Kshudrapaka, Kṣudrapāka, Kshudra-paka: 1 definition

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The Sanskrit term Kṣudrapāka can be transliterated into English as Ksudrapaka or Kshudrapaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Kṣudrapāka (क्षुद्रपाक).—adj., very ripe, of fruits in the last month of summer: Mahāvastu iii.143.(14—)15 (grīṣmāṇāṃ) paścime māse kṣudrapākāni phalāni bhuktāni, whereupon he was thirsty, drank much cold water, and got indigestion; substantially the same, 144.5; 153.10; the meaning seems guaranteed by 154.6 where pakva-supakvāni replaces kṣudrapākāni, in what is otherwise virtually the same phrase. Cf. Sanskrit svādupāka, defined [Boehtlingk and Roth] as was sich süss, angenehm kocht, d. h. verdaut; kṣudra here means honey- like = sweet (see s.v.). In Mahāvastu iii.154.14 the ṛṣi who had the above adventure squeezes such fruits (so that the juice falls) into the mouth of the infant born to the doe who drank his seed: ṛṣi kṣudrapākāni phalāni mukhe pīḍeti.The interpretation is further confirmed by Mahāvastu iii.145.2 kṣudra-kṣudrāṇi phalāni (on which see kṣudra), of the fruits fed by the ṛṣi to the young Ekaśṛṅga(ka). It seems that the ṛṣi's indigestion was caused by the excessive amount of cold water he drank, not by the fruits.

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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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