पत्ति

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

PATTI   A division of the army. (See under Akṣauhiṇī).

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पत्ति  f.  1. f. ( fr. √ 2. पद्) going, moving, walking, [L.]
पत्ति  m.  2. m. ( prob. fr. 3. पद्) a pedestrian, footman, foot-soldier, infantry, [VS.] &c. &c. ( mc. also °ती, R [B.])
   a hero, [L.]
पशु   ( pl.) N. of a people, [MBh.] ( v.l.)
पत्ति  f.  f. the smallest division of an army (1 chariot, 1 elephant, 3 horsemen and 5 foot-soldiers; according to others = 55 foot-soldiers), [MBh.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

पत्तिः [pattiḥ]   [पद्-तिन्]
   A footman, a foot-soldier; पत्तिः पदातिम् (अभ्यपतत्) [R.7.37;] [Ve.1.27.]
   A pedestrian.
   A hero. -f.
   The smallest division of an army, consisting of one chariot, one elephant, three horsemen and five foot-soldiers; एको रथो गजश्चैको नराः पञ्च पदातयः । त्रयश्च तुरगास्तज्ज्ञैः पत्तिरित्यभिधीयते ॥ [Mb.1.2.] 19.
   Going, walking. -Comp.
-अध्यक्षः   the superintendent of infantry; [Kau.A.1.1.1.]
-कायः   infantry.-गणकः an officer whose business it is to muster the infantry.
-संहतिः  f. f. a body of infantry, infantry.

Shabda-Sagara

पत्ति  m.  ( -त्तिः)
   1. A foot soldier.
   2. A hero.
  f.  ( त्ति)
   1. Going, moving, walking.
   2. A company, a platoon, consisting of one chariot, one elephant, three horse, and five foot.
    E. पद् to go, नि Unādi aff. or तिन् aff. for the feminine.

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पद् नि तिन्