यातना

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit यातना (yātanā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /jɑːt̪.nɑː/, [jäːt̪̚.näː]

Noun

यातना • (yātnā) m

1. torture
2. torment, anguish
3. (mythology) the punishment inflicted in naraka, the torments of hell

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• যাতনা (Assamese script)
• ᬬᬵᬢᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
• যাতনা (Bengali script)
• 𑰧𑰯𑰝𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ယာတနာ (Burmese script)
• યાતના (Gujarati script)
• ਯਾਤਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌯𑌾𑌤𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦪꦴꦠꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂨𑂰𑂞𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಯಾತನಾ (Kannada script)
• យាតនា (Khmer script)
• ຍາຕນາ (Lao script)
• യാതനാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘧𑘰𑘝𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᢐᠠᠨᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧇𑧑𑦽𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐫𑐵𑐟𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଯାତନା (Odia script)
• ꢫꢵꢡꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆪𑆳𑆠𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖧𑖯𑖝𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
• යාතනා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩻𑩛𑩫𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚣𑚭𑚙𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
• யாதநா (Tamil script)
• యాతనా (Telugu script)
• ยาตนา (Thai script)
• ཡཱ་ཏ་ནཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒨𑒰𑒞𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨪𑨊𑨙𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Noun

यातना • (yātanā) stem, f

1. torment, agony
   • 900-1100 AD; copied later, Arlo Griffiths, Kunthea Chhom, “A problematic inscription (K.1237)”, in Udaya: Journal of Khmer Studies‎^[1], volume 14 (PDF), Yosothor, published 2019, halshs-02168837, page 10:

     វិមទ*យន្តិយេភូមី*
     ទាសាន្ទេវស្យបាបី*នះ
     តេសវ្វ៌នរកេយាន្តុ
     យាតនាមាភវក្ឞយាត៑ ៕
     * Read ទ, មី and បី as ទ៌, មិ and បិ.

     vimardayanti ye bhūmi
     dāsāndevasya pāpinaḥ
     te sarvvanarake yāntu
     yātanām ā bhavakṣayāt· ॥

     May the evil ones who disturb the land and servants of the god undergo torment in every hell until the end of existence.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of यातना

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	यातना (yātanā)	यातने (yātane)	यातनाः (yātanāḥ)
accusative	यातनाम् (yātanām)	यातने (yātane)	यातनाः (yātanāḥ)
instrumental	यातनया (yātanayā) यातना¹ (yātanā¹)	यातनाभ्याम् (yātanābhyām)	यातनाभिः (yātanābhiḥ)
dative	यातनायै (yātanāyai)	यातनाभ्याम् (yātanābhyām)	यातनाभ्यः (yātanābhyaḥ)
ablative	यातनायाः (yātanāyāḥ) यातनायै² (yātanāyai²)	यातनाभ्याम् (yātanābhyām)	यातनाभ्यः (yātanābhyaḥ)
genitive	यातनायाः (yātanāyāḥ) यातनायै² (yātanāyai²)	यातनयोः (yātanayoḥ)	यातनानाम् (yātanānām)
locative	यातनायाम् (yātanāyām)	यातनयोः (yātanayoḥ)	यातनासु (yātanāsu)
vocative	यातने (yātane)	यातने (yātane)	यातनाः (yātanāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Hindi: यातना (yātnā)
• Marathi: यातना (yātnā)
• Pali: yātanā
  • Lao: ຍາຕະນາ (nyā ta nā)
• Thai: ยาตนา

References

• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “yātanā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.