लूता

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /luː.tɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪uː.t̪ɑː/

Noun

लूता • (lūtā) stem, f

1. a spider

   Synonyms: लूतिका (lūtikā), तन्तुनाभ (tantunābha)

2. an ant

   Synonyms: उपदीका (upadīkā), वम्र (vamra), पिपीलक (pipīlaka)

3. a kind of cutaneous disease (said to be produced by the moisture from a spider)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of लूता (lūtā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	लूता lūtā	लूते lūte	लूताः lūtāḥ
Vocative	लूते lūte	लूते lūte	लूताः lūtāḥ
Accusative	लूताम् lūtām	लूते lūte	लूताः lūtāḥ
Instrumental	लूतया / लूता¹ lūtayā / lūtā¹	लूताभ्याम् lūtābhyām	लूताभिः lūtābhiḥ
Dative	लूतायै lūtāyai	लूताभ्याम् lūtābhyām	लूताभ्यः lūtābhyaḥ
Ablative	लूतायाः / लूतायै² lūtāyāḥ / lūtāyai²	लूताभ्याम् lūtābhyām	लूताभ्यः lūtābhyaḥ
Genitive	लूतायाः / लूतायै² lūtāyāḥ / lūtāyai²	लूतयोः lūtayoḥ	लूतानाम् lūtānām
Locative	लूतायाम् lūtāyām	लूतयोः lūtayoḥ	लूतासु lūtāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀮𑀽𑀆 (lūā, “a spider or a particular disease”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “लूता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 905.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lūtā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press