Pishtapeshana, Piṣṭapēṣaṇa, Piṣṭapeṣaṇa, Pishta-peshana: 6 definitions

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Pishtapeshana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 terms Piṣṭapēṣaṇa and Piṣṭapeṣaṇa can be transliterated into English as Pistapesana or Pishtapeshana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pishtapeshana in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

piṣṭapēṣaṇa (पिष्टपेषण).—n (S Grinding of meal.) Fruitless reiteration; any unproductive repetition.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

piṣṭapēśaṇa (पिष्टपेशण).—n Fruitless reiteration.

context information

Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Piṣṭapeṣaṇa (पिष्टपेषण).—'grinding flour' i.e. doing any useless work or vain or profitless repetition. °न्यायः (nyāyaḥ) see under न्याय (nyāya).

Derivable forms: piṣṭapeṣaṇam (पिष्टपेषणम्).

Piṣṭapeṣaṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms piṣṭa and peṣaṇa (पेषण). See also (synonyms): piṣṭapeṣa.

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

Piṣṭapeṣaṇa (पिष्टपेषण).—n.

(-ṇaṃ) 1. Grinding flour, (literally.) 2. Vain repetition, useless occupation, (figuratively.) E. piṣṭa, piṣ to grind lyuṭ aff.

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

Piṣṭapeṣaṇa (पिष्टपेषण):—[=piṣṭa-peṣaṇa] [from piṣṭa > piṣ] n. idem

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Pishtapeshana in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Piṣṭapēṣaṇa (ಪಿಷ್ಟಪೇಷಣ):—

1) [noun] a grinding of ground flour.

2) [noun] (fig.) a labouring uselessly.

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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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