Ostaraka, Ostāraka, Oṣṭaraka, Oshtaraka: 2 definitions
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Ostaraka 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 Oṣṭaraka can be transliterated into English as Ostaraka or Oshtaraka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
India history and geography
Source: Academia: Ritual Period: A Comparative Study of Three Newar Buddhist Menarche ManualsOṣṭaraka (ओष्टरक) refers to “demons possibly somehow distinguished by their (relationship with) lips”, according to the “Vādhā byaṃ ke vidhi”: the name of two manuscripts written by (1) Kathmandu-based priest, Badriratna Bajracharya and (2) Buddharatna Bajracharya from Lalitpur.—Badriratna’s text pays the most attention to the invocations of celestial bodies and other cosmologically grouped agents. The list consists of [e.g., demons possibly somehow distinguished by their (relationship with) lips (?) (oṣṭarakas, uṣṭarakas or ostārakas)]. In this list, we particularly find the dark forces that are especially adept at causing problems for women, children and, more specifically, girl children, addressed and harnessed.
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
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryOstāraka (ओस्तारक).—m., and f. °kī, name of demoniac beings (for *ava-st°?): omārako vostārako (v.l. vā ost°) Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 401.5; masc. Mahā-Māyūrī 219.10 etc.; fem. °kī Sādhanamālā 502.11; m. and f. Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 261.9 and 262.11 ostārako vaustārakī vā; Mahā-Māyūrī 226.11.
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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Full-text: Ushtaraka.
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