Prishthya, Pṛṣṭhya, Prshthya, Prṣṭhyā: 10 definitions
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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)
Pṛṣṭhyā (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
Pṛṣṭhya (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.
Pṛṣṭhya (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.
Pṛṣṭhya (पृष्ठ्य).—i. e. pṛṣṭha + ya, m., f. A pack-horse or riding-horse, Mahābhārata 1, 8011.
Pṛṣṭhya (पृष्ठ्य).—[adjective] carrying on the back; [masculine] (±aśva) packor riding-horse.
1) 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]
Pṛṣṭhya (पृष्ठ्य):—(ṣṭhyaḥ) 1. m. A pack-horse. n. Many backbones. a. Of the back.
Pṛṣṭhya (पृष्ठ्य):—1. (von pṛṣṭha) adj. zur Höhe gehörig, von Höhen kommend u.s.w.: payas Milch der Höhe so v. a. Soma [Ṛgveda 4, 3, 10.] andhas [20, 4.]
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Pṛṣṭhya (पृष्ठ्य):—2. (wie eben)
1) m. f. Lastpferd oder Reitpferd (mit und ohne Beisatz von aśva) [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 14.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1263.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6, 102, 2.] [LĀṬY. 2, 8, 17. 8, 11, 16.] [Mahābhārata 1, 8011.] —
2) f. ā Grat oder Streifen, welcher auf dem Rücken der Vedi hinläuft, [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 8, 3, 12. 21. 4, 24. 6, 9. 9, 7, 7. 16, 8, 7. 18, 3, 19.]
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Pṛṣṭhya (पृष्ठ्य):—3. (wie eben) adj.
1) zur Bildung der Pṛṣṭha-Gesänge dienend: stoma [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 19, 9, 3.] —
2) adj. mit den Pṛṣṭha-Gesängen versehen; so heisst insbes. eine best. Gruppe von sechs Opfertagen (ṣaḍaha); pṛṣṭhyaḥ ṣaḍa.o bhavati [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 7, 2, 6, 2.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 4, 17. 5, 22.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 5, 4, 13. 12, 1, 2, 2. 4, 1. 3. 11. 3, 3, 6. 7.] abhiplavaṃ pūrvaṃ purastādviṣavata upayanti pṛṣṭhyamuttaram [2, 3, 4.] graha [5, 1, 2, 2.] pṛṣṭhyāhan [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 5, 8. 7, 5. 9, 2. 10, 3.] stotriya [7, 3.] tryaha, pañcāha [10, 3.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 12, 3. 1. 24, 1, 19. 21. 28. 3, 4.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 13, 19, 11. 21, 4. 22, 4.] [LĀṬY. 3, 5, 1. 4, 5, 21.] pṛṣṭhya = pṛṣṭhānāṃ samūhaḥ [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 42, Vārttika von Kātyāyana.] m. [Scholiast] (vgl. die Calc. Ausg.). [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 2, 12.] n. [Amarakoṣa 3, 3, 42. Vgl. 2.] pṛṣṭi .
Pṛṣṭhya (पृष्ठ्य):—1. , pṛṣṭhia —
1) Adj. — a) auf dem Rücken tragend. In Verbindung mit aśva und m. ohne aśva Lastpferd oder Reitpferd. — b) zur Höhe gehörig , von Höhen kommend u.s.w. —
2) f. pṛṣṭhyā der Grat oder Streifen , welcher auf dem Rücken der Vedi hinläuft , [Śulbasūtra 1,35.Vaitānasūtra]
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Pṛṣṭhya (पृष्ठ्य):—2. —
1) Adj. — a) zur Bildung der Pṛṣṭha genannten Stotra dienend. — b) mit dem Pṛṣṭha genannten Stotra versehen ; so heisst insbes. eine best. Gruppe von sechs Soma-Opfertagen ; als Subst. m. pṛṣṭhyāhan , pṛṣṭhyatryaha , pṛṣṭhyapañcāha , pṛṣṭhyastotriya , pṛṣṭhyacaturtha , pṛṣṭhyaṣaṣṭha [Vaitānasūtra] —
2) *m. n. = pṛṣṭhānāṃ samūhaḥ.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Pṛṣṭhya (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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