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)
vocative	लूते (lūte)	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)

• 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