पृथ

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pl̥th₂-ó-s (flat surface). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *fuldō (ground, field), Ancient Greek πλάτη (plátē, oar blade, winnowing fan).

Pronunciation

Noun

पृ॒थ • (pṛthá) stemm

  1. the flat of the hand, the palm
    • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 12.7.3.1:
      इन्द्रस्येन्द्रियम् अन्नस्य रसम् सोमस्य भक्षं सुरयाऽऽसुरो नमुचिरहरत्। सोऽश्विनौ च सरस्वतीं चोपाधावत्। शेपानोऽस्मि नमुचये। न त्वा दिवा न नक्तं हनानि। न दण्डेन। न धन्वना। न पृथेन। न मुष्टिना। न शुष्केण। नार्द्रेण। अथ म इदमहार्षीत्। इदं म आजिहीर्षयेति॥
      indrasyendriyam annasya rasam somasya bhakṣaṃ surayāʼʼsuro namuciraharat. soʼśvinau ca sarasvatīṃ copādhāvat. śepānoʼsmi namucaye. na tvā divā na naktaṃ hanāni. na daṇḍena. na dhanvanā. na pṛthena. na muṣṭinā. na śuṣkeṇa. nārdreṇa. atha ma idamahārṣīt. idaṃ ma ājihīrṣayeti.
      Namuchi the Asura, by means of the liquor, carried off Indra's strength, the essence of food, the Soma-drink. He (Indra) hasted up to the Asvins and Sarasvatī, crying, 'I have sworn to Namuchi, saying, "I will slay thee neither by day nor by night, neither with staff nor with bow, neither with the palm of my hand nor with the fist, neither with the dry nor with the moist!" and yet has he taken these things from me: seek ye to bring me back these things!'

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पृ॒थ
singular dual plural
nominative पृ॒थः (pṛtháḥ) पृ॒थौ (pṛtháu)
पृ॒था¹ (pṛthā́¹)
पृ॒थाः (pṛthā́ḥ)
पृ॒थासः॑¹ (pṛthā́saḥ¹)
accusative पृ॒थम् (pṛthám) पृ॒थौ (pṛtháu)
पृ॒था¹ (pṛthā́¹)
पृ॒थान् (pṛthā́n)
instrumental पृ॒थेन॑ (pṛthéna) पृ॒थाभ्या॑म् (pṛthā́bhyām) पृ॒थैः (pṛtháiḥ)
पृ॒थेभिः॑¹ (pṛthébhiḥ¹)
dative पृ॒थाय॑ (pṛthā́ya) पृ॒थाभ्या॑म् (pṛthā́bhyām) पृ॒थेभ्यः॑ (pṛthébhyaḥ)
ablative पृ॒थात् (pṛthā́t) पृ॒थाभ्या॑म् (pṛthā́bhyām) पृ॒थेभ्यः॑ (pṛthébhyaḥ)
genitive पृ॒थस्य॑ (pṛthásya) पृ॒थयोः॑ (pṛtháyoḥ) पृ॒थाना॑म् (pṛthā́nām)
locative पृ॒थे (pṛthé) पृ॒थयोः॑ (pṛtháyoḥ) पृ॒थेषु॑ (pṛthéṣu)
vocative पृथ॑ (pṛ́tha) पृथौ॑ (pṛ́thau)
पृथा॑¹ (pṛ́thā¹)
पृथाः॑ (pṛ́thāḥ)
पृथा॑सः¹ (pṛ́thāsaḥ¹)
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