As a deity name
Name 410 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
पृथु · masculine
Prithu, a descendant of Dhruva and an avatar of Vishnu, from whom the Earth is named Prithvi; a male given name, Prithu, from Sanskrit
पृथु · masculine
black cumin; asafoetida leaf; opium
Śabdasāgara also records: चौड़ा । विस्तृत · बड़ा । महान्
Platts (p. 242) also records: Broad, wide, expansive, large, extensive, spacious
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पृथु — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit पृथु (pṛthú), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *pr̥tʰúṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥tʰúš, from Proto-Indo-European *pléth₂us, from *pleth₂- (“flat”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pṛthu mf(vī or u)n. broad, wide, expansive, extensive, spacious, large
great, important
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
vīu broad, wide, expansive, extensive, spacious, large
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
pṛthu mf(vī or u)n. broad, wide, expansive, extensive, spacious, large
great, important
ample, abundant
copious, numerous, manifold, RV. &c. &c. (˚u ind.)
prolix, detailed, Var.
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