Pushpapuri, Puṣpapurī, Pushpa-puri: 2 definitions

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Pushpapuri means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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 Puṣpapurī can be transliterated into English as Puspapuri or Pushpapuri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions

Puṣpapurī (पुष्पपुरी) or Puṣpapura is another name for Pāṭaliputra: a place mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions. The Gupta empire (r. 3rd-century CE), founded by Śrī Gupta, covered much of ancient India and embraced the Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Pāṭaliputra is the same as modern Patna situated to the south of the river Gaṅgā. The city was also known as Kusumapura due to the abundance of flowers. Its name Puṣpapura is also met within the Raghuvaṃśa. The words Puṣpapura and Kusumapura also mean “a city of flowers”.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Puṣpapurī (पुष्पपुरी):—[=puṣpa-purī] [from puṣpa > puṣ] f. ([Daśakumāra-carita]) Name of the city Pāṭali-putra or Palibothra.

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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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