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Entry शंस्

शंस्śaṃs1 P. (शंसति, शस्त; pass. शस्यते)
1. 1 Parasmaipada (शंसति, शस्त; Passive शस्यते)
2. To praise, extol, approve of; साधु साध्विति भूतानि शशंसुर्मारुतात्मजम् Rām.; संन्यासं कर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि Bg.5.1.
3. To tell, relate, express, declare, communicate, announce, report (with Dative or sometimes Genitive of person or by itself); शशंस सीतापरिदेवनान्तमनुष्ठितं शासनमग्रजाय R.14.83; न मे ह्रिया शंसति किंचिदीप्सितम् 3.5;2.68;4.72;9.77; 11.84; Ku.3.6;5.51.
4. To indicate, bespeak, show; यः (अशोकः) सावज्ञो माधवश्रीनियोगे पुष्पैः शंसत्यादरं त्वत्प्रयत्ने M.5.8; Ki.5.23; Ku.2.22.
5. To repeat, recute; ओमिति शंसति Ch. Up.1.1.9.
6. To hurt, injure.
7. To revile, traduce.
8. To praise in ऋक् verse not made of grains (पुरोडाश).
Derived forms and compounds
- -मुखः a surgical instrument (resembling a grain of rice).
- -राजिकम् panic seed (Equivalent to कङ्गू quod vide, which see).
- -वापम् Sowing rice.
- -श्रेष्ठः a kind of rice (शालिधान्य).
In the Gita5·1

संन्न्यासंकर्मणां कृष्ण पुनर्योगं च शंससि ।

saṁnyāsaṁ karmaṇāṁ kṛṣṇa punaryogaṁ ca śaṁsasi, — Arjuna said:- Thou declarest to me the renunciation of works, O Krishna, and again thou declarest to me Yoga; which one of these is the better way… 5·1
- शंससिśaṁsasipresent 2nd person singular of the verbal root śaṁs (to recite, to praise, to relate, declare).
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