𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रतिष्ठान (pratiṣṭhā́na, “foundation”).

Noun

𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡 (païṭṭhāṇa) n (Devanagari पइट्ठाण, Gujarati પઇટ્ઠાણ, Kannada ಪಇಟ್ಠಾಣ) (Ardhamāgadhī, Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī)

1. foundation of a building or city

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡 (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀁 (païṭṭhāṇaṃ)	𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀇𑀁 (païṭṭhāṇāiṃ) or 𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀇 (païṭṭhāṇāi)
Accusative	𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀁 (païṭṭhāṇaṃ)	𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀇𑀁 (païṭṭhāṇāiṃ) or 𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀇 (païṭṭhāṇāi)
Instrumental	𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀡 (païṭṭhāṇeṇa) or 𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀡𑀁 (païṭṭhāṇeṇaṃ)	𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺 (païṭṭhāṇehi) or 𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (païṭṭhāṇehiṃ)
Dative	𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀅 (païṭṭhāṇāa)	—
Ablative	𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀑 (païṭṭhāṇāo) or 𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀉 (païṭṭhāṇāu) or 𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀸 (païṭṭhāṇā) or 𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺 (païṭṭhāṇāhi) or 𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (païṭṭhāṇāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲 (païṭṭhāṇassa)	𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀡 (païṭṭhāṇāṇa) or 𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀡𑀁 (païṭṭhāṇāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (païṭṭhāṇammi) or 𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑁂 (païṭṭhāṇe)	𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼 (païṭṭhāṇesu) or 𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (païṭṭhāṇesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡 (païṭṭhāṇa) or 𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀸 (païṭṭhāṇā)	𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀇𑀁 (païṭṭhāṇāiṃ) or 𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀇 (païṭṭhāṇāi)

Descendants

• Marathi: पैठण (paiṭhaṇ)

References

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 162
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pratiṣṭhāˊna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press