पाताल

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See also: पीतल, and पतला

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पाताल (pātāla).

Noun

पाताल • (pātāl) m

  1. (Hinduism) the underworld, nether

Declension

Declension of पाताल (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct पाताल
pātāl 		पाताल
pātāl
oblique पाताल
pātāl 		पातालों
pātālõ
vocative पाताल
pātāl 		पातालो
pātālo

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

Probably derives from पात (pāta, “fall, descent”), from the root पत् (pat, “to fall”), comparing to its religious location. The termination is likely related to आलय (ālaya, “place”), though compare the names for the other underworld realms which end in तल (tala, “bottom”).

Pronunciation

Noun

पाताल • (pātāla) stem, n

  1. an excavation, a hole in the earth
  2. one of the 7 regions under the earth and the abode of the Nagas and Asuras (cf. RTL. 102 n. 1 &c) sometimes used as a general noun for the lower regions or hells
    • c. 400 CE, Kālidāsa, Raghuvaṃśa 1.80:
      हविषे दीर्घसत्रस्य सा चेदानीं प्रचेतसः।
      भुजङ्गपिहितद्वारं पातालमधितिष्ठति
      haviṣe dīrghasatrasya sā cedānīṃ pracetasaḥ.
      bhujaṅgapihitadvāraṃ pātālamadhitiṣṭhati
      present there in the netherworld -behind doors, sentineled by thicksnakes-
      was too the wise(man) with offertories for a long(standing) ritual

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