भूतपति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ভূতপতি (Assamese script)
ᬪᬹᬢᬧᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
ভূতপতি (Bengali script)
𑰥𑰳𑰝𑰢𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀪𑀽𑀢𑀧𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဘူတပတိ (Burmese script)
ભૂતપતિ (Gujarati script)
ਭੂਤਪਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌭𑍂𑌤𑌪𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦨꦹꦠꦥꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂦𑂴𑂞𑂣𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಭೂತಪತಿ (Kannada script)
ភូតបតិ (Khmer script)
ຠູຕປຕິ (Lao script)
ഭൂതപതി (Malayalam script)
ᢨᡠᡠᢠᠠᢒᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘥𑘴𑘝𑘢𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠪᠾᠤᠤᢐᠠᢒᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧅𑧕𑦽𑧂𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐨𑐹𑐟𑐥𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଭୂତପତି (Odia script)
ꢩꢹꢡꢦꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆨𑆷𑆠𑆥𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖥𑖳𑖝𑖢𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
භූතපති (Sinhalese script)
𑩳𑩒𑩛𑩫𑩰𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚡𑚱𑚙𑚞𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
பூ⁴தபதி (Tamil script)
భూతపతి (Telugu script)
ภูตปติ (Thai script)
བྷཱུ་ཏ་པ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒦𑒴𑒞𑒣𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨡𑨃𑨊𑨙𑨞𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of भूत (bhūta, “being; evil spirit, ghost”) +‎ पति (pati, “Lord”), referring to the Hindu belief that Shiva's entourage consists of ghosts, goblins and spirits.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱuː.tɐ.pɐ́.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /bʱuː.t̪ɐ.pɐ.t̪i/

Proper noun

भू॒त॒पति॑ • (bhūtapáti) stem, m

"Lord of spirits and ghosts", an epithet of Rudra-Śiva
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 2.14.4:
  भूतपतिर् निर् अजत्व् इन्द्रश् चेतः सदान्वाः ।
  गृहस्य बुध्न आसीनास् ता इन्द्रो वज्रेणाधि तिष्ठतु ॥
  bhūtapatir nir ajatv indraś cetaḥ sadānvāḥ.
  gṛhasya budhna āsīnās tā indro vajreṇādhi tiṣṭhatu.
  May Bhūtapati and Indra drive away the Sadānvās from here.
  Let Indra with his bolt quell those who sit upon our dwelling's floor.
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 11.6.23:
  भूतं ब्रूमो भूतपतिं भूतानाम् उत यो वशी ।
  भूतानि सर्वा संगत्य ते नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः ॥
  bhūtaṃ brūmo bhūtapatiṃ bhūtānām uta yo vaśī.
  bhūtāni sarvā saṃgatya te no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ.
  The spirit, yea, the spirits' Lord, ruler of spirits, we address.
  Together let all spirits meet: may these deliver us from woe.

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of भू॒त॒पति॑
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	भू॒त॒पतिः॑ (bhūtapátiḥ)	भू॒त॒पती॑ (bhūtapátī)	भू॒त॒पत॑यः (bhūtapátayaḥ)
accusative	भू॒त॒पति॑म् (bhūtapátim)	भू॒त॒पती॑ (bhūtapátī)	भू॒त॒पती॑न् (bhūtapátīn)
instrumental	भू॒त॒पति॑ना (bhūtapátinā) भू॒त॒पत्या॑¹ (bhūtapátyā¹)	भू॒त॒पति॑भ्याम् (bhūtapátibhyām)	भू॒त॒पति॑भिः (bhūtapátibhiḥ)
dative	भू॒त॒पत॑ये (bhūtapátaye)	भू॒त॒पति॑भ्याम् (bhūtapátibhyām)	भू॒त॒पति॑भ्यः (bhūtapátibhyaḥ)
ablative	भू॒त॒पतेः॑ (bhūtapáteḥ) भू॒त॒पत्यः॑¹ (bhūtapátyaḥ¹)	भू॒त॒पति॑भ्याम् (bhūtapátibhyām)	भू॒त॒पति॑भ्यः (bhūtapátibhyaḥ)
genitive	भू॒त॒पतेः॑ (bhūtapáteḥ) भू॒त॒पत्यः॑¹ (bhūtapátyaḥ¹)	भू॒त॒पत्योः॑ (bhūtapátyoḥ)	भू॒त॒पती॑नाम् (bhūtapátīnām)
locative	भू॒त॒पतौ॑ (bhūtapátau) भू॒त॒पता॑¹ (bhūtapátā¹)	भू॒त॒पत्योः॑ (bhūtapátyoḥ)	भू॒त॒पति॑षु (bhūtapátiṣu)
vocative	भूत॑पते (bhū́tapate)	भूत॑पती (bhū́tapatī)	भूत॑पतयः (bhū́tapatayaḥ)

¹Vedic