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Sanskrit · noun · Everyday Life

Patthar

पत्थर
Meaning

A stone or rock.

How Iqbal uses it

Everyday word; 'patthar dil' means a hard, unfeeling heart.

See it in the verse

Patthar in Iqbal’s couplets

Patthar ki mooraton mein samjha hai tu Khuda hai
Khaak-e-watan ka mujh ko har zarra devta hai
You have imagined that God dwells within stone idols — for me, every single speck of my homeland's dust is itself a deity.
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Related words
SANSKRIT

Lakdi

Wood, timber, or a stick/log.

SANSKRIT

Eent

A brick.

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