Pishtaka, Piṣṭaka: 10 definitions
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Pishtaka has 8 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Piṣṭaka can be transliterated into English as Pistaka or Pishtaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPiṣṭaka (पिष्टक):—(von piṣṭa)
1) m. a) proparox. Backwerk, Kuchen [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 147.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 48.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 398.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 67.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 120.] — b) eine best. Krankheit des Weissen im Auge [Suśruta 1, 311, 4. 326, 3.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
2) f. piṣṭikā eine Art Grütze: dāliḥ (nach [Haughton] gespaltene Erbsen oder andere Hülsenfrucht; vgl. u. kṛsara u. dhūmasī) saṃsthāpitā toye tato pahatakañcukā . śilāyāṃ sādhu saṃpiṣṭā piṣṭikā kathitā budhaiḥ .. [Bhāvaprakāśa im Śabdakalpadruma] Hierher viell. [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 971.] —
3) n. zerstampfte Sesamkörner [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
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Piṣṭaka (पिष्टक):—
1) a) [WILSON, Sel. Works 2, 161.] saṃkrānti f. Bez. eines best. Festtages ebend.
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Piṣṭaka (पिष्टक):—n. Mehl: sūkṣma [Spr. (II) 394.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPiṣṭaka (पिष्टक):——
1) m. — a) Backwerk , Kuchen. — b) eine best. Krankheit des Weissen im Auge —
2) f. piṣṭikā — a) eine Art Grütze [Bhāvaprakāśa 2,18.] — b) *Tamarindas indica [Rājan 4,178.] —
3) n. — a) Mehl. — b) °gestampfte Sesamkörner [Rājan 16,72.]
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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Starts with: Pishtakanavami, Pishtakasamkranti.
Ends with: Gulapishtaka, Paripishtaka, Sampishtaka, Yavapishtaka.
Full-text: Paripishtaka, Pishtika, Pishtakasamkranti, Prahenaka, Tilapiccata, Yavapishtaka, Pishtaundi, Pittakam, Tilakalka, Dali, Rasagra, Kancuka, Sukshma.
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 3.9.42 < [Chapter 9 - The Glories of Advaita]
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Sushruta Samhita, Volume 6: Uttara-tantra (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 4: Iatrochemistry (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
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The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
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Rasa Jala Nidhi, vol 5: Treatment of various afflictions (by Bhudeb Mookerjee)
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