Paushkara, Pauṣkara: 15 definitions
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Paushkara has 13 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Pauṣkara can be transliterated into English as Pauskara or Paushkara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPauṣkara (पौष्कर):—(von puṣkara)
1) adj. f. ī a) zur blauen Lotusblüthe in Beziehung stehend, daraus gebildet, bestehend, darüber handelnd u.s.w.: pauskare (sic) brahmasadane satyaṃ māmṛṣayo viduḥ [Mahābhārata 12, 13235.] mālā [Harivaṃśa 9437.] parvan [PADMA-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher] in [Oxforder Handschriften 12,b,1] (pauskara). 4. prādurbhāva die Erscheinung Viṣṇu’s in der Gestalt einer Lotusblüthe [Harivaṃśa 2225.] Adhy. [197—199] in den Unterschrr. subst. ohne prādurbhāva dass. [11995.] Adhy. [200—222] in den Unterschrr. —
2) zum Costus speciosus oder arabicus gehörig, davon kommend u.s.w.: mūla [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 5, 11.] n. die Wurzel davon [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] die Frucht [Suśruta 1, 212, 12. 2, 418, 11.]
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Pauṣkara (पौष्कर):—
3) Titel eines Werkes [SARVADARŚANAS. 83, 21.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPauṣkara (पौष्कर):——
1) Adj. (f. ī) — a) zur blauen Lotusblüthe in Beziehung stehend , daraus gebildet , — bestehend , — hervorgegangen , darüber handelnd u.s.w. prādurbhāva m. die Erscheinung Viṣṇu’s in der Gestalt einer Lotusblüthe Auch Subst. mit Ergänzung von prādurbhāvā. — b) zum Costus speciosus oder arabicus gehörig , davon kommend u.s.w. —
2) n. — a) die Frucht von Costus speciosus oder arabicus. — b) *die Wurzel dieser Pflanze (?) — c) Titel eines Werkes.
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Pauskara (पौस्कर):—fehlerhaft für pauṣkara.
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