लूता

Sanskrit

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /luː.tɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /l̪uː.t̪ɑː/

Noun

लूता • (lūtā) stem, f

1. a spider

   Synonyms: लूतिका (lūtikā), तन्तुनाभ (tantunābha)

2. an ant

   Synonyms: उपदीका (upadīkā), वम्र (vamra), पिपीलक (pipīlaka)

3. a kind of cutaneous disease (said to be produced by the moisture from a spider)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of लूता

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	लूता (lūtā)	लूते (lūte)	लूताः (lūtāḥ)
accusative	लूताम् (lūtām)	लूते (lūte)	लूताः (lūtāḥ)
instrumental	लूतया (lūtayā) लूता¹ (lūtā¹)	लूताभ्याम् (lūtābhyām)	लूताभिः (lūtābhiḥ)
dative	लूतायै (lūtāyai)	लूताभ्याम् (lūtābhyām)	लूताभ्यः (lūtābhyaḥ)
ablative	लूतायाः (lūtāyāḥ) लूतायै² (lūtāyai²)	लूताभ्याम् (lūtābhyām)	लूताभ्यः (lūtābhyaḥ)
genitive	लूतायाः (lūtāyāḥ) लूतायै² (lūtāyai²)	लूतयोः (lūtayoḥ)	लूतानाम् (lūtānām)
locative	लूतायाम् (lūtāyām)	लूतयोः (lūtayoḥ)	लूतासु (lūtāsu)
vocative	लूते (lūte)	लूते (lūte)	लूताः (lūtāḥ)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀮𑀽𑀆 (lūā, “a spider or a particular disease”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “लूता”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 905.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lūtā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press