Prithuka, Pṛthuka: 20 definitions
Introduction:
Prithuka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 Pṛthuka can be transliterated into English as Prthuka or Prithuka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Pṛthuka (पृथुक).—A devagaṇa of Raivata Manvantara.
Pṛthuka (पृथुक) refers to “beaten rice” (suitable for a marriage ceremony)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.37 (“The letter of betrothal is dispatched”).—Accordingly, as Himavat prepared the wedding of Menā and Śiva: “[...] Then he began collecting foodstuffs and other requisite articles intended for the performance of the marriage. [...] Mountainous masses of rice, beaten rice (pṛthuka), jaggery, sugar candies and salt were heaped up. He caused huge tanks and receptacles built for milk, ghee and curds as well as for fried flour cakes of barley and other grains and ball-like sweets. Big tanks and receptacles were made for the nectar, sugarcane juice, baked cakes, and the sugar candies. [...]”.
1a) Pṛthuka (पृथुक).—Fried grains taken by Kucela to Kṛṣṇa as present.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa X. 80. 14; 81. 5-9, 35.
1b) His father, Nīla of Pāñcala, was slain by Ugrāyudha.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 49. 77.
1c) A group of gods in the Cākṣuṣa epoch (6th epoch); eight in number: Ājiṣṭa, Śākyana, Vānapṛṣṭa, Śānkara, Satyadhriṣṇu, Viṣṇu, Vijaya and Ajita.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 36. 66, 74; Vāyu-purāṇa 62. 57, 62. Viṣṇu-purāṇa III. 1. 27.
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.
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Pṛthuka (पृथुक) refers to “flattened rice”, used in oblation offerings, according to verse 25.149-150 of the 8th-century Īśvarasaṃhitā. Accordingly, “Pṛthuka is prepared out of śāli or grains rent in śāli light and heated in the fire along with cooked jaggery. They are to be mixed up with powdered pepper, pieces of jīraka and dried coconut pulp”.
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
Pṛthuka (पृथुक) refers to “flattened rice” or “beaten rice”, according to the Taittarīyabrāhmaṇa III.8.14.3, and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—The discussions on rice can be seen only in post-Ṛgvedic literature. [...] Lāja and pṛthuka are two rice products used for sacrificial purposes. Lāja is a puffed rice which looks like white flower. The flattened rice or beaten rice is called as pṛthuka.
Pṛthuka refers to “beaten rice” and is classified as a type of grain (dhānya) in the section on tṛṇadhānya (grassy grains) in the Bhojanakutūhala (dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana).—Tṛṇadhānya-prakaraṇa discusses the varieties and properties of grassy grains [...]. The properties of [viz., pṛthuka (beaten rice)] are also discussed herein.
Pṛthuka (fried or pounded) is classified as a ‘heavy foodstuff’ as opposed to pṛthuka derived from raktaśāli.—Heavy food should [viz., fried or pounded pṛthuka] to be eaten only until one is half satisfied. Light food [viz., pṛthuka derived from raktaśāli] can be eaten until the full satisfaction is obtained. A man whose digestive fire is weak, should abandon heavy food.
Pṛthuka (beaten rice) is mentioned in a list of potential causes for indigestion.—A complete section in Bhojanakutūhala is devoted for the description of agents that cause indigestion [viz., pṛthuka (beaten rice)]. These agents consumed on a large scale can cause indigestion for certain people. The remedies [viz., liquid yavāni] for these types of indigestions are also explained therewith.
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Pṛthuka (पृथुक) refers to “flat seeds”; representing a type of the Bīja (“seed”) part of plants, representing a technical term related to the morphology branch of “plant science”, which ultimately involves the study of life history of plants, including its origin and development, their external and internal structures and the relation of the members of the plant body with one another.—Seeds (bījas) are of different types. Some are long, some round, some roundish; other may be flat (pṛthuka-bīja), some may be winged. Some may be coarse and others fine. Again in some cases seeds are provided with sharp edged outgrowth. This kind of seed is called. Seeds germinate on the soiling due course of time. In case of an epiphytic plant seeds germinate on the trunk of a tree.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Pṛthukā (पृथुका):—Flattened rice - Rice when parched and flattened. Paddy that is not husked is made wet, slightly fried and flattened to get this. It is heavy, increase strength, increases kapha and cause Vistambha (constipation with abdominal discomfort)
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
pṛthuka (पृथुक).—m S pop. pṛthu or pṛthū m Rice flattened by having had hot water poured over it, having been dried over the fire, and having been pressed in a mortar.
pṛthuka (पृथुक).—m See pōhā.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Pṛthuka (पृथुक).—Rice parched and flattened (Mar. pohe); याचित्वा चतुरो मुष्टीन् विप्रात् पृथुकतण्डुलान् (yācitvā caturo muṣṭīn viprāt pṛthukataṇḍulān) Bhāgavata 1.8.14.
-kaḥ A child; निन्युर्जनन्यः पृथुकान् पथिभ्यः (ninyurjananyaḥ pṛthukān pathibhyaḥ) Śiśupālavadha 3.3; विचित्रं तद् गेहं भवति पृथुकार्तस्वरमयम् (vicitraṃ tad gehaṃ bhavati pṛthukārtasvaramayam); पृथुकः परिशीलितो न युद्धेष्वकृतास्त्रः परकैतवानभिज्ञः (pṛthukaḥ pariśīlito na yuddheṣvakṛtāstraḥ parakaitavānabhijñaḥ) Rām. Ch.2.25; Bhāgavata 1.12.2.
