The Sanskrit term Paiṣṭika can be transliterated into English as Paistika or Paishtika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Paiṣṭika (पैष्टिक).—a. (-kī f.) Made of flour or meal.

-kam 1 A number of cakes.

2) A spirituous liquor distilled from meal.

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

Paiṣṭika (पैष्टिक).—n.

(-kaṃ) 1. A quantity of cakes. 2. Spirituous liquor distilled from meal. f. (kī) Made of flour. E. piṣṭa, and ṭhak aff.

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

Paiṣṭika (पैष्टिक).—i. e. piṣṭa + ika, adj. Made of meal, [Suśruta] 1, 235, 2.

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

1) Paiṣṭika (पैष्टिक):—[from paiṣṭa] mf(ī)n. made of meal or flour, [Suśruta]

2) Paiṣṭikā (पैष्टिका):—[from paiṣṭika > paiṣṭa] f. = paiṣṭī

3) Paiṣṭika (पैष्टिक):—[from paiṣṭa] n. a quantity of cakes, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Paiṣṭika (पैष्टिक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. Quantity of cakes; spirits distilled from meal.

[Sanskrit to German]

Paishtika 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Paiṣṭika (ಪೈಷ್ಟಿಕ):—[noun] made of meal or flour (of grain).

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Paiṣṭika (ಪೈಷ್ಟಿಕ):—[noun] a spirituous liquor distilled from rice or other grain.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Full-text: Paishta, Vijayarakshita.

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