Turushka, Turuṣka, Turuṣkā: 19 definitions
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Turushka has 17 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Turuṣka and Turuṣkā can be transliterated into English as Turuska or Turushka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchTuruṣka (तुरुष्क):—m.
1) Nomen proprium eines Volkes, die Indoscythen, Türken (sg. das Land) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 1, 9. 3, 3, 26.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 959.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 50.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 101.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde II, 411.] in einer Inschr. [ Kunde des Morgenlandes 5, 463. fg.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 170. 4, 179. 5, 152.] turaga [Kathāsaritsāgara 19, 109.] turuṣkadeśaṃ prāptāḥ smaḥ . yatra śrotriyānatithīnāsanapādyādibhirapi gṛhiṇo nopatiṣṭhanti [Prabodhacandrodaja 22, 5. fgg.] = yavana [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 248. fg.] sg. Fürst der T. [WASSILJEW 51. 52. 55. 71.] —
2) Olibanum, ostindischer Weihrauch, das Harz der Boswellia serrata Stackh. [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 3, 30.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 26.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 648] (nach dem Sch. auch n.). [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] = śrīvāsa das Harz der Pinus longifolia [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] (= śrīvāsakavṛkṣa! [VIŚVA im Śabdakalpadruma][?). Suśruta 1, 139, 10. 2, 501, 18. Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 76, 13. 15. 29. 36.] Vgl. die Synonyme yāvana und yavanadeśaja .
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Turuṣka (तुरुष्क):—
1) pl. [Oxforder Handschriften 253,a,7. 8.] sg. ein Mann vom Volke der T. [Kathāsaritsāgara 37, 37. fg.] [40.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungTuruṣka (तुरुष्क):——
1) m. — a) Pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes , die Türken. — b) ein Türke. — c) *ein Fürst der Türken. — d) *das Land der Türken. —
2) (*m. n.). Olibanum [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhatsaṃhitā 77,9,23.26.30.]
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: Turushka-danda, Turushkadatta, Turushkaganda, Turushkagauda, Turushkagaula, Turushkaka, Turushkakarpura, Turushkatodi.
Ends with: Mahaturushka.
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