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Etymology
Related to पृतन्यु (pṛtanyú, “enemy ”), पृतन्या (pṛtanyā, “army”).
Pronunciation
Verb
पृतन्यति • (pṛtanyáti) third-singular indicative (type P)
- to fight; attack; assail
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 9.53.3.2:
- रु॒ज यस्त्वा॑ पृत॒न्यति॑ ॥
- rujá yás tvā pṛtanyáti .
- Crush him who fights with you!
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “पृतन्यति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 645.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पृतन्यति”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1044