पुरतस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬧᬸᬭᬢᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- পুৰতস্ (Assamese script)
- পুরতস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰲𑰨𑰝𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀢𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌪𑍁𑌰𑌤𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- પુરતસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਪੁਰਤਸੑ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦥꦸꦫꦠꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- បុរតស៑ (Khmer script)
- ಪುರತಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ປຸຣຕສ຺ (Lao script)
- പുരതസ് (Malayalam script)
- 𑘢𑘳𑘨𑘝𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠤᠷᠠᢐᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- ᢒᡠᡵᠠᢠᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- ပုရတသ် (Burmese script)
- 𑧂𑧔𑧈𑦽𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐸𑐬𑐟𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ପୁରତସ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢦꢸꢬꢡꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆶𑆫𑆠𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖲𑖨𑖝𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- පුරතස් (Sinhalese script)
- పురతస్ (Telugu script)
- ปุรตสฺ (Thai script)
- པུ་ར་ཏ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒳𑒩𑒞𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
*पुर (pura) + -तस् (-tas)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pu.ɾɐ.tɐs/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpu.ɾɐ.t̪ɐs̪/
Adverb
पुरतस् • (puratas)
- (with genitive case) in front [of]
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Kaṭha Upaniṣad
- c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 6.131.35:
- नरा मोदकहस्ताश्च रामस्य पुरतो ययुः॥
- narā modakahastāśca rāmasya purato yayuḥ.
- And men, with modaks in hand, went in from of Rama.
- नरा मोदकहस्ताश्च रामस्य पुरतो ययुः॥
- c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata 16.9.33.1:
- रथस्य पुरतो याति यः स चक्रगदाधरः।
- rathasya purato yāti yaḥ sa cakragadādharaḥ.
- The one who goes in front of the chariot is a bearer of mace and chakra.
- रथस्य पुरतो याति यः स चक्रगदाधरः।
- Budhakauśika, Rāma Rakṣā Stotra 31:
- दक्षिणे लक्ष्मणो यस्य वामे तु जनकात्मजा । पुरतो मारुतिर्यस्य तं वन्दे रघुनन्दनम् ॥
- dakṣiṇe lakṣmaṇo yasya vāme tu janakātmajā . purato mārutiryasya taṃ vande raghunandanam .
- On whose right is Lakshmana, while on the left, Sita; in front of whom is Hanuman, I bow to that Rama.
- दक्षिणे लक्ष्मणो यस्य वामे तु जनकात्मजा । पुरतो मारुतिर्यस्य तं वन्दे रघुनन्दनम् ॥
Descendants
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀑 (purao)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀤𑁄 (purado)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “पुरतस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 634.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2023), “puratas”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “पुरतस्”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1031
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “पुरतस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 164