Alternative spellings of this word include Poshit.

In Hinduism

Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Poṣita (पोषित) refers to “taming hawks” (by keeping it tied), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the treatment of hawks]: “An expert tamer of these birds should teach them how to fall upon a quarry, fastened by a string, and thus revive their old instincts. Those hawks, which have been taken from the nests, should be first tamed by being kept tied (bandha-poṣita) after their capture, and as they are unpractised in hunting, they should be taught in a variety of ways by an expert trainer of birds, by gradually increasing their skill and cleverness. [...]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

posita : (pp. of poseti) nourished; brought up; taken care of; fed.

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

Posita, (pp. of poseti) nourished, fed Cp. III, 32; VvA. 173 (udaka°). Posituṃ at Vin. II, 151 stands for phusituṃ “to sprinkle, ” cp. Vin. Texts III, 169. See phusati2. (Page 476)

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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

pōṣita (पोषित).—p (S) Supported, nourished, cherished.

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

pōṣita (पोषित).—p s Supported, nourished, cherished.

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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

Poṣita (पोषित).—p. p. Nourished, supported &c.

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

Poṣita (पोषित):—[from poṣa] mfn. nourished, cherished, supported, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

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

Poṣita (पोषित) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Posia.

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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

Poṣita (पोषित) [Also spelled poshit]:—(a) nourished, reared, nurtured, fostered.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Pōṣita (ಪೋಷಿತ):—

1) [adjective] protected; guarded.

2) [adjective] fostered; brought up.

3) [adjective] strengthened, built up or promoted; developed; brought to a good or better stage.

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Pōṣita (ಪೋಷಿತ):—

1) [noun] a man who protected, guarded by another.

2) [noun] he who is fostered, brought up by another.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Poshitar, Poshitavya.

Ends with: Bandhaposhita, Hoslundia opposita, Melia composita, Pariposhita, Samuposhita, Udakaposita, Uposhita.

Full-text: Posia, Poshitavya, Ayapita, Pariposha, Poshit, Poshitri, Udakaposita, Palit, Poseti, Palita, Chir, Cira.

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