पाताल

See also: पीतल and पतला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पाताल (pātāla).

Noun

पाताल • (pātāl) m

(Hinduism) the underworld, nether

Declension

Declension of पाताल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पाताल pātāl	पाताल pātāl
oblique	पाताल pātāl	पातालों pātālõ
vocative	पाताल pātāl	पातालो pātālo

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ᬧᬵᬢᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
পাতাল (Assamese script)
পাতাল (Bengali script)
𑰢𑰯𑰝𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀧𑀸𑀢𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
𑌪𑌾𑌤𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
પાતાલ (Gujarati script)
ਪਾਤਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦥꦴꦠꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
បាតាល (Khmer script)
ಪಾತಾಲ (Kannada script)
ປາຕາລ (Lao script)
പാതാല (Malayalam script)
𑘢𑘰𑘝𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
ᢒᠠᢗᢐᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
ᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
ပါတာလ (Burmese script)
𑧂𑧑𑦽𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
𑐥𑐵𑐟𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
ପାତାଲ (Oriya script)
ꢦꢵꢡꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
𑆥𑆳𑆠𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
𑖢𑖯𑖝𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
පාතාල (Sinhalese script)
పాతాల (Telugu script)
ปาตาล (Thai script)
པཱ་ཏཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
𑒣𑒰𑒞𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Probably derives from पात (pāta, “fall, descent”), from the root पत् (pat, “to fall”), comparing to its religious location. The termination is likely related to आलय (ālaya, “place”), though compare the names for the other underworld realms which end in तल (tala, “bottom”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɑː.tɑː.lɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /pɑːˈt̪ɑː.l̪ɐ/

Noun

पाताल • (pātāla) n

an excavation, a hole in the earth
one of the 7 regions under the earth and the abode of the nagas and demons (cf. RTL. 102 n. 1 &c) sometimes used as a general noun for the lower regions or hells
- c. 400 CE, Kālidāsa, Raghuvaṃśa 1.80:
  हविषे दीर्घसत्रस्य सा चेदानीं प्रचेतसः।
  भुजङ्गपिहितद्वारं पातालमधितिष्ठति
  haviṣe dīrghasatrasya sā cedānīṃ pracetasaḥ.
  bhujaṅgapihitadvāraṃ pātālamadhitiṣṭhati
  present there in the netherworld -behind doors, sentineled by thicksnakes-
  was too the wise(man) with offertories for a long(standing) ritual

Descendants

Pali: pātāla
Bengali: পাতাল (patal)
Hindi: पाताल (pātāl)
Oriya: ପାତାଳ (pataḷô)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “पाताल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0616.