The Sanskrit terms Vajrapuṣpā and Vajrapuṣpa can be transliterated into English as Vajrapuspa or Vajrapushpa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Vajrapuṣpā (वज्रपुष्पा) is another name for Śatāhvā, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 4.10-13 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Also see the description of the plant Miśreyā. Together with the names Vajrapuṣpā and Śatāhvā, there are a total of twenty-four Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti

Vajrapuṣpā (वज्रपुष्पा) is one of the eight offering goddesses appearing in the Vajradhātu-mahāmaṇḍala, according to the Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī v5.36-37. The Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī (literally, ‘an explanation of the nāma-mantras’) is a commentary (ṭīkā) on the 8th century Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti.

Vajrapuṣpā is a name of Mañjuśrī (the embodiement of non-dual knowledge) and, together with other names, forms the core essence of the Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti. The Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī provides the practitioner a sādhana (‘meditative practice’) to turn these names into mantras. These mantras are chanted for the benefit of all beings, and then placed and contemplated in the Vajradhātu-mahāmaṇḍala, which is an extended version of the Vajradhātu-maṇḍala.

Source: Google Books: An Illustrated History of the Mandala

Vajrapuṣpā (वज्रपुष्पा) is the name of the “Rishu-e” associated with the Madhuvajrī and Bhūṣaṇa (“ornament”): one of the Seventeen Viśuddhipadas (“stations of purity”), according to the Prajñāpāramitānayasūtra: an ancient Buddhist Tantric text recited daily in the Japanese Shingon sect which is closely related to the Sarvatathāgatatattvasaṃgraha.—The seventeen-deity maṇḍala, representing the deification of the seventeen viśuddhipadas, corresponds to the great maṇḍala described in the Mahāsamayatattvavajra, which explains seventeen viśuddhipadas (twenty in the Chinese translation).

Source: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara Samadhi

Vajrapuṣpa (वज्रपुष्प) refers to the “vajra-flower”, according to the Sūryārgha (sun offering) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.—Accordingly, “[...] Oṃ to the Sun Svāhā! Oṃ to the Moon Svāhā! Oṃ to Mars Svāhā! Oṃ to Mercury Svāhā! Oṃ to Jupiter Svāhā! Oṃ to Venus Svāhā! Oṃ to Saturn Svāhā! Oṃ to the Eclipse Svāhā! Oṃ to the Comets Svāhā! Oṃ to the Constellations Svāhā! Oṃ accept the vajra-flower [e.g., vajrapuṣpa] Svāhā! [...]”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vajrapuṣpa (वज्रपुष्प).—

1) the blossom of sesamum.

2) a valuable flower.

Derivable forms: vajrapuṣpam (वज्रपुष्पम्).

Vajrapuṣpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vajra and puṣpa (पुष्प).

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

Vajrapuṣpa (वज्रपुष्प).—n.

(-ṣpaṃ) The blossom of the sesamum. “tilapuṣpe .”

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

1) Vajrapuṣpa (वज्रपुष्प):—[=vajra-puṣpa] [from vajra > vaj] n. ‘diamond-flower’, a valuable flower, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] the blossom of sesamum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Vajrapuṣpā (वज्रपुष्पा):—[=vajra-puṣpā] [from vajra-puṣpa > vajra > vaj] f. a kind of fennel, Anethuni Sowa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Vajrapuṣpa (वज्रपुष्प):—[vajra-puṣpa] (ṣpaṃ) 1. n. Sesamum blossom.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vajrapushpa 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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Partial matches: Pushpa, Vajra.

Full-text: Shatahva, Vishuddhipada.

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