Pumstva, Puṃstva: 12 definitions
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In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Puṃstva (पुंस्त्व) refers to “virility”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 16) (“On the planets—graha-bhaktiyoga”), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “Saturn presides over the countries of Ānarta, Arbuda, Puṣkara, Saurāṣṭra, Abhīra, Śūdra, Raivataka, countries through which the river Sarasvatī passes as an underground stream and the western countries; over the natives of Kurukṣetra, the town of Somanātha, and persons born on the banks of the Vidiśā, the Vedasmṛti and the Mahī; over wicked men, uncleanly men and men of the lowest class; over oil-mongers, weak men and persons not possessing virility (puṃstva—upahata puṃstvāḥ)”.
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
Puṃstva (पुंस्त्व).—
1) The characteristic of a male, virility, potency, masculineness; यत्नात् पुंस्त्वे परीक्षितः (yatnāt puṃstve parīkṣitaḥ) Y.1.55; कुलालपितृत्वं च कुलालजनकपुंस्त्वम् (kulālapitṛtvaṃ ca kulālajanakapuṃstvam) Tarka K.
2) Semen virile.
3) The masculine gender.
Derivable forms: puṃstvam (पुंस्त्वम्).
Puṃstva (पुंस्त्व).—n.
(-stvaṃ) 1. Semen virile. 2. Manhood, virility. 3. The masculine gender, (In gram.) E. pum man, and tva aff. of the abstract; also with tal aff., puṃstā f. (-stā.)
Puṃstva (पुंस्त्व).—[puṃs + tva], n. Virility, manhood, [Yājñavalkya, (ed. Stenzler.)] 1, 55.
Puṃstva (पुंस्त्व).—[neuter] the being male, the masculine gender ([grammar]); manhood, semen virile.
1) Puṃstva (पुंस्त्व):—[=puṃs-tva] [from puṃs] n. the being a man (opp. to strī-bhāva), [Purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] manhood, virility, [Yājñavalkya; Suśruta]
3) [v.s. ...] semen virile, [Harivaṃśa]
4) [v.s. ...] (in gram.) masculineness, the masculine gender, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.; Pāṇini [Scholiast or Commentator]]
Puṃstva (पुंस्त्व):—(stvaṃ) 1. n. Semen virile, virility.
Puṃstva (पुंस्त्व):—(von pumaṃs) n. das Mannsein (Gegens. strītva) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 1, 21.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 50, 12.] a [Mahābhārata 4, 309.] Mannheit so v. a. männliches Vermögen [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 55. 2, 236.] [Suśruta 1, 31, 15. 156, 4. 198, 2. 260. 10.] das Männlichsein, das männliche Geschlecht in gramm. Sinne [Amarakoṣa 3, 6, 2, 11.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 2, 51,] [Scholiast] der männliche Same [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 629.] [Harivaṃśa 14274.]
Puṃstva (पुंस्त्व):—n. —
1) das Mannsein (Gegens. Weibsein ). —
2) Mannheit , männliches Vermögen. —
3) das Männlichsein , das männliche Geschlecht (gramm.). —
4) der männliche Same.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Puṃstva (पुंस्त्व):—(nm) manhood, masculineness; virility; ~[karaṇa] masculinisation; ~[haraṇa] emasculation.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Puṃstva (ಪುಂಸ್ತ್ವ):—
1) [noun] manly qualities as being virile, strong, brave, resolute, honourable, etc.; manliness 2.the viscid, whitish fluid produced in the male reproductive organs, containing spermatozoa; the semen.
2) [noun] (gram.) the masculine gender.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Puṃstva (पुंस्त्व):—n. 1. masculinity; 2. virility; manliness; 3. male features;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Starts with: Pumstvadosha, Pumstvavigraha.
Full-text: Apumstva, Pumstvadosha, Pumstvavigraha, Punstv, Apratihatapumstva, Pumsattuvam, Acariyapumstuvam, Pumstuvamalam, Sattvaguna, Nu nan gen, Upahata.
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