Pukkasha, Pukkaśa: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pukkaśa can be transliterated into English as Pukkasa or Pukkasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPukkaśa (पुक्कश).—a.
1) (-śī f.), [pukkasa] a. (-sī f.) Low, vile,
-śaḥ, -ṣaḥ, -saḥ Name of a degraded mixed caste, the offspring of a Niṣāda by a Śūdra woman; जातो निषादाच्छूद्रायां जात्या भवति पुक्कसः (jāto niṣādācchūdrāyāṃ jātyā bhavati pukkasaḥ) Manusmṛti 1.18.
-śī, -sī 1 A bud.
2) The Indigo plant.
3) A woman of the Pukkasa caste.
See also (synonyms): pukkasa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPukkaśa (पुक्कश).—m.
(-śaḥ- or -saḥ) A Chandala, an outcaste: see pukkasa.
Pukkaśa can also be spelled as Pukkasa (पुक्कस).
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Pukkasa (पुक्कस).—mfn.
(-saḥ-sī-saṃ) Low, vile. m.
(-saḥ) A Chandala, or man of an impure and degraded tribe or occupation, born of the Nishada by a Sudra female. f. (-sī) 1. Indigo. 2. A bud, a blossom. 3. A woman of the Pukkasa tribe. E. pu for puṇya purity, ku bad (understood,) kas to go, aff. ac, deriv. irr. or appropriately puk kutsatiṃ kasati kasa-gatau ac pṛṣo0 vā śaḥ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPukkaśa (पुक्कश).—and pukkasa pukkasa, m. A mixed tribe; the offspring of a Niṣāda by a Śūdra female, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 18. f. śī, sī, A female of this tribe, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 38.
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Pukkasa (पुक्कस).—see the last.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPukkaśa (पुक्कश).—[masculine] a cert. mixed caste.
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Pukkasa (पुक्कस).—[masculine] a cert. mixed caste.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pukkaśa (पुक्कश):—m. [wrong reading] for pulkasa q.v.
2) Pukkaṣa (पुक्कष):—m. [wrong reading] for pulkasa q.v.
3) Pukkasa (पुक्कस):—[from pukkaṣa] m. idem
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPukkasa (पुक्कस):—[(saḥ-sā-saṃ) a.] Low, vile. 1. m. A chandāla. f. (sī) Indigo; a bud. This word is often written pukkaśa sometimes pukkaṣa.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 10.15-18 < [Section II - Mixed Castes]
Verse 10.38 < [Section II - Mixed Castes]
Verse 10.46 < [Section IV - Occupations of the Mixed Castes]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Chapter 151 - Description of duties laid down for different castes (varṇa)
Chapter 371 - The description of hells (naraka)
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter CXX - Lamentation of the chandala woman < [Book III - Utpatti khanda (utpatti khanda)]
Chapter CXXI - Proof of the futility of mind < [Book III - Utpatti khanda (utpatti khanda)]
The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
Canto VIII - The Story of Hariścandra (continued)
Canto XV - Conversation between the father and son (continued)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section XXVIII < [Anusasanika Parva]
Section CCXCVII < [Mokshadharma Parva]
Section CCCIII < [Mokshadharma Parva]