Prishthya, Pṛṣṭhya, Prshthya, Prṣṭhyā: 10 definitions
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Prishthya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Pṛṣṭhya and Prṣṭhyā can be transliterated into English as Prsthya or Prishthya or Prshthya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wikibooks (hi): Sanskrit Technical TermsPṛṣṭhyā (पृष्ठ्या).—Line of symmetry, usually the east-west line. Note: Prṣṭhyā is a Sanskrit technical term used in ancient Indian sciences such as Astronomy, Mathematics and Geometry.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPṛṣṭhya (पृष्ठ्य).—a. Relating to the back.
-ṣṭhyaḥ A packhorse, पृष्ठ्यानामपि चाश्वानां बाल्हिकानां जनार्दनः । ददौ शतसहस्राख्यं कन्याधनमनुत्तमम् (pṛṣṭhyānāmapi cāśvānāṃ bālhikānāṃ janārdanaḥ | dadau śatasahasrākhyaṃ kanyādhanamanuttamam) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.221.51.
-ṣṭhyā 1 A mare for draught.
2) An edge on the back of the altar.
-ṣṭhyam 1 The back-bones.
2) A collection of Sāmans.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛṣṭhya (पृष्ठ्य).—mfn.
(-ṣṭhyaḥ-ṣṭhyā-ṣṭhyaṃ) Relating or belonging to the back. m.
(-ṣṭhyaḥ) A pack-horse. n.
(-ṣṭhyaṃ) A multitude of back bones. E. paṣṭha the back, yat aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛṣṭhya (पृष्ठ्य).—i. e. pṛṣṭha + ya, m., f. A pack-horse or riding-horse, Mahābhārata 1, 8011.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛṣṭhya (पृष्ठ्य).—[adjective] carrying on the back; [masculine] (±aśva) packor riding-horse.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pṛṣṭhya (पृष्ठ्य):—[from pṛṣṭha] mfn. belonging to or coming from the heights (with payas or andhas n. the milk or the plant from the heights, id est. the Soma), [Ṛg-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] carrying on the back
3) [v.s. ...] m. (with or sc. aśva) a horse for riding or for draught, [Lāṭyāyana; Mahābhārata]
4) Pṛṣṭhyā (पृष्ठ्या):—[from pṛṣṭhya > pṛṣṭha] f. the edge which runs along the back of a Vedi, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Śulba-sūtra]
5) Pṛṣṭhya (पृष्ठ्य):—[from pṛṣṭha] mfn. forming the Stotras called Pṛṣṭha, [Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa]
6) [v.s. ...] having these Stotras (said of a [particular] period of 6 sacrificial days [as [substantive] m.], viz. pṛṣṭhyāhan, pṛṣṭhya-tryaha, -pañcāha, -stotriya, -caturtha, -ṣaṣṭha, [Vaitāna-sūtra])
7) [v.s. ...] m. = pṛṣṭhānāṃ samūhaḥ, [Pāṇini 4-2, 42], [vArttika] 1, [Patañjali]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPṛṣṭhya (पृष्ठ्य):—(ṣṭhyaḥ) 1. m. A pack-horse. n. Many backbones. a. Of the back.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPṛṣṭhya (ಪೃಷ್ಠ್ಯ):—[noun] a horse as a draught animal.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Starts with: Prishthyastoma, Prishthyavalamba.
Ends with: Anuprishthya, Madhyeprishthya, Mahaprishthya, Nakaprishthya, Purastatprishthya, Yathaprishthya.
Full-text: Parshthika, Yathaprishthya, Pratyakshaprishtha, Parokshaprishtha, Aticchandasa, Somaprishtha, Prishthyastoma, Purastatprishthya, Prishthyavalamba, Anuprishthya, Mahaprishthya, Madhyeprishtham, Prishti, Mahaprishtha, Akshyant, Paryana, Ekavimsha, Sadaha, Shilpa.
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