Prishataka, Pṛṣātaka: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pṛṣātaka can be transliterated into English as Prsataka or Prishataka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
General definition (in Hinduism)
Pṛṣātaka (पृषातक) is the name of a mixture like Pṛṣadājya, and consisting, according to the late Gṛhyasaṇigraha, of curds (dadhi), honey (madhu), and ajya. It is mentioned in a late passage of the Atharvaveda and in the Sūtras.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Pṛṣātaka (पृषातक).—Mixture of ghee and coagulated milk.
Derivable forms: pṛṣātakam (पृषातकम्).
Pṛṣātaka (पृषातक).—n.
(-kaṃ) An oblation of Ghee and curds. E. pṛṣ sprinkling, at to go or be, ac and kan affs.
1) Pṛṣātaka (पृषातक):—[from pṛṣ] mn. a mixture of ghee and coagulated milk or some similar compound (cf. pṛṣad-ājya), [Atharva-veda; Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra]
2) [v.s. ...] m. ([plural]) a kind of ceremony, [Pāraskara-gṛhya-sūtra]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of Rudra, [Mānava-gṛhya-sūtra]
Pṛṣātaka (पृषातक):—[pṛṣā+taka] (kaṃ) 1. n. An oblation of ghee and curds.
Pṛṣātaka (पृषातक):—
Pṛṣātaka (पृषातक):——
1) m. n. so v.a. pṛṣadājya oder eine die sem ähnliche Mischung [Atharvaveda 20,134,2.] [Mānavagṛhyasūtra 2,3.Gṛhyāsaṃgraha 2,59.] —
2) m. — a) Pl. eine best. Begehung [Pāraskara’s Gṛhyasūtra 2,16,1.] — b) Beiname Rudra’s [Mānavagṛhyasūtra 2,3.] —
3) f. ī eine best. Krankheit oder Name der Unholdin , die diese Krankheit erregt.
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.
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Full-text (+0): Dadhiprishataka, Prishataki.
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