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Sanskrit
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Etymology
Compound of पाटलि (pāṭali) + पुत्र (putra); the first element is perhaps related to पाटल (pāṭala). Previously known by names like पाटलिग्राम (pāṭaligrāma) and पाटलिपुर (pāṭalipura).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
पाटलिपुत्र • (pāṭaliputra) stem, n
- Pataliputra (the ancient capital of the Magadha kingdom; modern Patna)
Derived terms
- पाटलिपुत्रक (pāṭaliputraka)
- Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀧𑀸𑀝𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢-𑀓 (*pāṭaliputta-ka)
Descendants
References
- “पाटलिपुत्र” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 309, column 2.
- Monier Williams (1899) “Pāṭali”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 615, column 1.