पृतना
Appearance
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- পৃতনা (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬺᬢᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
- পৃতনা (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰴𑰝𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀾𑀢𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ပၖတနာ (Burmese script)
- પૃતના (Gujarati script)
- ਪ੍ਰਤਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍃𑌤𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦽꦠꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑃂𑂞𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಪೃತನಾ (Kannada script)
- ប្ឫតនា (Khmer script)
- ປ຺ຣິຕນາ (Lao script)
- പൃതനാ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡵᡳᢠᠠᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘵𑘝𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠷᠢᢐᠠᠨᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧖𑦽𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐺𑐟𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
- ପୃତନା (Odia script)
- ꢦꢺꢡꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆸𑆠𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖴𑖝𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
- පෘතනා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩙𑩫𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚙𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
- ப்ரிதநா (Tamil script)
- పృతనా (Telugu script)
- ปฺฤตนา (Thai script)
- པྲྀ་ཏ་ནཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒵𑒞𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨼𑨉𑨙𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]Related to पृत् (pṛt).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]पृतना • (pṛ́tanā) stem, f
- battle, strife, war, combat
- army; hostile armament or band
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.24.1:
- अग्ने॒ सह॑स्व॒ पृत॑ना अ॒भिमा॑ती॒रपा॑स्य ।
दु॒ष्टर॒स्तर॒न्नरा॑ती॒र्वर्चो॑ धा य॒ज्ञवा॑हसे ॥- ágne sáhasva pṛ́tanā abhímātīrápāsya .
duṣṭárastárannárātīrvárco dhā yajñávāhase . - O Agni, subdue opposing bands, and drive our enemies away.
Invincible, slay godless foes: give splendour to the worshipper.
- ágne sáhasva pṛ́tanā abhímātīrápāsya .
- अग्ने॒ सह॑स्व॒ पृत॑ना अ॒भिमा॑ती॒रपा॑स्य ।
- (Classical Sanskrit, in the plural) humanity, mankind
Declension
[edit]Feminine ā-stem declension of पृतना (pṛ́tanā) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | पृतना pṛ́tanā |
पृतने pṛ́tane |
पृतनाः pṛ́tanāḥ |
Vocative | पृतने pṛ́tane |
पृतने pṛ́tane |
पृतनाः pṛ́tanāḥ |
Accusative | पृतनाम् pṛ́tanām |
पृतने pṛ́tane |
पृतनाः pṛ́tanāḥ |
Instrumental | पृतनया / पृतना¹ pṛ́tanayā / pṛ́tanā¹ |
पृतनाभ्याम् pṛ́tanābhyām |
पृतनाभिः pṛ́tanābhiḥ |
Dative | पृतनायै pṛ́tanāyai |
पृतनाभ्याम् pṛ́tanābhyām |
पृतनाभ्यः pṛ́tanābhyaḥ |
Ablative | पृतनायाः / पृतनायै² pṛ́tanāyāḥ / pṛ́tanāyai² |
पृतनाभ्याम् pṛ́tanābhyām |
पृतनाभ्यः pṛ́tanābhyaḥ |
Genitive | पृतनायाः / पृतनायै² pṛ́tanāyāḥ / pṛ́tanāyai² |
पृतनयोः pṛ́tanayoḥ |
पृतनानाम् pṛ́tanānām |
Locative | पृतनायाम् pṛ́tanāyām |
पृतनयोः pṛ́tanayoḥ |
पृतनासु pṛ́tanāsu |
Notes |
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Further reading
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “पृतना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 645, column 3.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “pṛtanā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पृतना”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1044