वितस्ता
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ৱিতস্তা (Assamese script)
- ᬯᬶᬢᬲ᭄ᬢᬵ (Balinese script)
- বিতস্তা (Bengali script)
- 𑰪𑰰𑰝𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀯𑀺𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဝိတသ္တာ (Burmese script)
- વિતસ્તા (Gujarati script)
- ਵਿਤਸ੍ਤਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌵𑌿𑌤𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦮꦶꦠꦱ꧀ꦠꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂫𑂱𑂞𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ವಿತಸ್ತಾ (Kannada script)
- វិតស្តា (Khmer script)
- ວິຕສ຺ຕາ (Lao script)
- വിതസ്താ (Malayalam script)
- ᠸᡳᢠᠠᠰ᠌ᢠᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘪𑘱𑘝𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠸᠢᢐᠠᠰᢐᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧊𑧒𑦽𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐰𑐶𑐟𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଵିତସ୍ତା (Odia script)
- ꢮꢶꢡꢱ꣄ꢡꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆮𑆴𑆠𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖪𑖰𑖝𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖯 (Siddham script)
- විතස්තා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩾𑩑𑩫𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚦𑚮𑚙𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚭 (Takri script)
- விதஸ்தா (Tamil script)
- వితస్తా (Telugu script)
- วิตสฺตา (Thai script)
- ཝི་ཏ་སྟཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒫𑒱𑒞𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨭𑨁𑨙𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ʋi.tɐ́s.tɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ʋi.t̪ɐs̪.t̪ɑː/
Proper noun
वितस्ता • (vitástā) stem, f
- (geography) Jhelum (a river in India and Pakistan)
- (Vedic religion) the Jhelum river personified as a goddess
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.75.5:
- इ॒मं मे॑ गङ्गे यमुने सरस्वति॒ शुतु॑द्रि॒ स्तोमं॑ सचता॒ परु॒ष्ण्या।
अ॒सि॒क्न्या म॑रुद्वृधे वि॒तस्त॒या आर्जी॑कीये शृणु॒ह्या सु॒षोम॑या॥- imáṃ me gaṅge yamune sarasvati śútudri stómaṃ sacatā páruṣṇyā́.
asiknyā́ marudvṛdhe vitástayā́ ā́rjīkīye śṛṇuhyā́ suṣómayā. - Accept this my praise, Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Sarasvatī, Śutudri, Paruṣṇi, Marudvṛdha with Asiknī,and Vitastā; listen, Ārjikīya with Suṣomā.
- imáṃ me gaṅge yamune sarasvati śútudri stómaṃ sacatā páruṣṇyā́.
- इ॒मं मे॑ गङ्गे यमुने सरस्वति॒ शुतु॑द्रि॒ स्तोमं॑ सचता॒ परु॒ष्ण्या।
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | वितस्ता (vitástā) |
| accusative | वितस्ताम् (vitástām) |
| instrumental | वितस्तया (vitástayā) वितस्ता¹ (vitástā¹) |
| dative | वितस्तायै (vitástāyai) |
| ablative | वितस्तायाः (vitástāyāḥ) वितस्तायै² (vitástāyai²) |
| genitive | वितस्तायाः (vitástāyāḥ) वितस्तायै² (vitástāyai²) |
| locative | वितस्तायाम् (vitástāyām) |
| vocative | वितस्ते (vítaste) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- Kashmiri: وؠتھ (vyath)
- Punjabi:
- Shahmukhi script: ویہَت (vehat)
- Saraiki: ویہَت (vehat)
- → Ancient Greek: Ῠ̔δάσπης (Hŭdáspēs)
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vitástā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 682