परितस्

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Etymology

परि- (pari-) +‎ -तस् (-tas)

Pronunciation

Adverb

परितस् • (parítas)

  1. (with or without object with accusative case) round about, around, on all sides, all around
    • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 10.7.38.2:
      तस्मिं छ्रयन्ते य उ के च देवा वृक्षस्य स्कन्धः परित इव शाखाः ॥
      tasmiṃ chrayante ya u ke ca devā vṛkṣasya skandhaḥ parita iva śākhāḥ.
      • Translation by Ralph T. H. Griffith
        To him the Deities, one and all betake them. So stand the tree-trunk with the branches round it.
    • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 11.7.62:
      एकदा जग्मतुस्तासामन्नार्थं तौ कुटुम्बिनौ । परितः कानने तस्मिन्नर्थिनौ चेरतुश्चिरम् ॥
      ekadā jagmatustāsāmannārthaṃ tau kuṭumbinau. paritaḥ kānane tasminnarthinau ceratuściram.
      Once the two householders went to find food for them . All around the forest, the two seekers wandered for a long time.
    • 1998, Mahābaleśvara Bhaṭṭa, कारकम् [kārakam], Bengaluru: Saṃskṛtabhāratī, →OCLC, page 30:
      गृहम् अभितः तृणानि सन्ति । विद्यालयं परितः छात्राः क्रीडन्ति । बुभुक्षितं न प्रतिभाति किञ्चित् ।
      gṛham abhitaḥ tṛṇāni santi. vidyālayaṃ paritaḥ chātrāḥ krīḍanti. bubhukṣitaṃ na pratibhāti kiñcit.
      There is grass near the house. Students are playing around the school. No one seems hungry.

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