Pushpayamaka, Puṣpayamaka, Pushpa-yamaka: 2 definitions
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Pushpayamaka 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.
The Sanskrit term Puṣpayamaka can be transliterated into English as Puspayamaka or Pushpayamaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPuṣpayamaka (पुष्पयमक).—a kind of Yamaka; cf. Bhaṭṭikāvya 1.14.
Derivable forms: puṣpayamakam (पुष्पयमकम्).
Puṣpayamaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puṣpa and yamaka (यमक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuṣpayamaka (पुष्पयमक):—[=puṣpa-yamaka] [from puṣpa > puṣ] n. a Yamaka (sub voce) of the final syllables of all lines of a stanza e.g. [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya x, 14.]
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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