Mashapishta, Māṣapiṣṭa, Masha-pishta: 3 definitions

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Mashapishta means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Māṣapiṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Masapista or Mashapishta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Mashapishta in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Māṣapiṣṭa (माषपिष्ट).—a kind of sauce prepared from the flour of Māṣa (Mar. ḍāṃgara ?) Gaṇeśa P.49.47-51.

Derivable forms: māṣapiṣṭam (माषपिष्टम्).

Māṣapiṣṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms māṣa and piṣṭa (पिष्ट).

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

Māṣapiṣṭa (माषपिष्ट):—[=māṣa-piṣṭa] [from māṣa] n. ground beans, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

[Sanskrit to German]

Mashapishta 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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