नपात्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *nápāts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nápāts, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Cognates include Old Persian 𐎴𐎱𐎠 (napā), Latin nepōs, Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός (anepsiós) and Old English nefa.
Noun
नपात् • (nápāt) m
- descendant, offspring, son
- grandson (in later language restricted to this sense)
- name of one of the Vishvedevas
- path of the gods (?)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “नपात्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 527/2.
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