प्रीतिprīti

प्रीति (prīti) is a Sanskrit word meaning pleasure, joy, gladness, and satisfaction, joy or gratification personified, an epithet of a shruti, the second of the twenty-seven astrological yogas, the thirteenth phase or digit of the moon, a symbolical expression for the sound dh. Its 20 recorded definitions are grouped into 10 contexts, among them General Positive Emotions (Joy, Love, etc.), Adverbial Usage (Joyfully, Amicably), Affection, Love, Friendship, Kindness.

Root: प्री (prī)
Etymology: E. प्री to please, aff. क्तिन्
Definitions: 20

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Meanings by context

General Positive Emotions (Joy, Love, etc.)

8 definitions

1. Satisfaction, gratification, joy, delight, or pleasure. 2. Kindly feeling, favour, friendship, affection, love, or fondness. 3. Joy personified as the daughter of Daksha and wife of Kama.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Joy, pleasure, or happiness. 2. Love, affection, or regard. 3. The wife of Kama. 4. The second of the twenty-seven astronomical yogas.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Joy, gladness, or happiness. 2. Satisfaction. 3. Kindness or favor. 4. Fondness, affection, or love. 5. A wife of Kamadeva.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Joy, pleasure, and happiness. 2. Love, affection, and regard. 3. The wife of Kama. 4. The second of the twenty-seven astronomical yogas.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Joy or gratification. 2. Love. 3. Peaceable way. 4. The wife of Kama.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Pleasure, satisfaction, or delight. 2. Friendship or love.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Pleasure. 2. Friendship.

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

1. Pleasure, joy, happiness, or enjoyment. 2. Grace, favour, kindness, or affection. 3. Joy personified as a daughter of Daksha. 4. Love personified as the wife of Kamadeva. 5. The second of the twenty-seven astronomical yogas. 6. The thirteenth kala of the moon.

प्रीति (prīti) [Printed book page 0662-c]
Prīti, is, f. any pleasurable sensation, pleasure,

joy, gladness, happiness; enjoyment, gratification, sa-

tisfaction [cf. ātma-p°]; graciousness, grace, favour,

favourableness, kindness, propitiousness; friendly

disposition, liking, fondness for, delighting in, friend-

liness, amity, regard, harmony, affection, love; con-

ciliation; Joy or Gratification personified as a

daughter of Dakṣa; Love personified as wife of

Kāma-deva; the second of the twenty-seven astro-

nomical Yogas; N. of the thirteenth Kalā of the

moon; a symbolical expression for the letter dh;

prītyā, ind. in a friendly way, amicably, peaceably.

—Prīti-kara, as, ī, am, causing pleasure; inspiring

love or affection; pleasing, agreeable. —Prīti-ka-

raṇa, am, n. the act of causing pleasure, gratifying.

—Prīti-karman, a, n. an act of friendship or

love; kind action. —Prīti-kūṭa, N. of a village.

—Prīti-candra, as, m., N. of a preceptor. —Prīti-

juṣā, f., N. of the wife of A-niruddha. —Prīti-

tṛṣ, ṭ, m. a N. of the god of love. —Prīti-da,

as, ā, am, giving pleasure; inspiring love or regard,

affectionate; (as), m. a jester or buffoon in a play,

the Vidūṣaka. —Prīti-datta, as, ā, am, given

through love or affection; (am), n. (?), property or

valuables presented to a female by her relations and

friends at the time of her marriage, and constituting

part of her peculiar property. —Prīti-dāna, am, n.

or prīti-dāya, as, m. ‘gift of love,’ a present

made from love or affection, a kind or friendly

present, token of affection. —Prīti-dhana, am, n.

money given from love or friendship. —Prīti-pātra,

am, n. an object of affection, a beloved person or

thing. —Prīti-puroga, as, ā, am, preceded by

affection, affectionate, loving. —Prīti-pūrvam or

prīti-pūrvakam, ind. with the accompaniment of

kindness, kindly, graciously, affectionately, in an af-

fectionate manner. —Prīti-pramukha, as, ā, am,

preceded by kindness (= prīti-pūrvaka), kind,

friendly. —Prītipramukha-vacana, am, n. a speech

preceded by affection, affectionate words, kind speech

(= prīti-pūrvakāṇi vacanāni or according to others

= sneha-pradhāna-vacanam, speech principally

characterized by affection). —Prīti-bhāj, k, k, k,

enjoying friendship, receiving friendly offices. —Prī-

ti-bhojya, as, ā, am, to be eaten joyfully or cheer-

fully. —Prīti-mat, ān, atī, at, having pleasurable

sensations, pleased, gratified; having love or affection

for (with loc. or gen.), full of affection, loving, fond,

affectionate, kind; favourable; (atī), f. a kind of

metre consisting of four lines, alternately ˘¯˘¯¯

˘˘¯˘¯¯ and ¯¯˘¯¯˘˘¯˘¯¯. —Prīti-ma-

nas, ās, ās, as, joyous-minded, joyful-hearted,

pleased in mind, content, happy; kind, affectionate.

—Prīti-maya, as, ī, am, made up of affection,
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arising from affection or joy. —Prīti-vacas, as, n.

kind or friendly words, gracious or kindly speech.

—Prīti-vāda, as, m. a friendly discussion. —Prīti-

vivāha, as, m. a love-marriage, love-match. —Prī-

ti-viśrambha-bhājana, am, n. a repository of

affection and confidence. —Prīti-śrāddha, am, n.

a funeral offering to the Manes of both parents

performed for the eldest surviving son, and to be

re-performed at some other period by this son in

person. —Prīti-saṅgati, is, f. a covenant of friend-

ship, friendly alliance. —Prīti-snigdha, as, ā, am,

moist through love or charming through affection

(said of the eyes). [ID=33888]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Adverbial Usage (Joyfully, Amicably)

2 definitions

gladly, with joy

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

in a friendly way

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Affection, Love, Friendship, Kindness

2 definitions

friendly disposition, kindness, favour, grace, affection, and love

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Love or joy. 2. The wife of Cupid. 3. The second of the twenty-seven Yogas.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Lunar Phase (Kalā of the Moon)

2 definitions

the thirteenth phase or digit of the moon

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a digit of the moon

— The Purana Index

A Kalā of Viṣṇu

1 definition

a digit or manifestation of Vishnu

— The Purana Index

Astrological Term (Second Yoga)

1 definition

the second of the twenty-seven astrological yogas

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Joy, Pleasure, Satisfaction

1 definition

pleasure, joy, gladness, and satisfaction

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Musical Term (Śruti)

1 definition

an epithet of a shruti

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Personified Deity (e.g., Wife of Kāma)

1 definition

joy or gratification personified

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Symbol for the Sound 'dh'

1 definition

a symbolical expression for the sound dh

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 11 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.