The Sanskrit term Piṣṭāta can be transliterated into English as Pistata or Pishtata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Piṣṭāta (पिष्टात).—Fragrant powder (piṣṭātaḥ paṭavāsakaḥ Ak.); वृष्ट्या पिष्टातकस्य द्युतिमिह मलये मेरुतुल्यां दधानः (vṛṣṭyā piṣṭātakasya dyutimiha malaye merutulyāṃ dadhānaḥ) Nāg.2. 13. (This powder is sprinkled over each other at Holi festival).

Derivable forms: piṣṭātaḥ (पिष्टातः).

See also (synonyms): piṣṭātaka.

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

Piṣṭāta (पिष्टात).—m.

(-taḥ) Perfumed powder, for scenting rooms, garments, &c. especially the scented dust, which the Hindus sprinkle over each other at the Holi or spring festival. E. piṣṭa pounded, (saffron &c.) and at to go or be, aff. ac.

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

Piṣṭāta (पिष्टात).—[substantive] perfumed powder.

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

Piṣṭāta (पिष्टात):—[from piṣ] m. perfumed powder or dust (which the Hindus sprinkle over each other at the Holī or spring festival), [Ratnāvalī; Kādambarī; Rājataraṅgiṇī] (cf. [Religious Thought and Life in India 430]).

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

Piṣṭāta (पिष्टात):—[piṣṭā-ta] (taḥ) 1. m. Perfumed red powder used at the Holi festival.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pishtata in German

context information

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

Piṣṭāta (ಪಿಷ್ಟಾತ):—[noun] perfumed powder or dust which the Hindus sprinkle over each other at the spring festival.

context information

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pista, Ta.

Starts with: Pishtatacurna, Pishtataka, Pishtatakeli, Pishtatara.

Ends with: Nemapishtata.

Full-text: Pishtataka, Pishtatacurna.

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