Pishtapinda, Piṣṭapiṇḍa, Pishta-pinda: 5 definitions
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Pishtapinda 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 Piṣṭapiṇḍa can be transliterated into English as Pistapinda or Pishtapinda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (kavya)Piṣṭapiṇḍa (पिष्टपिण्ड) refers to “powdered flour-cakes”, according to Bāṇa’s Kādambarī (p. 225).—Accordingly, while describing the shire of the Goddess Caṇḍikā, “[Then the portal to the sanctum sanctorum, a riot of colour and form:] She was being illuminated by the entrance, on which there were hanging cloths reddened by lamp-smoke, a row of bracelets made of peacock-throats festooned [over it], a garland of bells closely-set and pale with powdered flour-cakes (piṣṭapiṇḍa-pāṇḍurita), which supported two door-panels, [studded] with tin lion heads with thick, iron pins in their centres, barricaded with an ivory-rod bolt, carrying [what seemed to be] a necklace of sparkling bubbles that were mirrors oozing yellow, blue and red [light]”.
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’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPiṣṭapiṇḍa (पिष्टपिण्ड).—a cake or a ball of flour.
Derivable forms: piṣṭapiṇḍaḥ (पिष्टपिण्डः).
Piṣṭapiṇḍa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms piṣṭa and piṇḍa (पिण्ड).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPiṣṭapiṇḍa (पिष्टपिण्ड):—[=piṣṭa-piṇḍa] [from piṣṭa > piṣ] m. a cake of flour, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa [Scholiast or Commentator]]
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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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