Prithudaka, Pṛthūdaka: 7 definitions

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Prithudaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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 term Pṛthūdaka can be transliterated into English as Prthudaka or Prithudaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

[«previous next»] — Prithudaka in Kavya glossary
Source: Shodhganga: The Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara

Pṛthūdaka (पृथूदक) is the name a locality mentioned in Rājaśekhara’s 10th-century Kāvyamīmāṃsā.—Pehoa in the Karnāl district of the Punjab on the river Sarasvatī. In the Kāvyamīmāṃsā of Rājaśekhara considered Pṛthūdaka as the region lying beyond the Uttarāpatha or the northern India. In modern Pehoa is on the northern side of the Sarasvatī river and is fourteen miles to the west of Thaneśvar.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«previous next»] — Prithudaka in Purana glossary
Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Pṛthūdaka (पृथूदक).—A sacred pond on the borders of Kurukṣetra. This is one of the celebrated tīrthas of Bhārata. He who bathes in this pond would get the benefit of doing an aśvamedha. (Chapter 83, Vana Parva; Chapter 39, Śalya Parva).

Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Pṛthūdaka (पृथूदक) refers to the name of a Tīrtha (pilgrim’s destination) mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. III.81.122). Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Pṛthūdaka) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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India history and geography

Source: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early Buddhism

Prithudaka (प्रिथुदक) (or Pithuḍaga) is the name of a locality situated in Dakkhiṇāpatha (Deccan) or “southern district” of ancient India, as recorded in the Pāli Buddhist texts (detailing the geography of ancient India as it was known in to Early Buddhism).—Pithuḍaga is the same as Sanskrit Prithudaka and Pithuḍa is but a shortened form of Pithuḍaga. In the Gaṇḍavyūha we find a reference to Prithurāshtra, which is evidently not different from what Ptolemy in his Geography calls Pitundra which is but the Greek form of Pithuṇḍa. In Khāravela’s inscriptions, we have mention of a place founded by the former kings of Kaliṅga and known by the name of Pithuḍaga or Pithuḍa, which had become, in 113 years, a watery jungle of grass.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Prithudaka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Pṛthūdaka (पृथूदक):—[from pṛthu > pṛth] a n. ‘having extensive waters’, Name of a sacred bathing-place on the northern bank of the Sarasvatī, [Mahābhārata]

2) [v.s. ...] b m. Name of the author of a [commentator or commentary] on the Brahma-gupta, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Colebrooke]

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Prithudaka 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.

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