पृतना

Related to पृत् (pṛt).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pŕ̩.tɐ.nɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pr̩.t̪ɐ.n̪ɑː/

पृतना • (pṛ́tanā) stem, f

1. battle, strife, war, combat

   Synonyms: पृत् (pṛt), युद्ध (yuddha), आहव (āhava), मृध् (mṛdh), संग्राम (saṃgrāma)

   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.85.8.1:

     शूरा॑ इ॒वेद्युयु॑धयो॒ न जग्म॑यः श्रव॒स्यवो॒ न पृत॑नासु येतिरे ।

     śū́rā ivédyúyudhayo ná jágmayaḥ śravasyávo ná pṛ́tanāsu yetire .

     Like heroes, like combatants, like men anxious for food, the swift-moving [Maruts] have engaged in battles.

2. army; hostile armament or band

   Synonyms: सेना (senā), विदथ (vidatha), वरूथिनी (varūthinī), सैन्य (sainya), पृतन्या (pṛtanyā)

   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.24.1:

     अग्ने॒ सह॑स्व॒ पृत॑ना अ॒भिमा॑ती॒रपा॑स्य ।
     दु॒ष्टर॒स्तर॒न्नरा॑ती॒र्वर्चो॑ धा य॒ज्ञवा॑हसे ॥

     ágne sáhasva pṛ́tanā abhímātīrápāsya .
     duṣṭárastárannárātīrvárco dhā yajñávāhase .

     O Agni, subdue opposing bands, and drive our enemies away.
     Invincible, slay godless foes: give splendour to the worshipper.

3. (Classical Sanskrit, in the plural) humanity, mankind

   Synonyms: नृ (nṛ), मनु (manu)

   • c. 700 BCE – 500 BCE, Yāska, Naighaṇṭuka 2.3

• Monier Williams (1899) “पृतना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 645, column 3.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “pṛtanā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पृतना”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1044