पाताल
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit पाताल (pātāla).
Noun edit
पाताल • (pātāl) m
- (Hinduism) the underworld, nether
Declension edit
Declension of पाताल (masc cons-stem)
Further reading edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पाताल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative scripts
- পাতাল (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬵᬢᬵᬮ (Balinese script)
- পাতাল (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰯𑰝𑰯𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀸𑀢𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- ပါတာလ (Burmese script)
- પાતાલ (Gujarati script)
- ਪਾਤਾਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌾𑌤𑌾𑌲 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦴꦠꦴꦭ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂰𑂞𑂰𑂪 (Kaithi script)
- ಪಾತಾಲ (Kannada script)
- បាតាល (Khmer script)
- ປາຕາລ (Lao script)
- പാതാല (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠠ᠊ᠠᢠᠠ᠊ᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘰𑘝𑘰𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠠᢗᢐᠠᢗᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧑𑦽𑧑𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐵𑐟𑐵𑐮 (Newa script)
- ପାତାଲ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢵꢡꢵꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆳𑆠𑆳𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖯𑖝𑖯𑖩 (Siddham script)
- පාතාල (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩛𑩫𑩛𑩽 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚭𑚙𑚭𑚥 (Takri script)
- பாதால (Tamil script)
- పాతాల (Telugu script)
- ปาตาล (Thai script)
- པཱ་ཏཱ་ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒰𑒞𑒰𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨊𑨙𑨊𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
पाताल • (pātāla) stem, n
- an excavation, a hole in the earth
- one of the 7 regions under the earth and the abode of the Nagas and Asuras (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
- haviṣe dīrghasatrasya sā cedānīṃ pracetasaḥ.
- हविषे दीर्घसत्रस्य सा चेदानीं प्रचेतसः।
Descendants edit
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “पाताल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0616.