Posaka, Poshaka, Posāka: 16 definitions
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Posaka has 14 English definitions available.
Alternative spellings of this word include Poshak.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPoṣaka (पोषक):—(wie eben) nom. ag. Ernährer, Fütterer, Aufzieher, Züchter [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 3, 29.] sa pitā yastu poṣakaḥ [Spr. 1059.] pakṣiṇām [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 162.] mārjāravatpoṣakaṃ copahaṃsi [Mahābhārata 2, 2123.] chāgameṣādi [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 154.] śunaḥ (wohl śunāṃ zu lesen) ders. zu [4, 216.] aśva = sūta [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 15, 3, 7.] śūdraṃ ca brāhmaṇādīnāṃ śuśrūṣāvṛttipoṣakam so v. a. seinen Lebensunterhalt beziehend [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 50, 77.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPoṣaka (पोषक):—Adj. (f. ṣikā) —
1) ernährend , fütternd , aufziehend , züchtend ; Ernährer u.s.w. —
2) am Ende eines Comp. sich nährend — , seinen Lebensunterhalt ziehend von [Harivaṃśa 2,89,12.]
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: Pocakam, Posaka-khana, Posakannada, Poshakan, Poshakapatti.
Ends with: Ashvaposhaka, Javaiposhaka, Kotavaliposhaka, Kshudhaposhaka, Matuposaka, Mayuraposhaka, Mima-posaka, Pariposhaka, Rayahposhaka, Rayasposhaka, Sadetina Poshaka, Samuposhaka, Shvaposhaka, Striposhaka, Tayari-posaka, Udaraposhaka, Utaraposhaka, Vrittiposhaka.
Full-text (+16): Purvapush, Posaka-khana, Pariposhaka, Apayaka, Matami, Posaga, Poshak, Shvaposhaka, Abhipushta, Rayahposhaka, Abhipusht, Ashvaposhaka, Poshakku, Utaraposhaka, Mayuraposhaka, Vrittiposhaka, Poshakan, Hastinika, Poshaki, Darshani.
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