एधते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• এধতে (Assamese script)
• ᬏᬥᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
• এধতে (Bengali script)
• 𑰊𑰠𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀏𑀥𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• ဧဓတေ (Burmese script)
• એધતે (Gujarati script)
• ਏਧਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌏𑌧𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
• ꦌꦣꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
• 𑂉𑂡𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
• ಏಧತೇ (Kannada script)
• ឯធតេ (Khmer script)
• ເອຘເຕ (Lao script)
• ഏധതേ (Malayalam script)
• ᡝᢡᠠᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
• 𑘊𑘠𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
• ᠧᢑᠾᠠᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦪𑧀𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐊𑐢𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
• ଏଧତେ (Odia script)
• ꢍꢤꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆍𑆣𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
• 𑖊𑖠𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
• එධතෙ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩔𑩮𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚆𑚜𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
• ஏத⁴தே (Tamil script)
• ఏధతే (Telugu script)
• เอธเต (Thai script)
• ཨེ་དྷ་ཏེ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒋𑒡𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨄𑨜𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háydʰatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háydʰatay, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éydʰ-e-ti (“to ignite, set on fire”), from *h₂eydʰ- (“to ignite, burn”). Cognate with Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ́j.dʱɐ.tɐj/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈeː.d̪ʱɐ.t̪eː/

Verb

एधते • (édhate) third-singular indicative (class 1, type A, root एध्)

1. to prosper, increase, grow

   Synonyms: वर्धते (várdhate), ऋध्नोति (ṛdhnóti)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
2. to spread, extend
3. to swell

Conjugation

Present: एधते (édhate)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	एधते édhate	एधेते édhete	एधन्ते édhante
Second	- -	- -	- -	एधसे édhase	एधेथे édhethe	एधध्वे édhadhve
First	- -	- -	- -	एधे édhe	एधावहे édhāvahe	एधामहे édhāmahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	एधताम् édhatām	एधेताम् édhetām	एधन्ताम् édhantām
Second	- -	- -	- -	एधस्व édhasva	एधेथाम् édhethām	एधध्वम् édhadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	एधै édhai	एधावहै édhāvahai	एधामहै édhāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	एधेत édheta	एधेयाताम् édheyātām	एधेरन् édheran
Second	- -	- -	- -	एधेथाः édhethāḥ	एधेयाथाम् édheyāthām	एधेध्वम् édhedhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	एधेय édheya	एधेवहि édhevahi	एधेमहि édhemahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	एधाते / एधातै édhāte / édhātai	एधैते édhaite	एधन्त / एधान्तै édhanta / édhāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	एधासे / एधासै édhāse / édhāsai	एधैथे édhaithe	एधाध्वै édhādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	एधै édhai	एधावहै édhāvahai	एधामहै édhāmahai
Participles
	- -			एधमान édhamāna
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Imperfect: ऐधत (aídhata)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	ऐधत aídhata	ऐधेताम् aídhetām	ऐधन्त aídhanta
Second	- -	- -	- -	ऐधथाः aídhathāḥ	ऐधेथाम् aídhethām	ऐधध्वम् aídhadhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	ऐधे aídhe	ऐधावहि aídhāvahi	ऐधामहि aídhāmahi

Related terms

• एध (édha, “fuel, firewood”)
• एधस् (édhas, “fuel, happiness”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “एधते”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 231.
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 16