Pundraka, Puṇḍraka, Pumdraka: 13 definitions
Introduction:
Pundraka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, biology. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Puṇḍraka (पुण्ड्रक) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. II.48.17) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Puṇḍraka) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
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.
Kavya (poetry)
Puṇḍraka (पुण्ड्रक) refers to a “kind of sugar-cane”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 21.153.
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’.
India history and geography
Puṇḍraka (पुण्ड्रक) (of Ratnasālī/Ratnaśālī) is the name of a Poet mentioned in the 13th century Saduktikarṇāmrita by Śrīdhara Dāsa (son of Vaṭu Dāsa) who was a chief over several districts (called a mahāmaṇḍalika).—The Sadukti-Karnamrita is a collection of miscellaneous verses by different authors and on various subjects, five verses being devoted to each subject. There are 446 poets identified (for example, Puṇḍraka) some of which in the feminine gender (intended for females) while others are of Buddhist monks etc.
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.
Biology (plants and animals)
Pundraka in India is the name of a plant defined with Saccharum officinarum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Saccharum officinarum var. giganteum Kunth (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· USDA Handb. (1958)
· J. Fujian Acad. Agric. Sci. (1996)
· Adnotationes Botanicae (1829)
· Flore des Antilles (1808)
· Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte (1836)
· Flora Indica, or ‘Descriptions of Indian Plants’, ed. 1820 (1820)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Pundraka, for example diet and recipes, health benefits, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, side effects, chemical composition, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Puṇḍraka (पुण्ड्रक).—
1) A variety of sugar-cane (red-variety); (Mar. puḍyā ūṃsa); कृष्टे रोहति दोहदेन पयसां पिण्डेन चेत् पुण्ड्रकः (kṛṣṭe rohati dohadena payasāṃ piṇḍena cet puṇḍrakaḥ) N.21.153.
2) A sectarial mark.
3) One who lives by breeding silk worms.
Derivable forms: puṇḍrakaḥ (पुण्ड्रकः).
Puṇḍraka (पुण्ड्रक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A creeper, (Gærtnera racemosa.) 2. A mark on the forehead with Sandal, &c. 3. A sort of sugarcane: see the last. E. kan added to the preceding.
Puṇḍraka (पुण्ड्रक).—[puṇḍra + ka], m. 1. The name of a people = Puṇḍra, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 44. 2. A sort of sugar-cane.
Puṇḍraka (पुण्ड्रक) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. [Subhāshitāvali by Vallabhadeva]
1) Puṇḍraka (पुण्ड्रक):—[from puṇḍra] m. ([plural]) the Puṇḍras (sub voce), [Manu-smṛti x, 44] ([varia lectio] pauṇḍ), [Mahābhārata]
2) [v.s. ...] (sg.) a prince of the P°s [Mahābhārata]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of sub voce plants (= puṇḍra), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] a frontal sectarian mark (See ūrdhva-p. tri-p)
5) [v.s. ...] a man who lives by breeding silk-worms, [Colebrooke]
6) [v.s. ...] Name of a poet (also puṇḍroka), [Catalogue(s)]
Puṇḍraka (पुण्ड्रक):—(kaṃ) 1. m. A creeper, a sugarcane.
Puṇḍraka (पुण्ड्रक):—(von puṇḍra)
1) m. = puṇḍra [?1. VĀCASPATI zu Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1194. Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) m. pl. = puṇḍra [2.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 44 ] (v. l. für pauṇḍraka). [Harivaṃśa 1693.] baṅgāḥ kaliṅgāḥ u. s. w. sapuṇḍrakāḥ [Mahābhārata 2, 1874.] sg. der Fürst dieses Volkes 119. —
3) m. = puṇḍra [3.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 52.] —
4) m. = ein best. Baum, = tilakavṛkṣa [Rājanirghaṇṭa] —
5) = puṇḍra 6.; s. ūrdhvapuṇḍraka und tripuṇḍraka (auch [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 7, 15]) u. puṇḍra . —
6) m. ein Mann, dessen Gewerbe es ist Seidenraupen aufzuziehen, [Colebrooke II, 185]; vgl. u. cūrṇakāra . Hierher oder Nomen proprium eines Mannes: putramāheśvarīkṛtyāvināśana [PADMA-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher] in [Oxforder Handschriften 14,a,22.]
Puṇḍraka (पुण्ड्रक):—m. —
1) Pl. = puṇḍra 1)a)α —
2) ein Fürst der Puṇḍra 1)a)α —
3) *Zuckerrohr. —
4) *Gaertnera racemosa. —
5) *Clerodendrum phlomoides [Rājan 10,42.] —
6) Sectenzeichen. —
7) ein Mann , der sich mit der Zucht der Seidenraupe abgiebt.
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
Puṃḍraka (ಪುಂಡ್ರಕ):—
1) [noun] = ಪುಂಡ್ರ - [pumdra -] 1, 2,3 & 4.
2) [noun] the creeper Hiptage benghalensis ( = H. madablota) of Malpighiaceae family; spring creeper.
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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