Peyusha, Peyūṣa: 9 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Peyūṣa can be transliterated into English as Peyusa or Peyusha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPeyūṣa (पेयूष):—m. n. = pīyūṣa Biestmilch [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 405,] [Scholiast] [Śabdārṇava im Śabdakalpadruma] [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 4, 76.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 6.] frische Butter [Uṇādikoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma] Nektar [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 89,] [Scholiast] [UJJVAL.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPeyūṣa (पेयूष):—(*m. n. ) —
1) Biestmilch. —
2) *frische Butter. —
3) Nektar.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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