The Sanskrit terms Parapuṣṭa and Parapuṣṭā can be transliterated into English as Parapusta or Parapushta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Parapuṣṭā (परपुष्टा), daughter of king Janamejaya, was captivated by love at the sight of Sūryaprabha, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 44. Accordingly, as Vajraprabha said to Naravāhanadatta: “... and wherever any princesses beheld him [Sūryaprabha] she was immediately bewildered by love and chose him for her husband. ... And the seventh was Parapuṣṭā, the daughter of King Janamejaya, the lord of the city of Kauśāmbī, a sweet-voiced maid”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Parapuṣṭā, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: Shodhganga: Portrayal of Animal Kingdom (Tiryaks) in Epics An Analytical study

Parapuṣṭa (परपुष्ट) (lit. “one who is fed by others”) is a synonym (another name) for the [Female] Cuckoo (Kokila), according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Parapuṣṭa (परपुष्ट) refers to “cuckoos”, as mentioned in verse 3.24 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] In groves cooled by southerly winds, discharging water on all sides, the sun having perished in them (as it were because of its being) invisible, showing the splendour of tessellated jewel pavements, resounding with cuckoos [viz., parapuṣṭa-vighuṣṭa], affording excellent places for sexual activities, [...]”.

Note: Parapuṣṭa-vighuṣṭa (“resounding with cuckoos”) has been rendered by khu-byug sñan-pa sgra sgrog-ciṅ [v. 1. sgrogs-śiṅ]—“sending forth the melodious notes of cuckoos”. For parapuṣṭa, which literally means “that nourished by others” and more precisely corresponds to gźan-gyis rgyas or gźan-gyis gsos (Das, Dict. p. 1078), the Tibetans have substituted the onomatopoeic khu-byug.—stsogs-śiṅ (for sgrogs-śiṅ) in C is corrupt.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Parapuṣṭa (परपुष्ट).—a.

1) fed or nourished by another.

2) Stranger.

-ṣṭaḥ the (Indian) cuckoo. °महोत्सवः (mahotsavaḥ) the mango tree.

Parapuṣṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms para and puṣṭa (पुष्ट).

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Parapuṣṭā (परपुष्टा).—

1) the (Indian) cuckoo.

2) a parasitical plant.

3) a harlot, prostitute.

Parapuṣṭā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms para and puṣṭā (पुष्टा).

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

Parapuṣṭa (परपुष्ट).—mfn.

(-ṣṭaḥ-ṣṭhā-ṣṭaṃ) 1. Fostered, nourished, &c. by a stranger. m.

(-ṣṭaḥ) The Kokila or Indian cuckoo. f.

(-ṣṭā) 1. A harlot, a whore. 2. A parasite plant. E. para another, puṣṭa cherished.

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

Parapuṣṭa (परपुष्ट).—[para-puṣṭa] (vb. puṣ), m. The Cocila or Indian cuckoo, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 78, 29. f. ṭā, Its female.

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

Parapuṣṭa (परपुष्ट).—[masculine] ā [feminine] the Kokila or Indian cuckoo (lit. nourished by a stranger, sc. the crow).

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

1) Parapuṣṭa (परपुष्ट):—[=para-puṣṭa] [from para] mfn. nourished by an° or a stranger, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] m. the Kokila or Indian cuckoo (cf. -bhṛt below and anya-p), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.

3) Parapuṣṭā (परपुष्टा):—[=para-puṣṭā] [from para-puṣṭa > para] f. a female cuckoo, [Varāha-mihira]

4) [v.s. ...] a harlot, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] a parasitical plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] Name of a daughter of a king of Kauśāmbi, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

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

Parapuṣṭa (परपुष्ट):—[para-puṣṭa] (ṣṭaḥ) 1. m. The cuckoo which is nourished by the crow. f. A harlot; a parasite plant. a. Fostered or nourished by another.

[Sanskrit to German]

Parapushta 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

Parapuṣṭa (ಪರಪುಷ್ಟ):—[noun] = ಪರಪುಟ್ಟ [paraputta].

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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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Partial matches: Pusta, Para.

Starts with: Parapushtamahotsava, Parapushtamaya.

Full-text: Parapushtamahotsava, Parabhrita, Parapushtamaya, Kakapushta, Janamejaya.

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