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हेति
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Pali
Alternative forms
Verb
हेति
- Devanagari script form of heti, which is third-person singular future active of होति (hoti, “to be, to exist”)
Sanskrit
Etymology
From the root हि (hi) + -ति (-ti), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“dart, projectile”); cognate with English goad and Scottish Gaelic gath (“arrow, dart”).
Pronunciation
Noun
हेति • (hetí) stem, f or m
- a missile
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.3.14:
- परि॑ णो हे॒ती रु॒द्रस्य॑ वृज्याः॒ परि॑ त्वे॒षस्य॑ दुर्म॒तिर्म॒ही गा॑त् ।
अव॑ स्थि॒रा म॒घव॑द्भ्यस्तनुष्व॒ मीढ्व॑स्तो॒काय॒ तन॑याय मृळ ॥- pári ṇo hetī́ rudrásya vṛjyāḥ pári tveṣásya durmatírmahī́ gāt.
áva sthirā́ maghávadbhyastanuṣva mī́ḍhvastokā́ya tánayāya mṛḷa - May Rudra's missile turn aside and spare us, may the great wrath of the impetuous One avoid us.
Turn, O Bounteous God, thy strong bow from our princes, and be thou gracious to our progeny and offspring.
- pári ṇo hetī́ rudrásya vṛjyāḥ pári tveṣásya durmatírmahī́ gāt.
- परि॑ णो हे॒ती रु॒द्रस्य॑ वृज्याः॒ परि॑ त्वे॒षस्य॑ दुर्म॒तिर्म॒ही गा॑त् ।
- a shot, flame
- the weapon of Agni
- any weapon
Declension
- ¹Vedic
- ²Later Sanskrit
- ³Brāhmaṇas
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → Tamil: ஏதி (ēti)
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