पृतन्यति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পৃতন্যতি (Assamese script)
• ᬧᬺᬢᬦ᭄ᬬᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• পৃতন্যতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰴𑰝𑰡𑰿𑰧𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀾𑀢𑀦𑁆𑀬𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ပၖတနျတိ (Burmese script)
• પૃતન્યતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਪ੍ਰਤਨ੍ਯਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍃𑌤𑌨𑍍𑌯𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦽꦠꦤꦾꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑃂𑂞𑂢𑂹𑂨𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಪೃತನ್ಯತಿ (Kannada script)
• ប្ឫតន្យតិ (Khmer script)
• ປ຺ຣິຕນ຺ຍຕິ (Lao script)
• പൃതന്യതി (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᡵᡳᢠᠠᠨᠶᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘵𑘝𑘡𑘿𑘧𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠷᠢᢐᠠᠨᠶ᠋ᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧖𑦽𑧁𑧠𑧇𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐺𑐟𑐣𑑂𑐫𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ପୃତନ୍ଯତି (Odia script)
• ꢦꢺꢡꢥ꣄ꢫꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆸𑆠𑆤𑇀𑆪𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖴𑖝𑖡𑖿𑖧𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• පෘතන්‍යති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩙𑩫𑩯 𑪙𑩻𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚙𑚝𑚶𑚣𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• ப்ரிதந்யதி (Tamil script)
• పృతన్యతి (Telugu script)
• ปฺฤตนฺยติ (Thai script)
• པྲྀ་ཏ་ནྱ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒵𑒞𑒢𑓂𑒨𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨼𑨉𑨙𑨝𑩇𑨪𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Related to पृतन्यु (pṛtanyú, “enemy [< “attacking; fighting”]”), पृतन्या (pṛtanyā, “army”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pr̩.tɐn.jɐ́.ti/, [pr̩.tɐj̃.jɐ́.ti]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pr̩ˈt̪ɐn̪.jɐ.t̪i/

Verb

पृतन्यति • (pṛtanyáti) third-singular indicative (type P)

1. to fight; attack; assail
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.53.3.2:

     रु॒ज यस्त्वा॑ पृत॒न्यति॑ ॥

     rujá yás tvā pṛtanyáti .

     Crush him who fights with you!

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “पृतन्यति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 645.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पृतन्यति”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1044