As a deity name
Name 162 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
पताका · noun · feminine
लकड़ी आदि के डंडे के एक सिरे पर पहनाया हुआ तिकोना या चौकोना कपड़ा, जिसपर कभी कभी किसी राजा या संस्था का खास चिह्न या संकेत चित्रित रहता है । झंडा । झंड़ी । फरहरा · वह डंडा जिसमें पताका पहनाई हुई होती है । ध्वज · सौभाग्य — Śabdasāgara
पताका · patākā · s.f.
= S پتاك पताक patāk, s.m. Flag, banner; flag-staff; emblem carried as an ensign or banner, symbol, sign, mark; a particular high number — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 224
पताका · feminine
banner; flag
Cited formation "पताका" is पत + -आका: पत means "Good name, honour, character, reputation, credit (syn. ābrū)", and the suffix -आका forms doing habitually, efficiently (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(7) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "पताका" is पतना + -आका: पतना means "Ora vulvœ", and the suffix -आका forms doing habitually, efficiently (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(7) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पताका — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पताका (patākā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
patākā f. See next.
patākā f. (ifc. f(ā). ) a flag, pennon, banner, sign, emblem, Br.; MBh.; Kāv. &c. (˚kāṃ-√ labh or hṛ, ‘to win the palm’, Daś.; Vcar.)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a flag, pennon, banner, sign, emblem, &c. (˚kāṃ-√ labh or hṛ, ‘to win the palm’, )
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M1 · same meaning "patākā" is the feminine form of "patāka" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
patākā f. See next.
patākā f. (ifc. f(ā). ) a flag, pennon, banner, sign, emblem, Br.; MBh.; Kāv. &c. (˚kāṃ-√ labh or hṛ, ‘to win the palm’, Daś.; Vcar.)
a flag-staff, L.
a partic. high number, MBh. (= mahā-padma, Nīlak.)
(in dram.) an episode or episodical incident, Daśar.
patāka m. (‘flying’), a flag or banner (perhaps incorrect for ˚kā), AdbhBr.
a partic. position of the hand or the fingers in shooting off an arrow, ŚārṅgP. (cf. tri-p˚)
Alternative readings
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