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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. पुत्रputra1 A son; (the word is thus derived: पुन्नाम्नो नरकाद् यस्मात् त्रायते पितरं सुतः । तस्मात् पुत्र इति प्रोक्तः…
    1. 1 A son; (the word is thus derived: पुन्नाम्नो नरकाद् यस्मात् त्रायते पितरं सुतः । तस्मात् पुत्र इति प्रोक्तः स्वयमेव स्वयंभुवा ॥ Ms.9.138; the word, therefore, should be strictly written पुत्त्रः).
    2. A child, young one of an animal.
    3. A dear child (a term of endearment in addressing young persons).
    4. (At the end of comp.) Anything little or small of its kind; as in असिपुत्रः, शिलापुत्रः etc.
    5. (Astrol.) The fifth mansion from जन्मलग्न.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -त्रौ

      1. (Dual) A son and daughter.
      2. Compound अन्नादः one who lives at a son's expense, one who is maintained by his son.
      3. a mendicant of a particular order; see कुटीचक.

    • -अर्थिन् Adjective wishing for a son.

    • -आचार्य Adjective one having a son for his teacher; Me.3. 16.

    • -आदिनी

      1. an unnatural mother.
      2. a tigress.

    • -इष्टिः, -इष्टिका Feminine a sacrifice performed to obtain male issue; गृहीत्वा पञ्चवर्षीयं पुत्रेष्टिं प्रथमं चरेत्.

    • -ऐश्वर्यम् a resignation of property or power by a father to his son.

    • -कर्मन् Neuter a ceremony on the birth of a son.

    • -काम Adjective desirous of sons.

    • -काम्या a wish for sons; अथाभ्यर्च्य विधातारं प्रयतौ पुत्रकाम्यया R.1.35.

    • -कार्यम् a ceremony relating to a son.

    • -कृत् Masculine an adopted son.

    • -कृतकः one who is adopted as a son, an adopted son; श्यामाकमुष्टिपरिवर्धितको जहाति सोऽयं न पुत्रकृतकः पदवीं मृगस्ते Ś.4.14.

    • -जग्धी an unnatural mother (who eats her own children.) -जात Adjective one to whom a son is born.

    • -दारम् son and wife.

    • -धर्मः filial duty.

    • -पौत्रम्, -त्राः sons and grandsons.

    • -पौत्रीण Adjective transmitted from son to son, hereditary; लक्ष्मीं परंपरीणां त्वं पुत्रपौत्रीणतां नय Bk.5.15.

    • -प्रतिनिधिः a substitute for a son. (Exempli gratia, for example an adopted son).

    • -प्रवरः the eldest son.

    • -लाभः obtaining a son.

    • -वधः Feminine a daughter-in-law.

    • -सखः 'a friend of children', one who is fond of children.

    • -सूः a mother of a son.

    • -हीन Adjective sonless, childless.

    • -संकरिन् Adjective mixing or confusing sons by mixed marriages.

    • -हतः an epithet of Vasiṣṭha (whose hundred sons where killed). (-ती) an unnatural mother.

    In the Gita1·261·3311·2611·44

    तत्रापश्यत्स्थितान्पार्थः पितॄनथ पितामहान् ।

    tatrāpaśyatsthitānpārthaḥ pitÔnatha pitāmahān, — Then saw Partha standing upon opposite sides, uncles and grandsires, teachers, mother’s brothers, cousins, sons and grandsons, comrades… 1·26
    • पुत्रान्‌putrānaccusative plural of the masculine noun putra (son).
    • पुत्राःputrāḥnominative plural of the masculine noun putra (son).
    • पुत्रस्यputrasyagenitive singular of the masculine noun putra (son).
    Source: ApteApte entry
  2. अपुत्रaputraNot a son. a.

    Not a son. Adjective

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -पुत्रकः (denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedत्रिका Feminine) Having no son or heir.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. पुत्रputra[putrá] m. son, child; young of an animal, whelp: du. two sons or son and daughter; vc. (sg., du., pl.) often…

    [putrá] masculine son, child; young of an animal, whelp: dual two sons or son and daughter; vocative (singular, dual, plural) often used in addressing young persons: î, feminine; also equal for daughter; (a)-ka, masculine son, boy: often used as a term of endearment; noun of the reputed founder of Pâtaliputra; -kâmyấ, feminine; also equal for wish for a son or children; -kri ta-ka, adjective adopted as a child; -kritya, neuter duty of a son; -krithá, masculine neuter procreation of children; -tâ, feminine; also equal for, -tva, neuter sonship; -dâra, neuter singular son and wife, wife and child; -nivesana, neuter son's abode; -pura, neuter noun of a town; -pau tra, neuter singular or masculine plural sons and grandsons: -ka, neuter singular the same; -pautrin, adjective having sons and grand sons; -priya, adjective dear to or beloved by one's son; -bhâga, masculine heritage of a son; -bhânda, neuter (?) substitute for a son; -vat, adverb, -ial, -ially like a son or sons; as in the case of the son; (á)-vat, adjective having a son, sons, or children; possessed of a son in the true sense of the word.

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  2. अपुत्रaputra[a-putra] m. no son; a. sonless; -ka, a. id.

    [a-putra] masculine no son; adjective sonless; -ka, adjective the same

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. पुत्रputram. (etym. doubtful, perhaps fr. √2. पुष्; traditionally said to be a comp. पुत्-त्र, "preserving from the hell…
    1. masculine gender (etymology doubtful, perhaps from √2. पुष्; traditionally said to be a compound पुत्-त्र, "preserving from the hell called Put" Mn. ix, 138) a son, child fg-veda etc. etc. (also the young of an animal; confer, compare Pa1n2. 8-1, 15 Scholiast or Commentator; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' it forms diminutives confer, compare दृषत्-प्that the rest of a word is to be supplied and शिला-प्that the rest of a word is to be supplied; vocative case sg. dual number plural often used to address young persons, "my son, my children etc."; dual number "two sons" or, "a son and a daughter"; confer, compare Pa1n2. 1-2, 68)
    2. masculine gender a species of small venomous animal (Equivalent to पुत्रक) catalogue or catalogues
    3. masculine gender (in astrology) Name of the fifth house Var.
    4. masculine gender Name of a son of Brahmisht2ha ब्रह्मिष्ठ Ragh.
    5. masculine gender of a son of Priya-vrata प्रिय-व्रत VP. etc.
    6. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' used to form diminutives (see असि-पुत्री)
    7. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective a species of plant Lexicographers; Name of Pa1rvati पार्वति Lexicographers [confer, compare Zend puthra; Greek παῖς and Latin puer (?).]
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  2. अग्निपुत्रagniputram. " Agni अग्नि 's son", N. of Skanda स्कन्द, AV.Paris3.

    masculine gender " Agni अग्नि 's son", Name of Skanda स्कन्द, AV.Paris3.

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  3. अपतिपुत्राapatiputrāf. without a husband and children.

    feminine without a husband and children.

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  4. अपविद्धपुत्रapaviddhaputram. a son rejected by his natural parents and adopted by a stranger Mn. Ya1jn5.
    1. masculine gender a son rejected by his natural parents and adopted by a stranger Mn. Ya1jn5.
    2. masculine gender one of the twelve objects of filiation in law.
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  5. अपुत्रaputram. not a son S3Br. xiv
    1. masculine gender not a son S3Br. xiv
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender sonless S3Br. etc.
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  6. अपुत्रकaputrakamf(इका)n. sonless Katha1s. Das3.

    mf(इका)neuter gender sonless Katha1s. Das3.

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