Manipushpaka, Maṇipuṣpaka, Mani-pushpaka: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Maṇipuṣpaka can be transliterated into English as Manipuspaka or Manipushpaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaMaṇipuṣpaka (मणिपुष्पक).—Sahadeva, one of the Pāṇḍavas, used to blow a conch named Maṇipuṣpaka. (Śloka 16, Chapter 25, Bhīṣma Parva).
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMaṇipuṣpaka (मणिपुष्पक).—Name of the conchshell of Sahadeva; नकुलः सहदेवश्च सुघोषमणिपुष्पकौ (nakulaḥ sahadevaśca sughoṣamaṇipuṣpakau) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 1.16.
Derivable forms: maṇipuṣpakaḥ (मणिपुष्पकः).
Maṇipuṣpaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms maṇi and puṣpaka (पुष्पक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaṇipuṣpaka (मणिपुष्पक).—m.
(-kaḥ) The conch-shell of Sahadeva.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaṇipuṣpaka (मणिपुष्पक).—[masculine] the conch-shell of Sahadeva.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaṇipuṣpaka (मणिपुष्पक):—[=maṇi-puṣpaka] [from maṇi] m. Name of the conch-shell of Saha-deva, [Bhagavad-gītā]
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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: Pushpaka, Mani.
Full-text: Maniputpakam.
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