# प्रीति (prīti)

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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 — E. prī to please, aff. ktin
- **SLP1:** `prIti`  **IAST:** prīti  **Devanagari:** प्रीति
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priti_%28goddess%29
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/priti/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** प्रीती (prītī)

## 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*
  > प्रीति (prīti) [Printed book page 188-1 ] प्रीति (prīti) prī-ti, f. satisfaction, gratification, joy, delight, pleasure (in or at, lc. or —° ); kindly feeling, favour; friendship, with (samam or —° ); affection, love, or fondness for ( g., lc., —° ); Joy ( personified, esp. as the daughter of Dakṣa and as on of the wives of Kāma ): in. joyfully; in a friendly way; affectionately: -kara, a. giving satisfaction to, pleasing ( —° ); -karman, n. act of love, friendly action; -kūṭa, N. of a village; -datta, pp. given through affection or love; -dāna, n. gift of love; -dāya, m. id.; -dhana, n. money given through friendship; -pūrvakam, ad. kindly, affectionately; -pramukha, a. kindly ( speech ); -mat, a. glad; satisfied; feeling love or friendship for ( g. or lc. ); kind ( word ); -maya, a. produced by joy; -yuj, a. beloved, dear; -rasāyana, n. elixir of joy; -vacas, n. kind or friendly words; -vardhana, m. (increaser of joy), N. of of the fourth month; -viśrambha-bhājana, n. repository of affection and confidence; -saṃgati, f. friendly alliance with ( in. ). [ ID=12530 ]
- 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*
  > प्री (prī) ति (prīti) [Printed book page 590 ] प्री (prī) ति (prīti) f. ( - तिः (-tiḥ) ) 1 Joy, pleasure, happiness. 2 Love, affection, regard. 3 The wife of KĀMA, or Cupid. 4 The second of the twenty-seven astronomical Yogas. E. प्री (prī) to please, aff. क्तिन् (ktin). [ ID=27220 ]
- 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*
  > प्रीति (prīti) [Printed book page 493-09 ] प्रीति (prīti) f. 1. Joy, gladness, happiness, K.S. ii.45, R. ii.51; 2. satisfaction, gratification; 3. kindness, favour; 4. liking, fondness, affection, lore, R. i.57, xii.54, M. ix.168; 5. a wife of Kāmadeva (co-wife of Rati). [ ID=25651 ]
- 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*
  > प्री (prī) ति (prīti) [Printed book page 506-b ] प्री (prī) ति (prīti) f. ( - तिः (-tiḥ) ) 1. Joy, pleasure, happiness. 2. Love, affection, regard. 3. The wife of KĀMA, or Cupid. 4. The second of the twenty-seven astronomical Yogas. E. प्री (prī) to please, aff. क्तिच । (ktica.) [ ID=28022 ]
- 1. Joy or gratification. 2. Love. 3. Peaceable way. 4. The wife of Kama.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रीति (prīti) [Printed book page 0618-a ] प्रीति (prīti) prī + ti, f. 1. Joy, Pañc. ii. d. 71; gratification, Hit. i. d. 96, M.M. 2. Love, Pañc. i. d. 317; Kathās. 99, 100. 3. Peaceable way, Pañc. i. d. 421. 4. The wife of Kāma, or Cupid. — Comp. Nirupama-rasa, i. e. nis-upa- ma-rasa-, f. unparalleled delight, Bhartṛ. 2, 9 (thus to be read). — Cf. A.S. fridh, fredho; O.H.G. fridu. [ ID=10087 ]
- 1. Pleasure, satisfaction, or delight. 2. Friendship or love.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रीति (prīti) [Printed book page 353 ] प्रीति (prīti) f. pleasure, satisfaction, or delight in ( loc. or —°); friendship, love (also personif. as the wife of the god of love). [ ID=21456 ]
- 1. Pleasure. 2. Friendship.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > प्रीति (prīti) [Printed book page 198-b ] prīti, f. —1. pleasure; prītyā, with pleasure, gladly; —2. friendship. [ √prī. ] [ ID=2835 ]
- 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.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > 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, Page0663-a+ 79 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 ]

### Adverbial Usage (Joyfully, Amicably) (2 definitions)
- gladly, with joy  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2C) [Printed book page 711,1] प्रीत्या (prītyā) ind. in a state of joyful excitement, gladly, with joy, MBh.; R.; Ragh.; Kathās. [ ID=140733 ]
- in a friendly way  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > in a friendly way, amicably, Mn.; Ragh. &c. [ ID=140734 ]

### Affection, Love, Friendship, Kindness (2 definitions)
- friendly disposition, kindness, favour, grace, affection, and love  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > friendly disposition, kindness, favour, grace, amity (with समम् (samam) or ifc. ), affection, love (with gen. loc., or ifc. ), MBh.; Kāv. &c. [ ID=140727 ]
- 1. Love or joy. 2. The wife of Cupid. 3. The second of the twenty-seven Yogas.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > प्रीति (prīti) [Printed book page 529-a ] प्रीति (prīti) ( तिः ) ((tiḥ)) 2. f. Love; joy; wife of Cupid; 2nd of 27 Yogas. [ ID=26720 ]

### Lunar Phase (Kalā of the Moon) (2 definitions)
- the thirteenth phase or digit of the moon  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of the 13th Kalā of the moon, Cat. [ ID=140731 ]
- a digit of the moon  
  *The Purana Index*
  > प्रीति (prīti) [Printed book page 2-449 ] Prīti (I) — a Kalā of the moon. Br. IV. 35. 92. [ ID=8798 ]

### A Kalā of Viṣṇu (1 definition)
- a digit or manifestation of Vishnu  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Prīti (II) — a Kalā of Viṣṇu. Br. IV. 35. 95. [ ID=8799 ]

### Astrological Term (Second Yoga) (1 definition)
- the second of the twenty-seven astrological yogas  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the 2nd of the 27 astrological, Yogas.; L. [ ID=140730 ]

### Joy, Pleasure, Satisfaction (1 definition)
- pleasure, joy, gladness, and satisfaction  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 711,1] प्रीति (prīti) f. any pleasurable sensation, pleasure, joy, gladness, satisfaction (with loc. or ifc.; with ind.p., ‘joy at having done anything’), GṛŚrS. &c. &c. [ ID=140726 ]

### Musical Term (Śruti) (1 definition)
- an epithet of a shruti  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Śruti, Saṃgīt. [ ID=140729 ]

### Personified Deity (e.g., Wife of Kāma) (1 definition)
- joy or gratification personified  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > joy or gratification personified ( esp. as a daughter of Dakṣa or as one of the two wives of Kāma-deva), Hariv.; Pur.; Kathās. [ ID=140728 ]

### Symbol for the Sound 'dh' (1 definition)
- a symbolical expression for the sound dh  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a symbolical expression for the sound ध् (dh), RāmatUp. [ ID=140732 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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