दत्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hdáns, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hdáns, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́t/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐt̪/

Noun

दत् • (dát) stem, m (taking the form दन्त (dánta) in the strong cases)

1. a tooth
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.43.3:

     आरोका इव घेदह तिग्मा अग्ने तव त्विषः ।
     दद्भिर्वनानि बप्सति ॥

     ārokā iva ghedaha tigmā agne tava tviṣaḥ .
     dadbhirvanāni bapsati .

     Thy sharpened flames, O Agni, like the gleams of light that glitter through,
     Devour the forests with their teeth.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa

Declension

Related terms

• दन्त (dánta)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दत्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0467.