सर्वताति

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *sarwátaHts (totality, wholeness, completeness), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-wó-teh₂ts (wholeness, completeness, totality). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬙𐬁𐬝 (hauruuatāt̰, wholeness, totality, completeness), Ancient Greek ὁλότης (holótēs, wholeness, completeness, totality). By surface analysis, सर्व (sárva) +‎ -ताति (-tāti).

Pronunciation

Noun

स॒र्वता॑ति • (sarvátāti) stemf

  1. completeness, wholeness, totality
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.94.15:
      यस्मै॒ त्वं सु॑द्रविणो॒ ददा॑शोऽनागा॒स्त्वम॑दिते स॒र्वता॑ता
      यं भ॒द्रेण॒ शव॑सा चो॒दया॑सि प्र॒जाव॑ता॒ राध॑सा॒ ते स्या॑म ॥
      yásmai tváṃ sudraviṇo dádāśoʼnāgāstvámadite sarvátātā.
      yáṃ bhadréṇa śávasā codáyāsi prajā́vatā rā́dhasā té syāma.
      To whom you, Lord of good riches, grant freedom from every sin with perfect wholeness,
      Whom with good strength you quicken, with children and wealth—may we be they, O Eternal Being.
  2. perfect happiness, prosperity
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.56.6:
      आ ते॑ स्व॒स्तिमी॑मह आ॒रेअ॑घा॒मुपा॑वसुम् ।
      अ॒द्या च॑ स॒र्वता॑तये॒ श्वश्च॑ स॒र्वता॑तये
      ā́ te svastímīmaha āréaghāmúpāvasum.
      adyā́ ca sarvátātaye śváśca sarvátātaye.
      Prosperity we crave from thee, afar from sin and near to wealth,
      Tending to perfect happiness for tomorrow and to perfect happiness for today.

Usage notes

The locative singular of this term, सर्वताता (sarvátātā), is used as an adverb to denote "in entirety", "completely", or "all together".

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of स॒र्वता॑ति
singular dual plural
nominative स॒र्वता॑तिः (sarvátātiḥ) स॒र्वता॑ती (sarvátātī) स॒र्वता॑तयः (sarvátātayaḥ)
accusative स॒र्वता॑तिम् (sarvátātim) स॒र्वता॑ती (sarvátātī) स॒र्वता॑तीः (sarvátātīḥ)
instrumental स॒र्वता॑त्या (sarvátātyā)
स॒र्वता॑ती¹ (sarvátātī¹)
स॒र्वता॑तिभ्याम् (sarvátātibhyām) स॒र्वता॑तिभिः (sarvátātibhiḥ)
dative स॒र्वता॑तये (sarvátātaye)
स॒र्वता॑त्यै² (sarvátātyai²)
स॒र्वता॑ती¹ (sarvátātī¹)
स॒र्वता॑तिभ्याम् (sarvátātibhyām) स॒र्वता॑तिभ्यः (sarvátātibhyaḥ)
ablative स॒र्वता॑तेः (sarvátāteḥ)
स॒र्वता॑त्याः² (sarvátātyāḥ²)
स॒र्वता॑त्यै³ (sarvátātyai³)
स॒र्वता॑तिभ्याम् (sarvátātibhyām) स॒र्वता॑तिभ्यः (sarvátātibhyaḥ)
genitive स॒र्वता॑तेः (sarvátāteḥ)
स॒र्वता॑त्याः² (sarvátātyāḥ²)
स॒र्वता॑त्यै³ (sarvátātyai³)
स॒र्वता॑त्योः (sarvátātyoḥ) स॒र्वता॑तीनाम् (sarvátātīnām)
locative स॒र्वता॑तौ (sarvátātau)
स॒र्वता॑त्याम्² (sarvátātyām²)
स॒र्वता॑ता¹ (sarvátātā¹)
स॒र्वता॑त्योः (sarvátātyoḥ) स॒र्वता॑तिषु (sarvátātiṣu)
vocative सर्व॑ताते (sárvatāte) सर्व॑ताती (sárvatātī) सर्व॑तातयः (sárvatātayaḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Later Sanskrit
  • ³Brāhmaṇas

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