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Source: BDK Tripiṭaka: The Susiddhikara-sūtra

Pūpika (पूपिक) refers to one of the various types of cakes mentioned in Chapter 12 (“offering food”) of the Susiddhikara-sūtra. Accordingly, “Pūpika cakes are to be used when seeking [success with] Yakṣas. [...] Among the cakes, offer those that are most highly prized and also of delicious taste when seeking higher accomplishments; as for those of secondary taste, they are for the other two families”.

When you wish to offer food [viz., pūpika cakes], first cleanse the ground, sprinkle scented water all around, spread out on the ground leaves that have been washed clean, such as lotus leaves, palāśa (dhak) leaves, and leaves from lactescent trees, or new cotton cloth, and then set down the oblatory dishes. [...] First smear and sprinkle the ground and then spread the leaves; wash your hands clean, rinse out your mouth several times, swallow some water, and then you should set down the food [viz., pūpika]. [...]

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pūpikā (पूपिका).—A sort of sweet cake.

See also (synonyms): pūpalā, pūpalī, pūpālikā, pūlikā.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Pūpika (पूपिक).—(= Pali pūvika; Sanskrit pūpa plus -ika), cake- maker: Mahāvastu iii.113.8 (in a list of trades).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pūpikā (पूपिका).—f.

(-kā) A sort of cake, half-baked or fried in oil or Ghee. E. pūpa a cake, kan aff. of comparison, fem. form.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pūpikā (पूपिका):—[from pūpa] f. idem, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Pūpikā (पूपिका):—(kā) 1. f. Idem.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Pūpikā (पूपिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pūaliyā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pupika in German

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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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Ends with: Apupika, Dandapupika, Gudapupika.

Full-text: Apupika, Pupala, Pupali, Pualiya, Pupalika, Pulika.

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