Prithu, Pṛthu: 30 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
In Buddhism
1. Mahayana
In Jainism
1. General definition
India history
Languages
1. Marathi
2. Sanskrit
3. Hindi
4. Kannada
See also
Buy products

Introduction:

Prithu means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Pṛthu can be transliterated into English as Prthu or Prithu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Wisdom Library: Bhagavata Purana

Pṛthu (पृथु):—Son of Anenā (son of Purañjaya). He had a son named Viśvagandhi. (see Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.6.20)

Source: Wisdom Library: Varāha-purāṇa

Pṛthu (पृथु).—The son of Vibhu, who was the son of Prastotā, according to the Varāhapurāṇa chapter 74. Prastotā was the son of Udgātā, whose ancestral lineage can be traced to Svāyambhuva Manu, who was created by Brahmā, who was in turn created by Nārāyaṇa, the unknowable all-pervasive primordial being. Pṛthu had a son named Ananta.

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

1) Pṛthu (पृथु).—(vainya) A King of great virtue born in the line of Dhruva. Genealogy. Descending in order from Viṣṇu—Brahmā—Svāyambhuva Manu—Uttānapāda—Dhruva Śiṣṭi—Ripu—Cākṣuṣa Manu—Kuru—Aṅga—Vena—Pṛthu. (See full article at Story of Pṛthu from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)

2) Pṛthu (पृथु).—A virtuous brahmin of good conduct. Once when Pṛthu was travelling he met five ugly devils. They became devils for their sins of not doing any charity and behaving rudely with beggars. Pṛthu gave them advice on āhāra (food), ācāra (conduct) and vrata (vow) so that they might get salvation from their devil-lives. (Chapter 27, Sṛṣṭi Khaṇḍa, Padma Purāṇa).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Pṛthu (पृथु).—(Vainya) the son got out of Vena by the churning of his right arm by the sages to save him from falling into hell: is considered the ninth incarnation of Hari. The first king who introduced agriculture.¹ Panegyrised by the Gandharvas, and Siddhas playing on different musical instruments. For his coronation, presents came from Indra, Brahmā, Yama, Rudra and other gods; praised by Sūta, Māgadha and Bandin. Though these were discouraged, yet they continued to praise him for his righteous administrative policy. His sway extended to the Udaya hills.² Due to scarcity of supply, people complained of hunger, when Pṛthu aimed his arrow and threatened to vanquish her. The earth let herself be milked. With Svāyambhuva Manu for the calf and his own palms as pail; he milked the essence of all plants. This was followed by the sages, gods, asuras and others. Hilly tracts were levelled, and different kinds of villages, cities and towns were organised for the first time.³ Consecrated himself to perform one hundred aśvamedhas on the Sarasvatī. When 99 were over, jealous Indra ran away with the sacrificial horse. Advised by Atri, the king's son pursued him as the kite did Rāvaṇa and recovering the animal, earned the title Vijitāśva. Again Indra stole the horse, and Vijitāśva pursued him and recovered it. Pṛthu saw marks of sin on the part of Indra behaving like a miscreant and aimed his arrow at him. Persuaded by Brahmā, he controlled his rage and became friendly to Indra. On advice from Viṣṇu, he cast off his enmity to Indra and embraced him. Asked of the Lord to be ever devoted to him.⁴

1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa II. 7. 9; III. 1. 22; IV. 13. 20; I. 3. 14; Matsya-purāṇa 4. 44; 8. 2-12; Vāyu-purāṇa 62. 126-182; ch. 63; Viṣṇu-purāṇa I. 13. 39.
2) Bhāgavata-purāṇa IV. chh. 15-16 (whole).
3) Ib. IV. chh. 17-18 (whole) Viṣṇu-purāṇa I. 13. 9, 40-43.
4) Ib. IV. 19 (whole); 20. 1-31.

1b) A son of Tāmasa Manu;¹ a Kaśyapa and a Mantrakṛt.²

1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa VIII. 1. 27; Vāyu-purāṇa 62. 41-71; Viṣṇu-purāṇa III. 1. 18.
2) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 36. 47; Matsya-purāṇa 9. 15; 145. 100; Vāyu-purāṇa 59. 97.

1c) The son of Anenas and father of Visvarandhi (Viśvagandhi ?). (Viṣṭarāśva, Viṣṇu-purāṇa).^*

* Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 6. 20; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 63. 26; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 2. 35.

