Pushpacapa, Puṣpacāpa, Pushpa-capa: 9 definitions
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Pushpacapa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Pushpacapa has 7 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Puṣpacāpa can be transliterated into English as Puspacapa or Pushpacapa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Pushpachapa.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchPuṣpacāpa (पुष्पचाप):—1. (pu + cāpa) m. ein Bogen aus Blumen, der Bogen des Liebesgottes [Raghuvaṃśa 11, 45.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 3, 35.]
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Puṣpacāpa (पुष्पचाप):—2. (wie eben) m. der Liebesgott (dessen Bogen aus Blumen gebildet ist) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 228,] [Scholiast] [Kathāsaritsāgara 14, 29.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungPuṣpacāpa (पुष्पचाप):—1. m. ein Bogen aus Blumen , der Bogen des Liebesgottes.
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Puṣpacāpa (पुष्पचाप):—2. m. der Liebesgott.
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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Partial matches: Pushpa, Capa.
Full-text: Pushpadhanvan, Pushpadhanus, Kusumacapa.
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