural], इतिहासस्य [genitive, singular], इतिहासयोः [dual, genitive], इतिहासानाम् [genitive, plural], इतिहासे [locative, singular], इतिहासयोः [dual, locative], इतिहासेषु [locative, plural], इतिहास [singular, vocative], इतिहासौ [dual, vocative], इतिहासा1 [dual, vocative], इतिहासाः [plural, vocative], इतिहासासः1 [plural, vocative]
  1. legend; tradition; traditional account of history; story
    Sense id: en-इतिहास-sa-noun-SWwsKJTb Categories (other): History Disambiguation of History: 100 0
  2. heroic legend; epic
    Sense id: en-इतिहास-sa-noun-lABL0fL0 Categories (other): Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters: 39 61 Disambiguation of Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ऐतिहासिक (aitihāsika)
Categories (other): Literature Disambiguation of Literature: 0 0

Inflected forms

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "sa",
      "name": "Literature",
      "orig": "sa:Literature",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "aitihāsika",
      "word": "ऐतिहासिक"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syl",
            "2": "ꠁꠔꠤꠀꠍ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "itiās"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sylheti: ꠁꠔꠤꠀꠍ (itiās)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sylheti: ꠁꠔꠤꠀꠍ (itiās)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "ইতিহাস",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assamese: ইতিহাস (itihax)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assamese: ইতিহাস (itihax)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "ইতিহাস",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: ইতিহাস (itihaś)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: ইতিহাস (itihaś)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "ઇતિહાસ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: ઇતિહાસ (itihās)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: ઇતિહાસ (itihās)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "इतिहास",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: इतिहास (itihās)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: इतिहास (itihās)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kn",
            "2": "ಇತಿಹಾಸ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kannada: ಇತಿಹಾಸ (itihāsa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kannada: ಇತಿಹಾಸ (itihāsa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "ឥតិហាស",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: ឥតិហាស (ʼetehaah)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: ឥតិហាស (ʼetehaah)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ml",
            "2": "ഇതിഹാസം",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malayalam: ഇതിഹാസം (itihāsaṁ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malayalam: ഇതിഹാസം (itihāsaṁ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "इतिहास",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: इतिहास (itihās)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: इतिहास (itihās)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ne",
            "2": "इतिहास",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Nepali: इतिहास (itihās)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Nepali: इतिहास (itihās)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "new",
            "2": "इतिहास",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Newar: इतिहास (itihāsa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Newar: इतिहास (itihāsa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "itihāsa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pali: itihāsa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pali: itihāsa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwr",
            "2": "इतियास",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "itiyās"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marwari: इतियास (itiyās)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marwari: इतियास (itiyās)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "இதிகாசம்",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tamil: இதிகாசம் (itikācam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tamil: இதிகாசம் (itikācam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "ఇతిహాసము",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: ఇతిహాసము (itihāsamu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: ఇతిహాసము (itihāsamu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "اتہاس",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "itihās"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: اتہاس (itihās)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: اتہاس (itihās)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vgr",
            "2": "ઇતિહાસ",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vaghri: ઇતિહાસ (itihās) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vaghri: ઇતિહાસ (itihās) (learned)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "इति",
        "3": "ह",
        "4": "आस",
        "pos1": "quotative particle",
        "pos2": "intensifying particle",
        "pos3": "first/third person perfective",
        "t1": "thus; so; like that",
        "t3": "was"
      },
      "expansion": "इति (iti, “thus; so; like that”, quotative particle) + ह (ha, intensifying particle) + आस (āsa, “was”, first/third person perfective)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From इति (iti, “thus; so; like that”, quotative particle) + ह (ha, intensifying particle) + आस (āsa, “was”, first/third person perfective), from the root अस् (as, “to be”). Literally, \"so it has been; it was exactly as narrated.\"",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "itihāsá",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासः",
      "roman": "itihāsáḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासौ",
      "roman": "itihāsaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासा1",
      "roman": "itihāsā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासाः",
      "roman": "itihāsā́ḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासासः1",
      "roman": "itihāsā́saḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासम्",
      "roman": "itihāsám",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासौ",
      "roman": "itihāsaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासा1",
      "roman": "itihāsā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासान्",
      "roman": "itihāsā́n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासेन",
      "roman": "itihāséna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "itihāsā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासैः",
