पश्चात्

Hindi

Alternative forms

• पश्चात (paścāt)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पश्चात् (paścāt).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pəʃ.t͡ʃɑːt̪/, [pɐʃ.t͡ʃäːt̪]

Adverb

पश्चात् • (paścāt)

1. afterwards, then, after

   Synonyms: बाद (bād), उपरांत (uprānt)

   अनेक व्यक्ति सोचे हैं, मृत्यु के पश्चात् क्या होता हैं।

   anek vyakti soce ha͠i, mŕtyu ke paścāt kyā hotā ha͠i.

   Many people have thought "what happens after death?"

Derived terms

• पश्चात्ताप (paścāttāp)
• के पश्चात् (ke paścāt)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पश्चात्”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 614

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পশ্চাত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬰ᭄ᬘᬵᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• পশ্চাত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰫𑰿𑰓𑰯𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀰𑁆𑀘𑀸𑀢𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပၐ္စာတ် (Burmese script)
• પશ્ચાત્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪਸ਼੍ਚਾਤ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑌶𑍍𑌚𑌾𑌤𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦯ꧀ꦕꦴꦠ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂬𑂹𑂒𑂰𑂞𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪಶ್ಚಾತ್ (Kannada script)
• បឝ្ចាត៑ (Khmer script)
• ປຨ຺ຈາຕ຺ (Lao script)
• പശ്ചാത് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠠᡧᢜᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘫𑘿𑘓𑘰𑘝𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠᠱᢋᠠᢗᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧋𑧠𑦳𑧑𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐱𑑂𑐔𑐵𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପଶ୍ଚାତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢯ꣄ꢗꢵꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆯𑇀𑆖𑆳𑆠𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖫𑖿𑖓𑖯𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• පශ‍්චාත් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩿 𑪙𑩡𑩛𑩫 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚧𑚶𑚏𑚭𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• பஶ்சாத் (Tamil script)
• పశ్చాత్ (Telugu script)
• ปศฺจาตฺ (Thai script)
• པ་ཤྩཱ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒬𑓂𑒔𑒰𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨮𑩇𑨣𑨊𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pasčaH, from Proto-Indo-European *pos-kʷéh₁, from *pós (“afterwards, behind”). Cognate with Latin post (“afterwards, behind”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬀 (pasca), Old Persian [Term?] (/⁠pasā⁠/). Related to पश्चा (paścā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɐɕ.t͡ɕɑ́ːt/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐɕ.t͡ɕɑːt̪/

Adverb

पश्चात् • (paścā́t)

1. from behind, in the rear, behind, backwards
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.163.12:

     उप॒ प्रागा॒च्छस॑नं वा॒ज्यर्वा॑ देव॒द्रीचा॒ मन॑सा॒ दीध्या॑नः।
     अ॒जः पु॒रो नी॑यते॒ नाभि॑र॒स्यानु॑ प॒श्चात्क॒वयो॑ यन्ति रे॒भाः॥

     úpa prā́gācchásanaṃ vājyárvā devadrī́cā mánasā dī́dhyānaḥ.
     ajáḥ puró nīyate nā́bhirasyā́nu paścā́tkaváyo yanti rebhā́ḥ.

     The strong Steed hath come forward to the slaughter, pondering with a mind directed God-ward.
     The goat who is his kin is led before him the sages and the singers follow after.

2. from the west, westward
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
3. after, hereafter, later, at last
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata

Descendants

• → Hindi: पश्चात् (paścāt, “then, next; finally; complete, finished.”)
• → Old Javanese: paścat
  • → Balinese: ᬧᬰ᭄ᬘᬢ (pascat, “perfect”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पश्चात्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 612/2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 110