1d) A son of Rucaka.^*

* Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 23. 35.

1e) A son of Citraratha, of the Vṛṣṇi tribe; stationed by Kṛṣṇa to defend the northern gate of Mathurā; was on the right detachment of Kṛṣṇa's army;¹ got killed in the Yadava contest at Prabhāsa.²

1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 24. 18; X. 50. 20 [3]; [50 (v) 12].
2) Viṣṇu-purāṇa V; 37. 46.

1f) The son of Anīnas and father of Pṛṣadaśva.^*

* Vāyu-purāṇa 88. 25.

1g) The son of Vibhu.^*

* Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 14. 67. Vāyu-purāṇa 33. 57.

1h) A son of Supratika the elephant.^*

* Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 7. 341.

1i) A son of Śivadatta.^*

* Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 35. 12.

1j) A son of Citraka.^*

* Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 71. 114; Vāyu-purāṇa 96. 113; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 14. 11.

1k) A son of Suyodhana.^*

* Matsya-purāṇa 12. 29.

1l) A son of Aśvinī and Akrūra.^*

* Matsya-purāṇa 45. 32.

1m) A son of Pāra.^*

* Matsya-purāṇa 49. 55.

1n) A son of Purujānu.^*

* Matsya-purāṇa 50. 2.

1o) The Sūta sprang from the sacrifice of;¹ a Mantrakṛt.²

1) Vāyu-purāṇa 1. 33-4.
2) Ib. 59. 97.

1p) Father of Antardhi (Antardhāna) and Vādi.^*

* Vāyu-purāṇa 70. 21; Viṣṇu-purāṇa I. 13. 93; 14. 1; 22. 1.

1q) The son of Vibhu.^*

* Viṣṇu-purāṇa II. 1. 38.

1r) A son of Parāvṛt.^*

* Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 12. 11.

1s) The son of Supāra and father of Sukṛti.^*

* Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 19. 42.

Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Pṛthu (पृथु) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.177.17) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Pṛthu) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

Source: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study

1) Pṛthu (पृथु) or “Pṛthu Vainya” is the son of Vena and grandson of Aṅga, according to the Vaṃśa (‘genealogical description’) of the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, [...] In Cakṣuṣa’s race there were born Aṅga, Kradu, Śiva and many others. Vena was born to Aṅga and from Vena was born Pṛthu Vainya, who was a famous king in ancient times and for the welfare of mankind he milked the earth in the form of a cow. Mahābhāgā, the wife of Pṛthu gave birth to Śikhaṇḍin and Havirdhāna.

2) Pṛthu (पृथु) is also the son of Suyodhana and grandson of Kakutstha, according to the Vaṃśānucarita section of the Saurapurāṇa.—Accordingly, [...] Vikukṣi had hundred sons of whom Kakutstha was the eldest. Kakutstha’s son was Suyodhana, whose son was Pṛthu. Pṛthu’s son was Viśvaka and the latter’s son was Damaka.

3) Pṛthu (पृथु) also refers to one of the seven sages (saptarṣi) in the Tāmasamanvantara.—Accordingly, “In the tāmasamanvantara the Martyas and the Sudhiyas are the Gods, Jyoti, Dharma Pṛthu, Kalpa, Caitrāgni, Savana and Pīvara are the seven sages. Śibi was the Indra”.

context information

The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: Wisdom Library: Raj Nighantu

Pṛthu (पृथु) refers to “earth” and is mentioned in a list of 53 synonyms for dharaṇi (“earth”), according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil [viz., Pṛthu], mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees and plants and substances, with their various kinds.

context information

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Pṛthu (पृथु) refers to “large”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 8), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If the disc of Jupiter (bṛhaspati) be full of pure rays and large [i.e., pṛthu-mūrti] and appear of the colour of white jasmine or white water lily or crystal and if he does not suffer by occulation by or conjunction with, other planets and when he is in his good course mankind will be happy”.

