पवीतृ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • পৱীতৃ (Assamese script)
  • ᬧᬯᬷᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
  • পবীতৃ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰢𑰪𑰱𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀧𑀯𑀻𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
  • ပဝီတၖ (Burmese script)
  • પવીતૃ (Gujarati script)
  • ਪਵੀਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌪𑌵𑍀𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
  • ꦥꦮꦷꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂣𑂫𑂲𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
  • ಪವೀತೃ (Kannada script)
  • បវីត្ឫ (Khmer script)
  • ປວີຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
  • പവീതൃ (Malayalam script)
  • ᢒᠠᠸᡳᡳᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘢𑘪𑘲𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
  • ᢒᠠᠸᠢᠢᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧂𑧊𑧓𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐥𑐰𑐷𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
  • ପଵୀତୃ (Odia script)
  • ꢦꢮꢷꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆥𑆮𑆵𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖢𑖪𑖱𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
  • පවීතෘ (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩰𑩾𑩑𑩛𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚞𑚦𑚯𑚙 (Takri script)
  • பவீத்ரி (Tamil script)
  • పవీతృ (Telugu script)
  • ปวีตฺฤ (Thai script)
  • པ་ཝཱི་ཏྲྀ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒣𑒫𑒲𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨞𑨭𑨁𑨊𑨙𑨼𑨉 (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 पवितृ (pavitṛ), both parallelly inherited dialectal forms.

Pronunciation

Noun

प॒वी॒तृ • (pavītṛ́) stem, m (root पू)

  1. one who purifies, a purifier
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.87.22:
      पवी॑तारः पुनी॒तन॒
      सोम॒म् इन्द्रा॑य॒ पात॑वे ।
      अथा॑ नो॒ वस्य॑सस् कृधि ॥
      pávītāraḥ punītána
      sómam índrāya pā́tave.
      áthā no vásyasas kṛdhi.
      O purifiers, purify Soma for Indra, for him to drink
      Make us better than we are.

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of प॒वी॒तृ
singular dual plural
nominative प॒वी॒ता (pavītā́) प॒वी॒तारौ॑ (pavītā́rau)
प॒वी॒तारा॑¹ (pavītā́rā¹) 		प॒वी॒तारः॑ (pavītā́raḥ)
accusative प॒वी॒तार॑म् (pavītā́ram) प॒वी॒तारौ॑ (pavītā́rau)
प॒वी॒तारा॑¹ (pavītā́rā¹) 		प॒वी॒तॄन् (pavītṝ́n)
instrumental प॒वी॒त्रा (pavītrā́) प॒वी॒तृभ्या॑म् (pavītṛ́bhyām) प॒वी॒तृभिः॑ (pavītṛ́bhiḥ)
dative प॒वी॒त्रे (pavītré) प॒वी॒तृभ्या॑म् (pavītṛ́bhyām) प॒वी॒तृभ्यः॑ (pavītṛ́bhyaḥ)
ablative प॒वी॒तुः (pavītúḥ) प॒वी॒तृभ्या॑म् (pavītṛ́bhyām) प॒वी॒तृभ्यः॑ (pavītṛ́bhyaḥ)
genitive प॒वी॒तुः (pavītúḥ) प॒वी॒त्रोः (pavītróḥ) प॒वी॒तॄ॒णाम् (pavītṝṇā́m)
locative प॒वी॒तरि॑ (pavītári) प॒वी॒त्रोः (pavītróḥ) प॒वी॒तृषु॑ (pavītṛ́ṣu)
vocative पवी॑तः (pávītaḥ) पवी॑तारौ (pávītārau)
पवी॑तारा¹ (pávītārā¹) 		पवी॑तारः (pávītāraḥ)
  • ¹Vedic

References

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