Puttika, Puttikā: 7 definitions

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Puttika 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.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Puttikā (पुत्तिका):—(aus putrikā entstanden) f. Termite (das puppenähnliche Thier): dharmaṃ śanaiḥ saṃcinuyādvalmīkamiva puttikāḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 238.] pulākā iva dhānyeṣu puttikā (pūtikā [Pañcatantra III, 99.] pūtyaṇḍā [Mahābhārata 12, 12144]) iva pakṣiṣu (unter den fliegenden Thieren) . tadvidhāste manuṣyāṇāṃ yeṣāṃ dharmo na kāraṇam .. [Mahābhārata 12, 6751.] Nach [Amarakoṣa 2, 5, 27] und [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1214] = pataṃgikā eine kleine Bienenart; bei [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad 1, 3, 22] (und auch bei [Sāyaṇa] zu [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 4, 1, 24]) zur Erklärung von pluṣi .

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Puttikā (पुत्तिका):—, [Nīlakaṇṭha] zu [Mahābhārata 12, 6751] : puttikāḥ = maśakāḥ; vgl. pauttika . Die Bed. Puppe hat das Wort [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 1, 45. 13, 56.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Puttikā (पुत्तिका):—f.

1) Puppe.

2) Termite Nach Andern eine kleine Bienenart [Rājan 4,115.Bhāvaprakāśa 2,61]). Mücke und auch = pluṣi.

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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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