पिप्पल

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • পিপ্পল (Assamese script)
  • ᬧᬶᬧ᭄ᬧᬮ (Balinese script)
  • পিপ্পল (Bengali script)
  • 𑰢𑰰𑰢𑰿𑰢𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀧𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀮 (Brahmi script)
  • ပိပ္ပလ (Burmese script)
  • પિપ્પલ (Gujarati script)
  • ਪਿਪ੍ਪਲ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌪𑌿𑌪𑍍𑌪𑌲 (Grantha script)
  • ꦥꦶꦥ꧀ꦥꦭ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂣𑂱𑂣𑂹𑂣𑂪 (Kaithi script)
  • ಪಿಪ್ಪಲ (Kannada script)
  • បិប្បល (Khmer script)
  • ປິປ຺ປລ (Lao script)
  • പിപ്പല (Malayalam script)
  • ᢒᡳᢒᢒᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘢𑘱𑘢𑘿𑘢𑘩 (Modi script)
  • ᢒᠢᢒᢒᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧂𑧒𑧂𑧠𑧂𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐥𑐶𑐥𑑂𑐥𑐮 (Newa script)
  • ପିପ୍ପଲ (Odia script)
  • ꢦꢶꢦ꣄ꢦꢭ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆥𑆴𑆥𑇀𑆥𑆬 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖢𑖰𑖢𑖿𑖢𑖩 (Siddham script)
  • පිප‍්පල (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩰𑩑𑩰 𑪙𑩰𑩽 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚞𑚮𑚞𑚶𑚞𑚥 (Takri script)
  • பிப்பல (Tamil script)
  • పిప్పల (Telugu script)
  • ปิปฺปล (Thai script)
  • པི་པྤ་ལ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒣𑒱𑒣𑓂𑒣𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨞𑨁𑨞𑩇𑨞𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From a Pre-Indo-Aryan substrate.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Vedic) IPA(key): /píp.pɐ.lɐ/, [píp̚.pɐ.lɐ]
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpip.pɐ.l̪ɐ/, [ˈpip̚.pɐ.l̪ɐ]

Noun

पिप्पल • (píppala) stem, m

  1. berry (especially of the sacred fig)
  2. the sacred fig, Ficus religiosa
  3. a kind of bird
  4. nipple
  5. sleeve of a jacket or coat
  6. a son of Mitra and Revati

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of पिप्पल
Nom. sg. पिप्पलः (pippalaḥ)
Gen. sg. पिप्पलस्य (pippalasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पिप्पलः (pippalaḥ) पिप्पलौ (pippalau) पिप्पलाः (pippalāḥ)
Vocative पिप्पल (pippala) पिप्पलौ (pippalau) पिप्पलाः (pippalāḥ)
Accusative पिप्पलम् (pippalam) पिप्पलौ (pippalau) पिप्पलान् (pippalān)
Instrumental पिप्पलेन (pippalena) पिप्पलाभ्याम् (pippalābhyām) पिप्पलैः (pippalaiḥ)
Dative पिप्पलाय (pippalāya) पिप्पलाभ्याम् (pippalābhyām) पिप्पलेभ्यः (pippalebhyaḥ)
Ablative पिप्पलात् (pippalāt) पिप्पलाभ्याम् (pippalābhyām) पिप्पलेभ्यः (pippalebhyaḥ)
Genitive पिप्पलस्य (pippalasya) पिप्पलयोः (pippalayoḥ) पिप्पलानाम् (pippalānām)
Locative पिप्पले (pippale) पिप्पलयोः (pippalayoḥ) पिप्पलेषु (pippaleṣu)

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

पिप्पल • (pippala) stem, n

  1. pleasure
  2. water
  3. sleeve of a jacket or coat

Declension
Neuter a-stem declension of पिप्पल
Nom. sg. पिप्पलम् (pippalam)
Gen. sg. पिप्पलस्य (pippalasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पिप्पलम् (pippalam) पिप्पले (pippale) पिप्पलानि (pippalāni)
Vocative पिप्पल (pippala) पिप्पले (pippale) पिप्पलानि (pippalāni)
Accusative पिप्पलम् (pippalam) पिप्पले (pippale) पिप्पलानि (pippalāni)
Instrumental पिप्पलेन (pippalena) पिप्पलाभ्याम् (pippalābhyām) पिप्पलैः (pippalaiḥ)
Dative पिप्पलाय (pippalāya) पिप्पलाभ्याम् (pippalābhyām) पिप्पलेभ्यः (pippalebhyaḥ)
Ablative पिप्पलात् (pippalāt) पिप्पलाभ्याम् (pippalābhyām) पिप्पलेभ्यः (pippalebhyaḥ)
Genitive पिप्पलस्य (pippalasya) पिप्पलयोः (pippalayoḥ) पिप्पलानाम् (pippalānām)
Locative पिप्पले (pippale) पिप्पलयोः (pippalayoḥ) पिप्पलेषु (pippaleṣu)

References
  1. Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “píppala-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 133

Further reading
  • Monier Williams (1899) “पिप्पल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 627/3.
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “pippala”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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