अतिथिपति
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অতিথিপতি (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬢᬶᬣᬶᬧᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
- অতিথিপতি (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰝𑰰𑰞𑰰𑰢𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀢𑀺𑀣𑀺𑀧𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- အတိထိပတိ (Burmese script)
- અતિથિપતિ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਤਿਥਿਪਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌤𑌿𑌥𑌿𑌪𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦠꦶꦡꦶꦥꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂞𑂱𑂟𑂱𑂣𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಅತಿಥಿಪತಿ (Kannada script)
- អតិថិបតិ (Khmer script)
- ອຕິຖິປຕິ (Lao script)
- അതിഥിപതി (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢠᡳᡨᡳᢒᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘝𑘱𑘞𑘱𑘢𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢐᠢᠲᠢᢒᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦽𑧒𑦾𑧒𑧂𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐟𑐶𑐠𑐶𑐥𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
- ଅତିଥିପତି (Odia script)
- ꢂꢡꢶꢢꢶꢦꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆠𑆴𑆡𑆴𑆥𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖝𑖰𑖞𑖰𑖢𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
- අතිථිපති (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩫𑩑𑩬𑩑𑩰𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚙𑚮𑚚𑚮𑚞𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
- அதிதி²பதி (Tamil script)
- అతిథిపతి (Telugu script)
- อติถิปติ (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཏི་ཐི་པ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒞𑒱𑒟𑒱𑒣𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨙𑨁𑨚𑨁𑨞𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Tatpuruṣa compound of अतिथि (átithi, “guest”) + पति (páti, “master”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐ́.ti.tʰi.pɐ.ti/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐ.t̪i.t̪ʰi.pɐ.t̪i/
Noun
अति॑थिपति • (átithipati) stem, m
- host (one who receives or entertains a guest)
- Synonym: आतिथेय (ātitheya)
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 9.6.3:
- यद्वा अतिथिपतिर्अतिथीन् प्रतिपश्यति देवयजनं प्रेक्षते ॥
- yadvā atithipatiratithīn pratipaśyati devayajanaṃ prekṣate.
- Truly, when a host looks at his guests he looks at the place of sacrifice to the Devas.
- यद्वा अतिथिपतिर्अतिथीन् प्रतिपश्यति देवयजनं प्रेक्षते ॥
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 9.6.53:
- यद्वा अतिथिपतिर्अतिथीन् परिविष्य गृहानुपोदैत्यवभृथमेव तदुपावैति ॥
- yadvā atithipatiratithīn pariviṣya gṛhānupodaityavabhṛthameva tadupāvaiti.
- Or if the host, having offered food to his guest, goes up to the house, he virtually enters the bath of purification.
- यद्वा अतिथिपतिर्अतिथीन् परिविष्य गृहानुपोदैत्यवभृथमेव तदुपावैति ॥
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अति॑थिपतिः (átithipatiḥ) | अति॑थिपती (átithipatī) | अति॑थिपतयः (átithipatayaḥ) |
| accusative | अति॑थिपतिम् (átithipatim) | अति॑थिपती (átithipatī) | अति॑थिपतीन् (átithipatīn) |
| instrumental | अति॑थिपतिना (átithipatinā) अति॑थिपत्या¹ (átithipatyā¹) |
अति॑थिपतिभ्याम् (átithipatibhyām) | अति॑थिपतिभिः (átithipatibhiḥ) |
| dative | अति॑थिपतये (átithipataye) | अति॑थिपतिभ्याम् (átithipatibhyām) | अति॑थिपतिभ्यः (átithipatibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अति॑थिपतेः (átithipateḥ) अति॑थिपत्यः¹ (átithipatyaḥ¹) |
अति॑थिपतिभ्याम् (átithipatibhyām) | अति॑थिपतिभ्यः (átithipatibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अति॑थिपतेः (átithipateḥ) अति॑थिपत्यः¹ (átithipatyaḥ¹) |
अति॑थिपत्योः (átithipatyoḥ) | अति॑थिपतीनाम् (átithipatīnām) |
| locative | अति॑थिपतौ (átithipatau) अति॑थिपता¹ (átithipatā¹) |
अति॑थिपत्योः (átithipatyoḥ) | अति॑थिपतिषु (átithipatiṣu) |
| vocative | अति॑थिपते (átithipate) | अति॑थिपती (átithipatī) | अति॑थिपतयः (átithipatayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “अतिथिपति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 14, column 1.