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अट्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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    Sanskritization of a popular pronunciation of the Vedic root अत् (at, to go constantly, walk, run). अण्ठ् (aṇṭh) is a Buddhist-preferred variant of अट् (aṭ).

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    Root

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    अट् (aṭ) (Classical Sanskrit)

    1. (frequently used of religious mendicants) to roam, wander about

    Derived terms

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    Category Sanskrit terms belonging to the root अट् not found
    Category Terms derived from the Sanskrit root अट् not found
    Primary Verbal Forms
    Secondary Forms
    Non-Finite Forms
    Derived Nominal Forms
    • अटक (aṭaka, roaming)
    • अटन (aṭana, roaming about, act or habit of wandering about)
    • अटवि (aṭavi, place to roam in, a forest)
    • अटा (aṭā, act or habit of wandering about)
    • अटाटा (aṭāṭā, roaming or wandering about)
    • अटाय (aṭāya, to enter upon a roaming life, become a religious mendicant)
    • अट्या (aṭyā, roaming about, one of the ten faults resulting from an excessive fondness for pleasure)

    References

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    • Monier Williams (1899) “अट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 11/2.
    • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 3
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 7; 9