पृत्

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

• পৃত্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬺᬢ᭄ (Balinese script)
• পৃত্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰴𑰝𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
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• ᢒᡵᡳᢠ (Manchu script)
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• ᢒᠷᠢᢐ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧖𑦽𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐺𑐟𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପୃତ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢺꢡ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
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• 𑖢𑖴𑖝𑖿 (Siddham script)
• පෘත් (Sinhalese script)
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• 𑚞𑚙𑚶 (Takri script)
• ப்ரித் (Tamil script)
• పృత్ (Telugu script)
• ปฺฤตฺ (Thai script)
• པྲྀ་ཏ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒵𑒞𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨼𑨉𑨙𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *part- (“fight”), likely from Proto-Indo-European *per-t, from *per- (“to beat, hit”). Cognate with Lithuanian per̃ti (“to thrash”) and Old Armenian հարկանեմ (harkanem, “to beat, strike”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pr̩t/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pr̩t̪/

Noun

पृत् • (pṛt) stem, f

1. fight, battle, strife, combat

   Synonyms: पृतना (pṛtanā), युद्ध (yuddha), आहव (āhava), मृध् (mṛdh), संग्राम (saṃgrāma)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.33.3:

     त्वं ताँ इन्द्रोभयाँ अमित्रान्दासा वृत्राण्यार्या च शूर ।
     वधीर्वनेव सुधितेभिरत्कैरा पृत्सु दर्षि नृणां नृतम ॥

     tvaṃ tām̐ indrobhayām̐ amitrāndāsā vṛtrāṇyāryā ca śūra.
     vadhīrvaneva sudhitebhiratkairā pṛtsu darṣi nṛṇāṃ nṛtama.

     You, hero, Indra, destroyed both classes of enemies, both Dāsas and Āryas, adversaries; chief leader of leaders, you cut your foes in pieces in battles with weapons, as wood-cutters, the forests.

Declension

Feminine ṛt-stem declension of पृत् (pṛt)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पृत् pṛt	पृतौ / पृता¹ pṛtau / pṛtā¹	पृतः pṛtaḥ
Vocative	पृत् pṛt	पृतौ / पृता¹ pṛtau / pṛtā¹	पृतः pṛtaḥ
Accusative	पृतम् pṛtam	पृतौ / पृता¹ pṛtau / pṛtā¹	पृतः pṛtaḥ
Instrumental	पृता pṛtā	पृद्भ्याम् pṛdbhyām	पृद्भिः pṛdbhiḥ
Dative	पृते pṛte	पृद्भ्याम् pṛdbhyām	पृद्भ्यः pṛdbhyaḥ
Ablative	पृतः pṛtaḥ	पृद्भ्याम् pṛdbhyām	पृद्भ्यः pṛdbhyaḥ
Genitive	पृतः pṛtaḥ	पृतोः pṛtoḥ	पृताम् pṛtām
Locative	पृति pṛti	पृतोः pṛtoḥ	पृत्सु pṛtsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• पृतन्यति (pṛtanyáti, “to fight”)
• पृतन्यु (pṛtanyú, “enemy”)
• पृतन्या (pṛtanyā, “army”)
• पृतना (pṛ́tanā, “battle”)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “पृत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 645, column 3.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पृत्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1044
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “पृत्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 169
• Arthur Berriedale Keith, Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1912) “pṛt”, in Vedic index of names and subjects, volume 2, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W. [Published for the Government of India], →OCLC, page 15
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “pṛccháti - pṛt-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 160