      "roman": "itihāsaíḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासेभिः1",
      "roman": "itihāsébhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासाय",
      "roman": "itihāsā́ya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "itihāsā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासेभ्यः",
      "roman": "itihāsébhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासात्",
      "roman": "itihāsā́t",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "itihāsā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासेभ्यः",
      "roman": "itihāsébhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासस्य",
      "roman": "itihāsásya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासयोः",
      "roman": "itihāsáyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासानाम्",
      "roman": "itihāsā́nām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासे",
      "roman": "itihāsé",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासयोः",
      "roman": "itihāsáyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासेषु",
      "roman": "itihāséṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहास",
      "roman": "ítihāsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासौ",
      "roman": "ítihāsau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासा1",
      "roman": "ítihāsā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासाः",
      "roman": "ítihāsāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासासः1",
      "roman": "ítihāsāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "itihāsá"
      },
      "expansion": "इतिहास • (itihāsá) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "itihāsá"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sa",
          "name": "History",
          "orig": "sa:History",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 15.6.4",
          "text": "स॒ बृहतीं॒ दि॒शम् अ॒नु व्य् अ॑चलत् ।\nत॒म् इतिहास॒श् च पुराणं॒ च गा॒थाश् च नाराशंसी॒श् चानुव्य॑चलन् ।\nइतिहास॒स्य च वै॒ स॒ पुराण॒स्य च गा॒थानां च नाराशंसी॒नां च प्रियं॒ धा॒म भवति य॒ एवं॒ वे॒द ॥\nsa bṛ́hátīṃ diśám anú vy acalat.\ntam ítíhā́saś cá púrā́ṇaṃ cá gāthā́ś cá nā́rā́śaṃsīś cā́núvyacalan.\nítíhā́sasyá cá vai sa púrā́ṇasyá cá gāthā́nā́ṃ cá nā́rāśaṃsīnā́ṃ cá príyaṃ dhāmá bhávátí ya évaṃ vedá.\n1905 translation by W. D. Whitney\nHe moved out toward the great quarter; after him moved out both the itihāsá ('narrative') and the purāṇá ('stories of eld') and the gā́thās ('songs') and nārāçaṅcī́s ('eulogies'). Verily both of the itihāsá and of the purāṇá and of the gā́thās and of the nārāçaṅcī́s doth he become the dear abode who knoweth thus."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "legend; tradition; traditional account of history; story"
      ],
      "id": "en-इतिहास-sa-noun-SWwsKJTb",
      "links": [
        [
          "legend",
          "legend"
        ],
        [
          "tradition",
          "tradition"
        ],
        [
          "account",
          "account"
        ],
        [
          "history",
          "history"
        ],
        [
          "story",
          "story"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heroic legend; epic"
      ],
      "id": "en-इतिहास-sa-noun-lABL0fL0",
      "links": [
        [
          "heroic",
          "heroic"
        ],
        [
          "epic",
          "epic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/i.ti.ɦɑː.sɐ́/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.t̪i.ɦɑː.s̪ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "इतिहास"
}
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    "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "sa:History",
    "sa:Literature"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "aitihāsika",
      "word": "ऐतिहासिक"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "syl",
            "2": "ꠁꠔꠤꠀꠍ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "itiās"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sylheti: ꠁꠔꠤꠀꠍ (itiās)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sylheti: ꠁꠔꠤꠀꠍ (itiās)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "as",
            "2": "ইতিহাস",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Assamese: ইতিহাস (itihax)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Assamese: ইতিহাস (itihax)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bn",
            "2": "ইতিহাস",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bengali: ইতিহাস (itihaś)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bengali: ইতিহাস (itihaś)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gu",
            "2": "ઇતિહાસ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Gujarati: ઇતિહાસ (itihās)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Gujarati: ઇતિહાસ (itihās)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hi",
            "2": "इतिहास",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hindi: इतिहास (itihās)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hindi: इतिहास (itihās)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "kn",
            "2": "ಇತಿಹಾಸ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kannada: ಇತಿಹಾಸ (itihāsa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kannada: ಇತಿಹಾಸ (itihāsa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "ឥតិហាស",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: ឥតិហាស (ʼetehaah)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: ឥតិហាស (ʼetehaah)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ml",
            "2": "ഇതിഹാസം",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Malayalam: ഇതിഹാസം (itihāsaṁ)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Malayalam: ഇതിഹാസം (itihāsaṁ)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mr",
            "2": "इतिहास",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marathi: इतिहास (itihās)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marathi: इतिहास (itihās)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ne",
            "2": "इतिहास",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Nepali: इतिहास (itihās)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Nepali: इतिहास (itihās)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "new",
            "2": "इतिहास",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Newar: इतिहास (itihāsa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Newar: इतिहास (itihāsa)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pi",
