Alternative spellings of this word include Poshak.

In Hinduism

Vedanta (school of philosophy)

Source: Wikisource: Ashtavakra Gita

Poṣaka (पोषक) refers to the “nourishment” (of the world), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] Even when living without any support and eager for achievement, the stupid are still nourishing (poṣaka) Saṃsāra [nirādhārā grahavyagrā mūḍhāḥ saṃsārapoṣakāḥ], while the wise have cut at the very root of its unhappiness. The stupid does not find peace because he is wanting it, while the wise discriminating the truth is always peaceful minded. [...]”.

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Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Poṣaka (पोषक) refers to “shining (in the darkness of wrongs)” [?], according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “It is not possible to speak directly about the nature of which [doctrine] with those who have adopted a heterodox teaching. Hence, that [doctrine] is spoken about with them through the sacred texts which are shining in the darkness of wrongs (hiṃsākṣa-poṣaka—hiṃsākṣapoṣakaiḥ śāstraiḥ). The wishing gem, divine treasure, cow of heaven, [and] wishing trees along with Lakṣmī—I think these are servants existing from ancient times of the doctrine”.

Source: academia.edu: Rare Sanskrit Words from the Commentary on the Bṛhat-kalpa-bhāṣya

Posaka (पोसक) refers to the “anus”.—In his publication for the Journal of Jaina Studies, Yutaka Kawasaki collected in a non-definite list several rare Sanskrit words (e.g., posaka) from Malayagiri’s and Kṣemakīrti’s commentaries on the Bṛhatkalpabhāṣya: a 6th century commentary on monastic discipline authored by Svetambara Jain exegete Saṅghadāsa.—(Cf. Posa)

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

posaka : (adj.) feeding; nourishing; one who brings up.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Posaka, (adj.) (fr. posa2) nourishing, feeding A. I, 62, 132= It. 110 (āpādaka+); f. °ikā a nurse, a female attendant Vin. II, 289 (āpādikā+). (Page 475)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

pōśāka (पोशाक) [or ख, kha].—or ga m ( P) Apparel or garments, esp. fine clothes or gay attire. pō0 karaṇēṃ To dress up one's person finely.

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pōṣaka (पोषक).—a (S) That nourishes, cherishes, supports.

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pōṣāka (पोषाक) [or ख, kha].—or ga & pōṣākī or khī or gī See pōśāka & pōśākī.

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pōsakā (पोसका) [or गा, gā].—a (pōsaṇēṃ) Adopted; a foster-child.

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

pōśāka (पोशाक).—

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pōṣaka (पोषक).—a That nourishes, cherishes.

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pōṣāka (पोषाक).—

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pōsakā (पोसका).—

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Poṣaka (पोषक).—One who maintains or nourishes, a supporter.

Derivable forms: poṣakaḥ (पोषकः).

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

Poṣaka (पोषक).—i. e. puṣ + aka, m. 1. One who nourishes, Mahābhārata 2, 2123. 2. A breeder, a keeper, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 162.

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

Poṣaka (पोषक).—[feminine] ṣikā nourishing, breeding, keeping.

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

1) Poṣaka (पोषक):—[from poṣa] mf(ikā)n. nourishing, feeding, a nourisher, supporter, breeder, keeper, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] (ifc.) subsisting on or by, [Harivaṃśa]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Poṣaka (पोषक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Posaga.

[Sanskrit to German]

Posaka 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Pośāka (पोशाक) [Also spelled poshak]:—(nf) clothes, dress, attire, raiment; accoutrements.

2) Poṣaka (पोषक) [Also spelled poshak]:—(nm) fosterer, one who rears/brings up, nourisher; protector; supporter; hence ~[tā] (nf).

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pōṣaka (ಪೋಷಕ):—

1) [adjective] protecting; shielding.

2) [adjective] fostering; bringing up.

3) [adjective] helping to grow.

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Pōṣaka (ಪೋಷಕ):—

1) [noun] that which protects or shields.

2) [noun] he who protects or shields; a guardian.

3) [noun] a man who fosters, brings up another.

4) [noun] a man who helps another, an organisation, society, etc. develop.

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Pōṣāka (ಪೋಷಾಕ):—[noun] = ಪೋಷಾಕು [poshaku].

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) Poṣaka (पोषक):—n. vegetable or meat that nourishes; adj. nutritious; nourishing; fostering;

2) Posāka (पोसाक):—n. clothes; dress; garment;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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