पृथा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From root पृथ् (pṛth, flat; broad), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pr̥tʰ (flat), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (flat). Related to पृथु (pṛthu, broad) and पृथिवी (pṛthivī, earth).

Pronunciation

Noun

पृथा • (pṛthā́) f

  1. a Kuru queen; member of the Pañcakanyā; wife of Pāṇḍu; mother of the Pāṇḍavas
    Synonym: कुन्ती (kuntī)
  2. (Vedic) the Earth
    Synonyms: पृथिवी (pṛthivī), भूमि (bhūmi), धरित्री (dharitrī)

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Prakrit: 𑀧𑀼𑀣𑀸 (puthā)
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