पाटलिपुत्र

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পাটলিপুত্ৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬵᬝᬮᬶᬧᬸᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
• পাটলিপুত্র (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰯𑰘𑰩𑰰𑰢𑰲𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀸𑀝𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ပါဋလိပုတြ (Burmese script)
• પાટલિપુત્ર (Gujarati script)
• ਪਾਟਲਿਪੁਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌾𑌟𑌲𑌿𑌪𑍁𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦴꦛꦭꦶꦥꦸꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂰𑂗𑂪𑂱𑂣𑂳𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಾಟಲಿಪುತ್ರ (Kannada script)
• បាដលិបុត្រ (Khmer script)
• ປາຏລິປຸຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
• പാടലിപുത്ര (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢞᠠᠯᡳᢒᡠᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘰𑘘𑘩𑘱𑘢𑘳𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᢗᢌᠠᠯᠢᢒᠤᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧑𑦸𑧉𑧒𑧂𑧔𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐵𑐚𑐮𑐶𑐥𑐸𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
• ପାଟଲିପୁତ୍ର (Odia script)
• ꢦꢵꢜꢭꢶꢦꢸꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆳𑆛𑆬𑆴𑆥𑆶𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖯𑖘𑖩𑖰𑖢𑖲𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
• පාටලිපුත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩛𑩦𑩽𑩑𑩰𑩒𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚭𑚔𑚥𑚮𑚞𑚰𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
• பாடலிபுத்ர (Tamil script)
• పాటలిపుత్ర (Telugu script)
• ปาฏลิปุตฺร (Thai script)
• པཱ་ཊ་ལི་པུ་ཏྲ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒰𑒙𑒪𑒱𑒣𑒳𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨊𑨔𑨬𑨁𑨞𑨃𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of पाटलि (pāṭali) +‎ पुत्र (putra); the first element is perhaps related to पाटल (pāṭala). Previously known by names like पाटलिग्राम (pāṭaligrāma) and पाटलिपुर (pāṭalipura).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɑː.ʈɐ.li.put.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pɑː.ʈɐ.l̪iˈput̪.ɾɐ/

Proper noun

पाटलिपुत्र • (pāṭaliputra) stem, n

1. Pataliputra (the ancient capital of the Magadha kingdom; modern Patna)

Derived terms

• पाटलिपुत्रक (pāṭaliputraka)
  • Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀧𑀸𑀝𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢-𑀓 (*pāṭaliputta-ka)
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀟𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀅 (pāḍaliputtaa)

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀝𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀼𑀢 (pāṭaliputa /⁠pāṭaliputta⁠/)
  • Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀟𑀮𑀺𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢 (pāḍaliutta)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀟𑀮𑀺𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢 (pāḍaliutta), 𑀧𑀸𑀟𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (pāḍaliputta)
  • Paisaci Prakrit: 𑀧𑀸𑀝𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (pāṭaliputta)
• → Ancient Greek: Παλιμβόθρα (Palimbóthra)
  • → Latin: Palimbothra
• ⇒ Telugu: పాటలీపుత్రము (pāṭalīputramu)

References

• “पाटलिपुत्र” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 309, column 2.
• Monier Williams (1899) “Pāṭali”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 615, column 1.