पवितृ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পৱিতৃ (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬯᬶᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
- পবিতৃ (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰪𑰰𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀯𑀺𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
- ပဝိတၖ (Burmese script)
- પવિતૃ (Gujarati script)
- ਪਵਿਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌵𑌿𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦮꦶꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂫𑂱𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
- ಪವಿತೃ (Kannada script)
- បវិត្ឫ (Khmer script)
- ປວິຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
- പവിതൃ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠠᠸᡳᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘪𑘱𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠠᠸᠢᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧊𑧒𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐰𑐶𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
- ପଵିତୃ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢮꢶꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆮𑆴𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖪𑖰𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
- පවිතෘ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩾𑩑𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚦𑚮𑚙 (Takri script)
- பவித்ரி (Tamil script)
- పవితృ (Telugu script)
- ปวิตฺฤ (Thai script)
- པ་ཝི་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒫𑒱𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨭𑨁𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *péwH-tōr ~ *puH-tr-és, from *pewH- (“to purify”). The Sanskrit root is पू (pū). Compare पोतृ (potṛ) and पवीतृ (pavītṛ), both parallelly inherited dialectal forms.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɐ.ʋi.tŕ̩/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pɐ.ʋi.t̪r̩/
Noun
प॒वि॒तृ • (pavitṛ́) stem, m (root पू)
- one who purifies, a purifier
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 6.119.3:
- वैश्वानरः पविता मा पुनातु यत् संगरम् अभिधावाम्य् आशाम् ।
अनाजानन् मनसा याचमानो यत् तत्रैनो अप तत् सुवामि ॥- vaiśvānaraḥ pavitā mā punātu yat saṃgaram abhidhāvāmy āśām.
anājānan manasā yācamāno yat tatraino apa tat suvāmi. - May Vaiśvānara the Purifier purify me when I oppose their (my debtors') hope and break my promise,
Unknowing in my heart. With supplication, whatever guilt there is in that, I banish.
- vaiśvānaraḥ pavitā mā punātu yat saṃgaram abhidhāvāmy āśām.
- वैश्वानरः पविता मा पुनातु यत् संगरम् अभिधावाम्य् आशाम् ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | प॒वि॒ता (pavitā́) | प॒वि॒तारौ॑ (pavitā́rau) प॒वि॒तारा॑¹ (pavitā́rā¹) |
प॒वि॒तारः॑ (pavitā́raḥ) |
| accusative | प॒वि॒तार॑म् (pavitā́ram) | प॒वि॒तारौ॑ (pavitā́rau) प॒वि॒तारा॑¹ (pavitā́rā¹) |
प॒वि॒तॄन् (pavitṝ́n) |
| instrumental | प॒वि॒त्रा (pavitrā́) | प॒वि॒तृभ्या॑म् (pavitṛ́bhyām) | प॒वि॒तृभिः॑ (pavitṛ́bhiḥ) |
| dative | प॒वि॒त्रे (pavitré) | प॒वि॒तृभ्या॑म् (pavitṛ́bhyām) | प॒वि॒तृभ्यः॑ (pavitṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | प॒वि॒तुः (pavitúḥ) | प॒वि॒तृभ्या॑म् (pavitṛ́bhyām) | प॒वि॒तृभ्यः॑ (pavitṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | प॒वि॒तुः (pavitúḥ) | प॒वि॒त्रोः (pavitróḥ) | प॒वि॒तॄ॒णाम् (pavitṝṇā́m) |
| locative | प॒वि॒तरि॑ (pavitári) | प॒वि॒त्रोः (pavitróḥ) | प॒वि॒तृषु॑ (pavitṛ́ṣu) |
| vocative | पवि॑तः (pávitaḥ) | पवि॑तारौ (pávitārau) पवि॑तारा¹ (pávitārā¹) |
पवि॑तारः (pávitāraḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “पवितृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 611.