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द्यूत

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Sanskrit द्यू (dyū)
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tás
Proto-Indo-Aryan *-tás
Sanskrit -त (-ta)
Sanskrit द्यू॒त

    From द्यू (dyū, “to cast (dice), gamble”) + -त (-ta). Also compare दीव् (dī́v, “gambling, game of dice”).

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    Noun

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    द्यू॒त • (dyūtá) stem, n

    1. gambling, game of dice
      • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 12.3.46:
        सत्याय च तपसे देवताभ्यो निधिं शेवधिं परि दद्म एतम् ।
        मा नो द्यूतेऽव गान् मा समित्यां मा स्मान्यस्मा उत्सृजता पुरा मत्॥
        satyāya ca tapase devatābhyo nidhiṃ śevadhiṃ pari dadma etam.
        mā no dyūteʼva gān mā samityāṃ mā smānyasmā utsṛjatā purā mat.
        To Deities, to Truth, to holy Fervour this treasure we consign, this rich deposit,
        At the game of dice, in meeting led it not desert us, never give out to anyone besides me.
      • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
      • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti
    2. play, gaming
    3. contest; battle or fight for
    4. the prize or booty won in battle

    Declension

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    Neuter a-stem declension of द्यू॒त
    singular dual plural
    nominative द्यू॒तम् (dyūtám) द्यू॒ते (dyūté) द्यू॒तानि॑ (dyūtā́ni)
    द्यू॒ता¹ (dyūtā́¹)
    accusative द्यू॒तम् (dyūtám) द्यू॒ते (dyūté) द्यू॒तानि॑ (dyūtā́ni)
    द्यू॒ता¹ (dyūtā́¹)
    instrumental द्यू॒तेन॑ (dyūténa) द्यू॒ताभ्या॑म् (dyūtā́bhyām) द्यू॒तैः (dyūtáiḥ)
    द्यू॒तेभिः॑¹ (dyūtébhiḥ¹)
    dative द्यू॒ताय॑ (dyūtā́ya) द्यू॒ताभ्या॑म् (dyūtā́bhyām) द्यू॒तेभ्यः॑ (dyūtébhyaḥ)
    ablative द्यू॒तात् (dyūtā́t) द्यू॒ताभ्या॑म् (dyūtā́bhyām) द्यू॒तेभ्यः॑ (dyūtébhyaḥ)
    genitive द्यू॒तस्य॑ (dyūtásya) द्यू॒तयोः॑ (dyūtáyoḥ) द्यू॒ताना॑म् (dyūtā́nām)
    locative द्यू॒ते (dyūté) द्यू॒तयोः॑ (dyūtáyoḥ) द्यू॒तेषु॑ (dyūtéṣu)
    vocative द्यूत॑ (dyū́ta) द्यूते॑ (dyū́te) द्यूता॑नि (dyū́tāni)
    द्यूता॑¹ (dyū́tā¹)
    • ¹Vedic

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