The corpus record — Sanskrit

sahasā

sahas mfn. powerful, mighty, victorious ( superl. tama), RV.

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Where it lives

Chandogya Upanisad 2 · 0.43/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 2 · 0.26/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. سَهَس

sahas mfn. powerful, mighty, victorious ( superl. tama), RV.

2. sahasā

sahasā ( instr. of sahas), forcibly, vehemently, suddenly, quickly, precipitately, immediately, at once, unexpectedly, at random, fortuitously, in an unpremeditated manner, inconsiderately (with instr. ‘together with’).

3. sahāsa

sahāsa mf(ā)n. accompanied with a laugh, laughing (am ind. ), Śiś. ; MārkP.

4. سَهَس

sahas , sa &c. See p. 1193, col. 1 .

5. sāhasa

sāhasa mfn. ( fr. sahas) over-hasty, precipitate, rash, inconsiderate, foolhardy, Hariv.

In the wild

sahasā Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,3.15
sahasā Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,3.15
sahasā Chandogya Upanisad chup_8,1.2
sahasā Chandogya Upanisad chup_8,1.2

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. sahas (vol. 2, scan p. 747; entry #5562).

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