The Sanskrit term Piṣṭātaka can be transliterated into English as Pistataka or Pishtataka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Piṣṭātaka (पिष्टातक).—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: piṣṭātakaḥ (पिष्टातकः).

See also (synonyms): piṣṭāta.

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

Piṣṭātaka (पिष्टातक).—[substantive] perfumed powder.

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

Piṣṭātaka (पिष्टातक):—[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]).

[Sanskrit to German]

Pishtataka 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

Piṣṭātaka (ಪಿಷ್ಟಾತಕ):—[noun] = ಪಿಷ್ಟಾತ [pishtata].

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)

Full-text: Pishtata.

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