-kā A girl.
Derivable forms: pṛthukaḥ (पृथुकः), pṛthukam (पृथुकम्).
Pṛthuka (पृथुक).—adj. (not recorded in this sense; = Sanskrit pṛthu, -ka svārthe), broad: (paṭe…trihasta-, text tṛha- sta-) -pṛthuke (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 311.12 (prose).
Pṛthuka (पृथुक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) The young of any animal. mn.
(-kaḥ-kaṃ) Rice or grain flattened. f.
(-kā) Hingupatri: see pṛthu. E. prath to be famous, aff. kukan or pṛthu as above, and kan added.
Pṛthuka (पृथुक).—perhaps prath + uka, I. m. 1. Rice or grain flattened. 2. A child, a boy, [Śiśupālavadha] 3, 30. 3. The young of any animal. Ii. f. kā, A girl.
— Cf. probably perhaps
Pṛthuka (पृथुक).—[masculine] [neuter] half-ripe rice; [masculine] boy, young animal.
1) Pṛthuka (पृथुक):—[from pṛth] mn. rice or grain flattened
2) [v.s. ...] rice scalded with hot water and then dried over a fire and ground in a mortar, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Suśruta] (also -taṇḍula, [Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa])
3) [v.s. ...] m. a boy, the young of any animal, [Harivaṃśa; Śiśupāla-vadha] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] a species of grain, [Caraka]
5) [v.s. ...] m. [varia lectio] for pṛthu-ga, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
6) Pṛthukā (पृथुका):—[from pṛthuka > pṛth] f. a girl, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] a species of plant (= hiṅgu-pattrī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Pṛthuka (पृथुक):—[(kaḥ-kā-kaṃ)] 1. m. f. n. The young of any animal. m. n. Rice flattened. f. A drug.
Pṛthuka (पृथुक):—(von pṛthu)
1) m. breitgedrücktes Korn [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 47. 3, 4, 3.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 401.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 72.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 125.] [Halāyudha 2, 430.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 3, 8, 14, 3.] [Suśruta 1, 236, 9. 2, 509, 9.] gaṇa apūpādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 4.] Auch n. [BRAHMAVAIV. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher,] [BRAHMAKHAṆḌA 27] nach [Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) m. Kind, Knabe, das Junge eines Thieres [Uṇādisūtra 5, 53.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 5, 38. 3, 4, 3.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 338.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 2, 347.] [Śiśupālavadha 3, 30.] pṛthukau von einem Knaben und einem jungen Vogel [Harivaṃśa 1134.] pṛthukā Mädchen [Śabdakalpadruma] Vgl. prathuka . —
3) f. ā = pṛthu, pṛthvī, hiṅgupattrī [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma]
--- OR ---
Pṛthuka (पृथुक):—
1) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 81, 5.] taṇḍulā [8. 9. 80, 14.] —
2) Knabe [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 12, 2.] [PAÑCAR. 3, 5, 22.]
Pṛthuka (पृथुक):——
1) m. n. halbreifer (in der Hülse) breitgedrückter Reis [Materia medica of the Hindus 269.] [Rājan 16,96.] auch pṛthukataṇḍula m. [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra 1,17,19.] —
2) m. — a) Knabe , das Junge einer Thieres. — b) Pl. eine Art Korn [Carakasaṃhitā 1,274] — c) Pl. v.l. für pṛthuga [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa ,312.] —
3) *f. pṛthukā — a) Mädchen [Rājan 18,14.] — b) = hiṅgupattrī.
Pṛthuka (पृथुक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pahuṃka, Pihuya.
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
Pṛthuka (ಪೃಥುಕ):—
1) [noun] rice scalded, fried and flattened by beating.
2) [noun] a young of any animal.
3) [noun] a human child.
4) [noun] a rare variety of beryl that is coloured green by chromium and valued as a gem; emerald.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+0): Prithukabija, Prithukalpini, Prithukarman, Prithukatva, Prithukaya.
Full-text (+6): Prathuka, Gudaprithuka, Prithukiya, Prithukya, Puthika, Prithukabija, Pankumam, Ojishtha, Jigishu, Vanadrishta, Satakrita, Pihuya, Cakshushantara, Pahumka, Satyadrishti, Puthuka, Pohe, Ugrayudha, Lajahoma, Annavikara.
Relevant text
Search found 27 books and stories containing Prithuka, Prirhuka, Pṛrhuka, Prrhuka, Pṛthuka, Prthuka, Pṛthukā; (plurals include: Prithukas, Prirhukas, Pṛrhukas, Prrhukas, Pṛthukas, Prthukas, Pṛthukās). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
Samskara (Karana) as a process, its types & effect on Dravya : Review < [Vol. 8 No. 6 (2023)]
An overview on Pathya and Apathya in Kaphaja Vikara < [Vol. 7 No. 10 (2022)]
A Review on Krimiroga with special reference to Udara Krimi < [Vol. 6 No. 01 (2021)]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Deviation from convention (Introduction) < [Chapter 6 - Grammatical Aspects]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 197 < [Volume 12 (1912)]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)