Prishthima, Pṛṣṭhima: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term Pṛṣṭhima can be transliterated into English as Prsthima or Prishthima, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPṛṣṭhima (पृष्ठिम).—once (Mahāvastu ii.126.6, prose) °maka, adj. (to pṛṣṭhi or Sanskrit pṛṣṭha, § 22.13), of the back, back-, rear: °makaṃ (sc. kāyaṃ) Mahāvastu ii.126.6, back (part of the body), contrasted with purimaṃ kāyaṃ; the Lalitavistara (similarly Majjhimanikāya (Pali)) parallels (see s.v. purima 2) have pṛṣṭhi-kaṇṭakaṃ (or Pali equivalent), and so also (or spelled °ṭhakam) in repetitions Mahāvastu ii.127.10; 128.15; 129.17; but pṛṣṭhimaṃ, sc. kāyaṃ, Mahāvastu ii.232.15 (verse, same incident); adverbs, °mena (āhatā) Mahāvastu ii.455.18, in the back, behind; °mena °maṃ samanubaddho Mahāvastu ii.255.2, 4; iii.28.2; 53.11, pursuing ever behind; °mena °maṃ anugacchati iii.291.7; pṛṣṭhena pṛṣṭhimaṃ samanubaddhā iii.296.9; pṛṣṭhimaṃ (but mss. pṛṣṭiṃ me, or se) āruhitvā Mahāvastu ii.479.19, mounting on (a person's) back.
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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