पुरतस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পুৰতস্ (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬸᬭᬢᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• পুরতস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰲𑰨𑰝𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀢𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ပုရတသ် (Burmese script)
• પુરતસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਪੁਰਤਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌤𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦸꦫꦠꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂞𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಪುರತಸ್ (Kannada script)
• បុរតស៑ (Khmer script)
• ປຸຣຕສ຺ (Lao script)
• പുരതസ് (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡠᡵᠠᢠᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘳𑘨𑘝𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠤᠷᠠᢐᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧔𑧈𑦽𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐸𑐬𑐟𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ପୁରତସ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢦꢸꢬꢡꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆶𑆫𑆠𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖲𑖨𑖝𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• පුරතස් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩒𑩼𑩫𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚰𑚤𑚙𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
• புரதஸ் (Tamil script)
• పురతస్ (Telugu script)
• ปุรตสฺ (Thai script)
• པུ་ར་ཏ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒳𑒩𑒞𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨃𑨫𑨙𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

*पुर (pura) +‎ -तस् (-tas)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pu.ɾɐ.tɐs/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ɾɐ.t̪ɐs̪/

Adverb

पुरतस् • (puratas)

1. (with genitive case) in front [of]
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Kaṭha Upaniṣad
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 6.131.35:

     नरा मोदकहस्ताश्च रामस्य पुरतो ययुः॥

     narā modakahastāśca rāmasya purato yayuḥ.

     And men, with modaks in hand, went in from of Rama.

   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 16.9.33.1:

     रथस्य पुरतो याति यः स चक्रगदाधरः।

     rathasya purato yāti yaḥ sa cakragadādharaḥ.

     The one who goes in front of the chariot is a bearer of mace and chakra.

   • Budhakauśika, Rāma Rakṣā Stotra 31:

     दक्षिणे लक्ष्मणो यस्य वामे तु जनकात्मजा । पुरतो मारुतिर्यस्य तं वन्दे रघुनन्दनम्‌ ॥

     dakṣiṇe lakṣmaṇo yasya vāme tu janakātmajā. purato mārutiryasya taṃ vande raghunandanam‌.

     On whose right is Lakshmana, while on the left, Sita; in front of whom is Hanuman, I bow to that Rama.

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀑 (purao)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀤𑁄 (purado)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “पुरतस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 634.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “puratas”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पुरतस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1031
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “पुरतस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 164