एतद्

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Pali

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Adjective

एतद्

  1. Devanagari script form of etad, which is nominative/accusative singular neuter of एत (eta, this)

Pronoun

एतद् n

  1. Devanagari script form of etad, which is nominative/accusative singular of एत (eta, this one)

Sanskrit

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Etymology

Equivalent to Proto-Indo-European *éy + *tód. Compare Russian этот (etot), Latin istud.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

एतद् (etád)

  1. this, this here
    एष बाणःeṣa bāṇaḥthis arrow
    एष कालःeṣa kālaḥthis time, i.e. now
    • (Can we date this quote?), The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi) (subsequently translated from Pali to Sanskrit), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya, Colombo, 2009:
      5. න හි වෛරෙණ වෛරාණී ශාම්‍යන‍්තීහ කදාචන
      ක්‍ෂාන‍්ත්‍යා වෛරාණී ශම්‍යන‍්ති එෂ ධර්‍මඃ සනාතනඃ.
      5. Na hi vaireṇa vairāṇi śāmyantīha kadācana.
      Kṣāntyā vairāṇi śāmyanti eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ.
      5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred.
      Hatreds are settled by forbearance. This is an eternal truth.
      (literally, “5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred.
      Hatreds are settled by forbearance. This truth is eternal.
      ”)
      (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)
  2. sometimes used to give emphasis to the personal pronouns
    एषोऽहम्eṣoʼhamI (emphatic); the person right here

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of एत
singular dual plural
nominative एषः (eṣaḥ)
एष (eṣa)
एतौ (etau)
एता¹ (etā¹)
एते (ete)
vocative - - -
accusative एतम् (etam) एतौ (etau)
एता¹ (etā¹)
एतान् (etān)
instrumental एतेन (etena) एताभ्याम् (etābhyām) एतैः (etaiḥ)
एतेभिः¹ (etebhiḥ¹)
dative एतस्मै (etasmai) एताभ्याम् (etābhyām) एतेभ्यः (etebhyaḥ)
ablative एतस्मात् (etasmāt)
एततः (etataḥ)
एताभ्याम् (etābhyām)
एततः (etataḥ)
एतेभ्यः (etebhyaḥ)
एततः (etataḥ)
genitive एतस्य (etasya) एतयोः (etayoḥ) एतेषाम् (eteṣām)
locative एतस्मिन् (etasmin) एतयोः (etayoḥ) एतेषु (eteṣu)
  • ¹Vedic
Feminine ā-stem declension of एता
singular dual plural
nominative एषा (eṣā) एते (ete) एताः (etāḥ)
vocative - - -
accusative एताम् (etām) एते (ete) एताः (etāḥ)
instrumental एतया (etayā)
एता¹ (etā¹)
एताभ्याम् (etābhyām) एताभिः (etābhiḥ)
dative एतस्यै (etasyai) एताभ्याम् (etābhyām) एताभ्यः (etābhyaḥ)
ablative एतस्याः (etasyāḥ)
एततः (etataḥ)
एताभ्याम् (etābhyām)
एततः (etataḥ)
एतेभ्यः (etebhyaḥ)
एततः (etataḥ)
genitive एतस्याः (etasyāḥ) एतयोः (etayoḥ) एतासाम् (etāsām)
locative एतस्याम् (etasyām) एतयोः (etayoḥ) एतासु (etāsu)
  • ¹Vedic
Neuter a-stem declension of एत
singular dual plural
nominative एतत् (etat) एते (ete) एतानि (etāni)
vocative - - -
accusative एतत् (etat) एते (ete) एतानि (etāni)
instrumental एतेन (etena) एताभ्याम् (etābhyām) एतैः (etaiḥ)
एतेभिः¹ (etebhiḥ¹)
dative एतस्मै (etasmai) एताभ्याम् (etābhyām) एतेभ्यः (etebhyaḥ)
ablative एतस्मात् (etasmāt)
एततः (etataḥ)
एताभ्याम् (etābhyām)
एततः (etataḥ)
एतेभ्यः (etebhyaḥ)
एततः (etataḥ)
genitive एतस्य (etasya) एतयोः (etayoḥ) एतेषाम् (eteṣām)
locative एतस्मिन् (etasmin) एतयोः (etayoḥ) एतेषु (eteṣu)
  • ¹Vedic

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