Source: Google Books: Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences (Astronomy)

Pṛthu (पृथु) or Pṛthucchidra (also Mahārandhra) refers to a “large aperture” at the bottom of a bowl, used in the creation of a water-clock.—(Cf. Astronomical instruments in Bhāskarācārya’s Siddhāntaśiromaṇi).—According to Munīśvara (1603 A.D.) in his Marīci commentary on Bhāskara II: “The bowl should be so made that it has a large hole (pṛthu-chidra = mahārandhra) at the bottom. Through this statement it is indicated that the hole should be made in such a manner that, when the bowl is placed on the water of the basin and when water enters [the bowl], the hole is not blocked by any dirt that may be in the water of the basin. Because of the possibiliy of a small hole getting blocked by dirt an the like, assuming here a coalescene of the vowel a (akāra-praśleṣa) [by reading apṛthu] is not proper”.

context information

Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Pṛthupatha (पृथुपथ) refers to the “extended (path of emanation)”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “May she, the goddess Nityaklinnā, who consists of thirty-two syllables and is like the red sun, protect (us). I bow with devotion to the mistress of all, who is accomplished and who, having accomplished all things, travels on the extended path (pṛthu-patha) (of emanation)”.

context information

Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Apam Napat: Indian Mythology

Prithu is a King of the Solar dynasty and an ancestor of Rama. He is the son of Anaranya and the father of Trishanku.

Source: WikiPedia: Hinduism

Prithu is "celebrated as the first consecrated king, from whom the earth received her (Sanskrit) name Prithvi."

Prithu (Sanskrit: पृथु, Pṛthu, lit. "large, great, important, abundant") is a sovereign (chakravartin), named in the Vedic scriptures and considered an Avatar (incarnation) of the preserver god—Vishnu.He is also called Pruthu, Prithi and Prithu Vainya, literally, Prithu — the son of Vena.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Pṛthu (पृथु) refers to “numerous”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] At that time, sixty koṭis of Bodhisattvas, having stood up from the congregation, joined their palms, paid homage to the Lord, and then uttered these verses in one voice: ‘[...] (221) Even though we are very far away, we will go to quench the desire for the dharma. Having obtained pleasure and joy of the dharma, we will work for the benefit of living beings (dehin). (222) Despite seeing numerous errors (pṛthu—skhalitaṃ pṛthu) of living beings directly, we will investigate ourselves, abiding in the gentleness of the dharma. [...]’”.

context information

Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Een Kritische Studie Van Svayambhūdeva’s Paümacariu

Pṛthu (पृथु) participated in the war between Rāma and Rāvaṇa, on the side of the latter, as mentioned in Svayambhūdeva’s Paumacariu (Padmacarita, Paumacariya or Rāmāyaṇapurāṇa) chapter 57ff. Svayambhū or Svayambhūdeva (8th or 9th century) was a Jain householder who probably lived in Karnataka. His work recounts the popular Rāma story as known from the older work Rāmāyaṇa (written by Vālmīki). Various chapters [mentioning Pṛthu] are dedicated to the humongous battle whose armies (known as akṣauhiṇīs) consisted of millions of soldiers, horses and elephants, etc.

context information

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions

Pṛthu (पृथु) is an example of a name based on an Epic or Purana mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions. The Gupta empire (r. 3rd-century CE), founded by Śrī Gupta, covered much of ancient India and embraced the Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Derivation of personal names (e.g., Pṛthu) during the rule of the Guptas followed patterns such as tribes, places, rivers and mountains.

context information

The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pṛthu (पृथु).—a S Large, bulky, huge, great.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

pṛthu (पृथु).—a Large, bulky, huge, great.

context information

Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pṛthu (पृथु).—a. (-thu or -thvī f., compar. prathīyas, superl. prathiṣṭha) [प्रथ्-कु संप्र° (prath-ku saṃpra°) Uṇādi-sūtra 1.28]

1) Broad, wide, spacious, expansive; पृथुनितम्ब (pṛthunitamba) q. v. below; सिन्धोः पृथुमपि तनुम् (sindhoḥ pṛthumapi tanum) Meghadūta 48.

2) Copious, abundant, ample; अव्युच्छिन्नपृथु- प्रवृत्ति भवतो दानं ममाप्यर्थिषु (avyucchinnapṛthu- pravṛtti bhavato dānaṃ mamāpyarthiṣu) V.4.47.

3) Large, great; दृशः पृथुतरीकृताः (dṛśaḥ pṛthutarīkṛtāḥ) Ratnāvalī 2.15; अरोधि पन्थाः पृथुदन्तशालिना (arodhi panthāḥ pṛthudantaśālinā) Śi. 12.48; R.11.25.

4) Detailed, prolix.

5) Numerous.

6) Smart, sharp, clever.

7) Important.

6) Various.

-thuḥ 1 Name of fire or Agni.

2) Name of Viṣṇu.

3) Of Mahādeva.

4) Name of a king. [Pṛthu was the son of Vena, son of Anga. He was called the first king, from whom the earth received her name Pṛthvī. The Viṣṇu Purāṇa relates that when Vena who was wicked by nature and prohibited worship and sacrifice, was beaten to death by the pious sages, and when consequently robbery and anarchy prevailed in the absence of a King, the Munis rubbed the right arm of the dead king to produce a son, and from it sprang the majestic Pṛthu, glowing like Agni. He was immediately declared King, and his subjects who had suffered from famine, besought the monarch for the edible fruits and plants which the earth withheld from them. In anger Pṛthu took up his bow to compel her to yield the supply so much needed by his subjects. She assumed the form of a cow and began to flee chased by the King. But she at last yielded and requested him to spare her life, and at the same time promised to restore all the needed fruits, plants &c., 'if a calf were given to her through which she might be able to secrete milk.' Pṛthu thereupon made Svāyambhuva Manu the calf; milked the earth, and received the milk into his own hand, from which proceeded all kinds of corn, vegetables, fruits &c., for the maintenance of his subjects. The example or Pṛthu was afterwards followed by a variety of milkers-gods, men, Ṛiṣis, mountains, Nāgas, Asuras &c., who found out the proper milkman and calf from their own number, and milked the earth of whatever they wanted; cf. Kumārasambhava 1.2.]

-thu f. Opium.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pṛthu (पृथु).—(like Pali puthu = Sanskrit pṛthak- in pṛthag-jana), common, ordinary: pṛthu pratyekarājāno Mahāvastu ii.270.10 (prose), contrasted with rājā cakravartī. But pṛthu- kāyāḥ (one or two words) Mahāvastu i.350.10 probably means numer- ous (so Sanskrit pṛthu) classes (of beings); and so pṛthu(-)tīr- thyā(ḥ) Śikṣāsamuccaya 332.9 (verse), numerous (rather than worldly, Bendall and Rouse 295) heretics; in Śikṣāsamuccaya 109.9 (verse) pṛtha (for pṛthak ? or read pṛthu, in sense of numerous?) kāya- sākṣī (see °kṣin). In pṛthu-vaiśāradya (see this) Mahāvastu ii.261.6; 262.7 meaning uncertain; perhaps manifold, inclusive, general confidence? Contrasts with kāya-, vācā-, and citta-vai°.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pṛthu (पृथु).—mfn. (-thuḥ-thuḥ-thvī-thu) 1. Large, great. 2. Smart, clever. m.

(-thuḥ) 1. The fifth monarch of the solar dynasty in the second age. 2. A name of Agni or fire. f.

(-thuḥ) 1. A pungent seed, (Nigella Indica.) 2. A medicinal substance, commonly Hingupatri. 3. Opium. E. prath to be famous, aff. ku, and ra changed to ṛ .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pṛthu (पृथु).—i. e. prath + u, I. adj., f. thu and thvī, comparat. pṛthutara and prathīyas, superl. pṛthutama and prathiṣṭha, Large, great, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 47. Ii. m. The name of a king and of others. Iii. f. thvī, The earth, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 51. Iv. f. thu and thvī, A pungent seed, Nigella Indica.

— Cf. [Gothic.] braids; [Anglo-Saxon.] brád; [Latin] lātus.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pṛthu (पृथु).—([feminine] pṛthvī & pṛthu) wide, broad, large, extensive, ample, abundant; [neuter] [adverb] —[masculine] a man’s name; [feminine] pṛthvī the earth, land, realm.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Pṛthu (पृथु) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—son of Vaṭeśvara, father of Viśākhadatta (Mudrārākṣasa).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Pṛthu (पृथु):—[from pṛth] mf(vī or u)n. broad, wide, expansive, extensive, spacious, large

2) [v.s. ...] great, important

3) [v.s. ...] ample, abundant

4) [v.s. ...] copious, numerous, manifold, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc. (u ind.)

5) [v.s. ...] prolix, detailed, [Varāha-mihira]

6) [v.s. ...] smart, clever, dexterous, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) [v.s. ...] m. a [particular] measure of length (= pṛtha), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) [v.s. ...] fire, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

9) [v.s. ...] Name of Śiva, [Mahābhārata]

10) [v.s. ...] of one of the Viśve Devās, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

11) [v.s. ...] of a Dānava, [Harivaṃśa]

12) [v.s. ...] of a son of An-enas, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa]

13) [v.s. ...] of a Vṛṣṇi and son of Citraka, [ib.]

14) [v.s. ...] of a son of Citra-ratha, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

15) [v.s. ...] of a descendant of Ikṣvāku (son of An-araṇya and father of Tri-śaṅku), [Rāmāyaṇa]

16) [v.s. ...] of a son of Para, [Harivaṃśa]

17) [v.s. ...] of a son of Prastāra, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

18) [v.s. ...] of a son of Rucaka, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

19) [v.s. ...] of a son of one of the Manus, [Harivaṃśa]

20) [v.s. ...] of one of the Saptarṣis, [ib.]

21) [v.s. ...] of a son of Vaṭeśvara (father of Viśākha-datta), [Catalogue(s)]

22) [v.s. ...] of a son of Veṇa, [Monier-Williams’ Buddhism 423]

23) [v.s. ...] of a monkey, [Rāmāyaṇa]

24) [v.s. ...] (u) f. Nigella Indica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

25) [v.s. ...] = hiṅgu-pattrī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

26) [v.s. ...] opium, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

27) [from pṛth] cf. [Greek] πλατύς; [German] platt; [English] plate.

28) [v.s. ...] ind.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pṛthu (पृथु):—[(thuḥ-thvī-thu) a.] Great, large; clever. 2. m. The 5th monarch of the solar race; Agni, fire. f. A pungent seed; opium.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pṛthu (पृथु) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pihu, Puhu.

[Sanskrit to German]

Prithu in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Pṛthu (पृथु) [Also spelled prathu]:—(a) wide, large; expensive; spacious, copious.

context information

...

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pṛthu (ಪೃಥು):—

1) [adjective] broad; wide.

2) [adjective] big; large; huge.

3) [adjective] indefinitely large in number; numerous; innumerble.

4) [adjective] marked by careful attention to detail; detailed.

5) [adjective] meaning a great deal; having much significance, consequence or value; important.

6) [adjective] of several kinds; various.

7) [adjective] quick; alert; nimble; sharp; skilled.

--- OR ---

Pṛthu (ಪೃಥು):—

1) [noun] the quality or fact of being broad, wide; breadth; width.

2) [noun] the quality or fact of being large, huge; largeness; hugeness.

3) [noun] the plant Centrantherum anthelmenticum ( = Vernonia anthelmentica) of Asteraceae family; wild cumin.

4) [noun] its black seeds; black cumin; wild cumin.

5) [noun] the plant Ferula assafoetida of Apiaceae family (from which asafoetida, the bad-smelling gum resin is obtained).

6) [noun] fire or the Fire-God.

7) [noun] Viṣṇu.

8) [noun] Śiva.

9) [noun] one of the eight Vasus, a class of deities.

10) [noun] a yellow to dark brown, addicting, narcotic drug prepared from the juice of the unripe seed capsules of the opium poppy; opium.

11) [noun] (myth.) the name of the first emperor of the king by whose name the earth is came to be known as Přthvi.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Relevant text

Search found 74 books and stories containing Prithu, Pṛthu, Prthu, Prirhu, Pṛrhu, Prrhu; (plurals include: Prithus, Pṛthus, Prthus, Prirhus, Pṛrhus, Prrhus). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

Verse 1.5.15 < [Chapter 5 - The Lord’s Appearance]

Verse 5.12.14 < [Chapter 12 - Pancajana’s Previous Birth]

Verse 1.13.19 < [Chapter 13 - The Liberation of Pūtanā]

+ 6 more chapters / show preview

Rig Veda 2.10.4 < [Sukta 10]

Rig Veda 10.156.3 < [Sukta 156]

Rig Veda 10.99.2 < [Sukta 99]

+ 55 more chapters / show preview

Verse 1.2.265 < [Part 2 - Devotional Service in Practice (sādhana-bhakti)]

Verse 4.6.4 < [Part 5 - Dread (bhayānaka-rasa)]

Verse 4.8.21 < [Part 8 - Compatible & Incompatible Mellows (maitrī-vaira-sthiti)]

+ 8 more chapters / show preview