दृति

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dér-ti-s ~ *dr̥-téy-s, from *der- (“to tear, to skin”). Distantly related to Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”); more closely to Ancient Greek δάρσις (dársis), Proto-Germanic *turþiz.

Pronunciation

Noun

दृति • (dṛ́ti) stem, m

  1. waterskin (a leather bag for holding liquids)
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.45.1:
      ए॒ष स्य भा॒नुर् उद् इ॑यर्ति यु॒ज्यते॒ रथः॒ परि॑ज्मा दि॒वो अ॒स्य सान॑वि ।
      पृ॒क्षासो॑ अस्मिन् मिथु॒ना अधि॒ त्रयो॒ दृति॑स् तु॒रीयो॒ मधु॑नो॒ वि र॑प्शते ॥
      eṣá syá bhānúr úd iyarti yujyáte ráthaḥ párijmā divó asyá sā́navi.
      pṛkṣā́so asmin mithunā́ ádhi tráyo dṛ́tis turī́yo mádhuno ví rapśate.
      Yonder goes up that light: your chariot is yoked that travels round upon the summit of this heaven.
      Within this car are stored three kindred shares of food, and a skin-bag filled with mead is rustling as the fourth.
  2. bellows (a leather device used for blowing air into a fire)
    • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 6.18.3:
      अ॒दो यत् ते॑ हृ॒दि श्रि॒तं म॑न॒स्कं प॑तयिष्णु॒कम् ।
      तत॑स् त ई॒र्ष्यां मु॑ञ्चामि॒ निर् ऊ॒ष्माणं॒ दृते॑र् इव ॥
      adó yát te hṛdí śritáṃ manaskáṃ patayiṣṇukám.
      tátas ta īrṣyā́ṃ muñcāmi nír ūṣmā́ṇaṃ dṛ́ter iva.
      The thought that harbours in your heart, the fluttering doubt that dwells therein.
      Yea, all your jealousy, like hot air from the bellows, I release thence.

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of दृति (dṛ́ti)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative दृतिः
dṛ́tiḥ 		दृती
dṛ́tī 		दृतयः
dṛ́tayaḥ
Vocative दृते
dṛ́te 		दृती
dṛ́tī 		दृतयः
dṛ́tayaḥ
Accusative दृतिम्
dṛ́tim 		दृती
dṛ́tī 		दृतीन्
dṛ́tīn
Instrumental दृतिना / दृत्या¹
dṛ́tinā / dṛ́tyā¹ 		दृतिभ्याम्
dṛ́tibhyām 		दृतिभिः
dṛ́tibhiḥ
Dative दृतये
dṛ́taye 		दृतिभ्याम्
dṛ́tibhyām 		दृतिभ्यः
dṛ́tibhyaḥ
Ablative दृतेः / दृत्यः¹
dṛ́teḥ / dṛ́tyaḥ¹ 		दृतिभ्याम्
dṛ́tibhyām 		दृतिभ्यः
dṛ́tibhyaḥ
Genitive दृतेः / दृत्यः¹
dṛ́teḥ / dṛ́tyaḥ¹ 		दृत्योः
dṛ́tyoḥ 		दृतीनाम्
dṛ́tīnām
Locative दृतौ / दृता¹
dṛ́tau / dṛ́tā¹ 		दृत्योः
dṛ́tyoḥ 		दृतिषु
dṛ́tiṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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