The Sanskrit terms Prēṣaka and Preṣaka and Preṣakā can be transliterated into English as Presaka or Preshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Preshak.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Tibetan Buddhism

Preṣakā (प्रेषका) refers to a group of deities summoned by the Yamāntaka-mantra and mentioned as attending the teachings in the 6th century Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa: one of the largest Kriyā Tantras devoted to Mañjuśrī (the Bodhisattva of wisdom) representing an encyclopedia of knowledge primarily concerned with ritualistic elements in Buddhism. The teachings in this text originate from Mañjuśrī and were taught to and by Buddha Śākyamuni in the presence of a large audience (including Preṣakā).

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Preṣaka (प्रेषक) refers to a “(Nāga) messenger”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [as the Bhagavān teaches various Nāga-enchantments], “[...] The image of five Nāga girls should be placed in a secret place. [...] Where it is sent, there it goes. It returns again. It tells everything in his dream. What is to be done, it will accomplish all. It is called a Nāga messenger (preṣaka). [...]”

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

prēṣaka (प्रेषक).—a S That sends. prēṣaṇa n S Sending.

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

prēṣaka (प्रेषक).—a That sends. prēṣaṇa n Sending.

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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

Preṣaka (प्रेषक).—a.

1) Despatching, sending.

2) Ordering.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Preṣaka (प्रेषक).—m., a kind of malevolent supernatural [Page395-a+ 45] being: Mahāvyutpatti 4378 (follows cicca or ciccha, q.v.); (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 17.9 (followed by mahā-pre°); Mahā-Māyūrī 220.18; 245.16.

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

Preṣaka (प्रेषक):—mfn. sending, directing, commanding, [Mahābhārata]

[Sanskrit to German]

Preshaka 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

Preṣaka (प्रेषक) [Also spelled preshak]:—(nm) a despatcher; consigner.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Prēṣaka (ಪ್ರೇಷಕ):—[noun] that which sends forth something (as sound, electricity, etc.); a transmitter.

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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

Preṣaka (प्रेषक):—adj. sending; dispatching; n. sender; dispatcher;

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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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Full-text: Sandesha-preshaka, Preshak, Nagapreshaka, Preshayitri, Sandesh-preshak, Mahapreshaka, Cicca.

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