भूतपति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ভূতপতি (Assamese script)
ᬪᬹᬢᬧᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
ভূতপতি (Bengali script)
𑰥𑰳𑰝𑰢𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀪𑀽𑀢𑀧𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
ဘူတပတိ (Burmese script)
ભૂતપતિ (Gujarati script)
ਭੂਤਪਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌭𑍂𑌤𑌪𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦨꦹꦠꦥꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂦𑂴𑂞𑂣𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ಭೂತಪತಿ (Kannada script)
ភូតបតិ (Khmer script)
ຠູຕປຕິ (Lao script)
ഭൂതപതി (Malayalam script)
ᢨᡠᡠᢠᠠᢒᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘥𑘴𑘝𑘢𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠪᠾᠤᠤᢐᠠᢒᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧅𑧕𑦽𑧂𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐨𑐹𑐟𑐥𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ଭୂତପତି (Odia script)
ꢩꢹꢡꢦꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆨𑆷𑆠𑆥𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖥𑖳𑖝𑖢𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
භූතපති (Sinhalese script)
𑩳𑩒𑩛𑩫𑩰𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚡𑚱𑚙𑚞𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
பூ⁴தபதி (Tamil script)
భూతపతి (Telugu script)
ภูตปติ (Thai script)
བྷཱུ་ཏ་པ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
𑒦𑒴𑒞𑒣𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨡𑨃𑨊𑨙𑨞𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of भूत (bhūta, “being; evil spirit, ghost”) +‎ पति (pati, “Lord”), referring to the Hindu belief that Shiva's entourage consists of ghosts, goblins and spirits.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /bʱuː.tɐ.pɐ́.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈbʱuː.t̪ɐ.pɐ.t̪i/

Proper noun

भूतपति • (bhūtapáti) stem, m

"Lord of spirits and ghosts", an epithet of Rudra-Śiva
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 2.14.4:
  भूतपतिर् निर् अजत्व् इन्द्रश् चेतः सदान्वाः ।
  गृहस्य बुध्न आसीनास् ता इन्द्रो वज्रेणाधि तिष्ठतु ॥
  bhūtapatir nir ajatv indraś cetaḥ sadānvāḥ.
  gṛhasya budhna āsīnās tā indro vajreṇādhi tiṣṭhatu.
  May Bhūtapati and Indra drive away the Sadānvās from here.
  Let Indra with his bolt quell those who sit upon our dwelling's floor.
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 11.6.23:
  भूतं ब्रूमो भूतपतिं भूतानाम् उत यो वशी ।
  भूतानि सर्वा संगत्य ते नो मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः ॥
  bhūtaṃ brūmo bhūtapatiṃ bhūtānām uta yo vaśī.
  bhūtāni sarvā saṃgatya te no muñcantv aṃhasaḥ.
  The spirit, yea, the spirits' Lord, ruler of spirits, we address.
  Together let all spirits meet: may these deliver us from woe.

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of भूतपति (bhūtapáti)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	भूतपतिः bhūtapátiḥ	भूतपती bhūtapátī	भूतपतयः bhūtapátayaḥ
Vocative	भूतपते bhū́tapate	भूतपती bhū́tapatī	भूतपतयः bhū́tapatayaḥ
Accusative	भूतपतिम् bhūtapátim	भूतपती bhūtapátī	भूतपतीन् bhūtapátīn
Instrumental	भूतपतिना / भूतपत्या¹ bhūtapátinā / bhūtapátyā¹	भूतपतिभ्याम् bhūtapátibhyām	भूतपतिभिः bhūtapátibhiḥ
Dative	भूतपतये bhūtapátaye	भूतपतिभ्याम् bhūtapátibhyām	भूतपतिभ्यः bhūtapátibhyaḥ
Ablative	भूतपतेः / भूतपत्यः¹ bhūtapáteḥ / bhūtapátyaḥ¹	भूतपतिभ्याम् bhūtapátibhyām	भूतपतिभ्यः bhūtapátibhyaḥ
Genitive	भूतपतेः / भूतपत्यः¹ bhūtapáteḥ / bhūtapátyaḥ¹	भूतपत्योः bhūtapátyoḥ	भूतपतीनाम् bhūtapátīnām
Locative	भूतपतौ / भूतपता¹ bhūtapátau / bhūtapátā¹	भूतपत्योः bhūtapátyoḥ	भूतपतिषु bhūtapátiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic