Pluti: 8 definitions

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Pluti means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Pluti (प्लुति).—Prolation or protraction of a vowel when it is possessed of three matras; cf.. R. Pr. I.31. See प्लुत (pluta) above; cf. अविद्वांसः प्रत्यभिवादे नाम्नो ये न प्लुतिं विदुः । कामं तेषु तु विप्रोष्य स्त्रीष्विवायमहं वदेत् (avidvāṃsaḥ pratyabhivāde nāmno ye na plutiṃ viduḥ | kāmaṃ teṣu tu viproṣya strīṣvivāyamahaṃ vadet) M.Bh. on P.I.1 Ahnika 1

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pluti (प्लुति).—f S Hopping, skipping, leaping (as of birds or frogs).

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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pluti (प्लुति).—f. [plu-bhāve-ktin]

1) A flood, overflowing, inundation.

2) A leap, jump, spring; as in मण्डूकप्लुति (maṇḍūkapluti).

3) Capering, one of the paces of a horse.

4) Prolation or protraction of a vowel.

Derivable forms: plutiḥ (प्लुतिः).

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

Pluti (प्लुति).—f.

(-tiḥ) 1. Over-flowing. 2. Jumping. 3. A particular pace of a horse. 4. Protraction, (of a vowel.) E. plu, ktin aff.

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

Pluti (प्लुति).—[feminine] overflowing, flood; leap, jump; prolation ([grammar]).

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

1) Pluti (प्लुति):—[from plu] f. overflowing, a flood, [Varāha-mihira]

2) [v.s. ...] prolation (of a vowel cf. pluta), [Prātiśākhya; Pāṇini [Scholiast or Commentator]; ???]

3) [v.s. ...] a leap, jump, [Śakuntalā i, 7] [varia lectio] (also met.; cf. maṇḍūka-pl)

4) [v.s. ...] capering, curvet (one of a horse’s paces), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Pluti in German

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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.

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