वितस्ता

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱিতস্তা (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬶᬢᬲ᭄ᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
• বিতস্তা (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰰𑰝𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀺𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဝိတသ္တာ (Burmese script)
• વિતસ્તા (Gujarati script)
• ਵਿਤਸ੍ਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌿𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦶꦠꦱ꧀ꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂱𑂞𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ವಿತಸ್ತಾ (Kannada script)
• វិតស្តា (Khmer script)
• ວິຕສ຺ຕາ (Lao script)
• വിതസ്താ (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᡳᢠᠠᠰ᠌ᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘱𑘝𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠢᢐᠠᠰᢐᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧒𑦽𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐶𑐟𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଵିତସ୍ତା (Odia script)
• ꢮꢶꢡꢱ꣄ꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆴𑆠𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖰𑖝𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
• විතස‍්තා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩑𑩫𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚮𑚙𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
• விதஸ்தா (Tamil script)
• వితస్తా (Telugu script)
• วิตสฺตา (Thai script)
• ཝི་ཏ་སྟཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒱𑒞𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨁𑨙𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋi.tɐ́s.tɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋiˈt̪ɐs̪.t̪ɑː/

Proper noun

वितस्ता • (vitástā) stem, f

1. (geography) Jhelum (a river in India and Pakistan)
2. (Vedic religion) the Jhelum river personified as a goddess
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.75.5:

     इ॒मं मे॑ गङ्गे यमुने सरस्वति॒ शुतु॑द्रि॒ स्तोमं॑ सचता॒ परु॒ष्ण्या।
     अ॒सि॒क्न्या म॑रुद्वृधे वि॒तस्त॒या आर्जी॑कीये शृणु॒ह्या सु॒षोम॑या॥

     imáṃ me gaṅge yamune sarasvati śútudri stómaṃ sacatā páruṣṇyā́.
     asiknyā́ marudvṛdhe vitástayā́ ā́rjīkīye śṛṇuhyā́ suṣómayā.

     Accept this my praise, Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Sarasvatī, Śutudri, Paruṣṇi, Marudvṛdha with Asiknī,and Vitastā; listen, Ārjikīya with Suṣomā.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of वितस्ता (vitástā)
	Singular
Nominative	वितस्ता vitástā
Vocative	वितस्ते vítaste
Accusative	वितस्ताम् vitástām
Instrumental	वितस्तया / वितस्ता¹ vitástayā / vitástā¹
Dative	वितस्तायै vitástāyai
Ablative	वितस्तायाः / वितस्तायै² vitástāyāḥ / vitástāyai²
Genitive	वितस्तायाः / वितस्तायै² vitástāyāḥ / vitástāyai²
Locative	वितस्तायाम् vitástāyām
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas