पृष्ठ

Borrowed from Sanskrit पृष्ठ (pṛṣṭha). Doublet of पुट्ठा (puṭṭhā).

पृष्ठ • (pŕiṣṭh) m

1. page

   जालपृष्ठ ― jālpŕṣṭh ― webpage

2. back, rear

• पृष्ठभूमि (pŕṣṭhabhūmi)

Borrowed from Sanskrit पृष्ठ (pṛṣṭha).

पृष्ठ • (pruṣṭh) n

1. back, rear, hinder part
2. page

• James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “पृष्ठ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

पृष्ठ • (pŕṣṭh), pronounced प्रिष्ठ (priṣṭha)

1. page (of a book); webpage

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *pr̥ṣṭʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥štʰás (“back”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥-sth₂-ós. Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬙𐬀‎ (paršta), Persian پشت‎ (pošt).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pr̩ʂ.ʈʰɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpr̩ʂ.ʈʰɐ/

पृष्ठ • (pṛṣṭhá) n

1. the back (as the prominent part of an animal), the hinder part or rear of anything

   pṛṣṭhena-√yā (+genitive) — to ride on

   pṛṣṭhena-√vah — to carry on the back

   pṛṣṭhaṃ-√dā — to give the back, make a low obeisance

   पृष्ठे (pṛṣṭhe) — behind or from behind

2. the upper side, surface, top, height

   with दिवः (diváḥ), or नाकस्य (nā́kasya) — the surface of the sky, vault of heaven; cf. घृतपृष्ठ (ghṛta-pṛṣṭha)

3. the flat roof of a house (compare गृहपृष्ठ (gṛha-pṛṣṭha), हर्म्यपृष्ठ (harmya-pṛṣṭha))
4. a page of a book
5. name of particular arrangement of Samans (employed at the midday libation and formed from the रथंतर (rathaṃtara), बृहत् (bṛhat), वैरूप (vairūpa), वैराज (vairāja), शाक्वर (śākvara), and रैवत शाक्वर (raivata śākvara))
6. name of various Samans