            "2": "itihāsa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pali: itihāsa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pali: itihāsa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwr",
            "2": "इतियास",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "itiyās"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Marwari: इतियास (itiyās)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Marwari: इतियास (itiyās)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ta",
            "2": "இதிகாசம்",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tamil: இதிகாசம் (itikācam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tamil: இதிகாசம் (itikācam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "te",
            "2": "ఇతిహాసము",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Telugu: ఇతిహాసము (itihāsamu)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Telugu: ఇతిహాసము (itihāsamu)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ur",
            "2": "اتہاس",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "itihās"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Urdu: اتہاس (itihās)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Urdu: اتہاس (itihās)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vgr",
            "2": "ઇતિહાસ",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vaghri: ઇતિહાસ (itihās) (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Vaghri: ઇતિહાસ (itihās) (learned)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "इति",
        "3": "ह",
        "4": "आस",
        "pos1": "quotative particle",
        "pos2": "intensifying particle",
        "pos3": "first/third person perfective",
        "t1": "thus; so; like that",
        "t3": "was"
      },
      "expansion": "इति (iti, “thus; so; like that”, quotative particle) + ह (ha, intensifying particle) + आस (āsa, “was”, first/third person perfective)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From इति (iti, “thus; so; like that”, quotative particle) + ह (ha, intensifying particle) + आस (āsa, “was”, first/third person perfective), from the root अस् (as, “to be”). Literally, \"so it has been; it was exactly as narrated.\"",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "itihāsá",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासः",
      "roman": "itihāsáḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासौ",
      "roman": "itihāsaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासा1",
      "roman": "itihāsā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासाः",
      "roman": "itihāsā́ḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासासः1",
      "roman": "itihāsā́saḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासम्",
      "roman": "itihāsám",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासौ",
      "roman": "itihāsaú",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासा1",
      "roman": "itihāsā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासान्",
      "roman": "itihāsā́n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासेन",
      "roman": "itihāséna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "itihāsā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासैः",
      "roman": "itihāsaíḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासेभिः1",
      "roman": "itihāsébhiḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासाय",
      "roman": "itihāsā́ya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "itihāsā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासेभ्यः",
      "roman": "itihāsébhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासात्",
      "roman": "itihāsā́t",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "itihāsā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासेभ्यः",
      "roman": "itihāsébhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासस्य",
      "roman": "itihāsásya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासयोः",
      "roman": "itihāsáyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासानाम्",
      "roman": "itihāsā́nām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासे",
      "roman": "itihāsé",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासयोः",
      "roman": "itihāsáyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासेषु",
      "roman": "itihāséṣu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहास",
      "roman": "ítihāsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासौ",
      "roman": "ítihāsau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासा1",
      "roman": "ítihāsā1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासाः",
      "roman": "ítihāsāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "इतिहासासः1",
      "roman": "ítihāsāsaḥ1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "itihāsá"
      },
      "expansion": "इतिहास • (itihāsá) stem, m",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "itihāsá"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-m"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 15.6.4",
          "text": "स॒ बृहतीं॒ दि॒शम् अ॒नु व्य् अ॑चलत् ।\nत॒म् इतिहास॒श् च पुराणं॒ च गा॒थाश् च नाराशंसी॒श् चानुव्य॑चलन् ।\nइतिहास॒स्य च वै॒ स॒ पुराण॒स्य च गा॒थानां च नाराशंसी॒नां च प्रियं॒ धा॒म भवति य॒ एवं॒ वे॒द ॥\nsa bṛ́hátīṃ diśám anú vy acalat.\ntam ítíhā́saś cá púrā́ṇaṃ cá gāthā́ś cá nā́rā́śaṃsīś cā́núvyacalan.\nítíhā́sasyá cá vai sa púrā́ṇasyá cá gāthā́nā́ṃ cá nā́rāśaṃsīnā́ṃ cá príyaṃ dhāmá bhávátí ya évaṃ vedá.\n1905 translation by W. D. Whitney\nHe moved out toward the great quarter; after him moved out both the itihāsá ('narrative') and the purāṇá ('stories of eld') and the gā́thās ('songs') and nārāçaṅcī́s ('eulogies'). Verily both of the itihāsá and of the purāṇá and of the gā́thās and of the nārāçaṅcī́s doth he become the dear abode who knoweth thus."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "legend; tradition; traditional account of history; story"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "legend",
          "legend"
        ],
        [
          "tradition",
          "tradition"
        ],
        [
          "account",
          "account"
        ],
        [
          "history",
          "history"
        ],
        [
          "story",
          "story"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "heroic legend; epic"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heroic",
          "heroic"
        ],
        [
          "epic",
          "epic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/i.ti.ɦɑː.sɐ́/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.t̪i.ɦɑː.s̪ɐ/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "इतिहास"
}

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