Pupa, Pūpa: 18 definitions
Introduction:
Pupa means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, 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
Ayurveda (science of life)
Pūpa (पूप):—Prepared with milk and sugarcane juice. Is heavy, saturating and aphrodisiac.
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.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Pūpa (पूप) refers to one of the various types of cakes mentioned in Chapter 12 (“offering food”) of the Susiddhikara-sūtra. Accordingly, “Offer [viz., pūpa cakes], [...]. Cakes such as the above are either made with granular sugar or made by mixing in ghee or sesamum oil. As before, take them in accordance with the family in question and use them as offerings; if you offer them up as prescribed, you will quickly gain success. [...]”.
When you wish to offer food [viz., pūpa cakes], first cleanse the ground, sprinkle scented water all around, spread out on the ground leaves that have been washed clean, such as lotus leaves, palāśa (dhak) leaves, and leaves from lactescent trees, or new cotton cloth, and then set down the oblatory dishes. [...] First smear and sprinkle the ground and then spread the leaves; wash your hands clean, rinse out your mouth several times, swallow some water, and then you should set down the food [viz., pūpa]. [...]
Pūpa (पूप) [=pūpaka?] refers to “cakes” (for offering during worship) [i.e., pūpaka-phalāni samarpayāmy aham], according to the Guru Mandala Worship (maṇḍalārcana) ritual often performed in combination with the Cakrasaṃvara Samādhi, which refers to the primary pūjā and sādhanā practice of Newah Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhists in Nepal.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Biology (plants and animals)
Pupa in Peru is the name of a plant defined with Opuntia ficus-indica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Cactus compressus Salisb. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1768)
· Caryologia (2000)
· Especies promisorias vegetales de los países del Convenio Andrés Bello. (1990)
· Agrociencia (1966)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
· Opuntia ficus-indica.
If you are looking for specific details regarding Pupa, for example extract dosage, pregnancy safety, health benefits, diet and recipes, chemical composition, side effects, 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
Pali-English dictionary
pūpa : (m.; nt.) cake.
Pūpa, (cp. Epic Sk. pūpa; “a rich cake of wheaten flour” Hȧlāyudha, 2, 164; and BSk. pūpalikā Av. Ś II. 116) a special kind of cake, baked or boiled in a bag J. V, 46 (°pasibbaka cake-bag); DhA. I, 319 (jāla° net-cake; v. l. pūva). See also pūva. (Page 471)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
pūpa (पूप).—m (apūpa S) A sort of bread. It is light and rich.
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
Pūpa (पूप).—A sort of bread; see अपूप (apūpa); पूपोऽपूपो पिष्टके स्यात (pūpo'pūpo piṣṭake syāta).
Derivable forms: pūpaḥ (पूपः).
Pūpa (पूप).—m.
(-paḥ) A cake. E. pū to purify, aff. pak or yat .
Pūpa (पूप).—m. A cake, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 54, 3 Gorr.
Pūpa (पूप).—[masculine] cake.
Pūpa (पूप):—m. a cake, a sort of bread, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa etc.] (cf. apūpa).
Pūpa (पूप):—(paḥ) 1. m. A cake.
Pūpa (पूप):—m. Kuchen [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 48.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 398.] [Halāyudha 2, 164.] [Mahābhārata 7, 2309. 13, 3260.] piṣṭamaya [5499. 14, 1890. 18, 267] (neben apūpa). [Rāmāyaṇa Gorresio 1, 54, 3.] [Suśruta 1, 234, 12.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 42 (43), 38. 96, 11.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 231.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 15, 24.] — Vgl. apūpa (auch [Rājataraṅgiṇī 6, 11], wo matsyāpūpa zu lesen ist).
Pūpa (पूप):—m. Kuchen.
Pūpa (पूप) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Aṃguma, Pūala.
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
Pūpa (ಪೂಪ):—[noun] any of several
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Pupa is another spelling for प्युपा [pyupā].—n. pupa;
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+8): Pu-paricama, Pu-patana-puputam, Pu-patimattirai, Pulapoke, Pupacalai, Pupadiri, Pupaka, Pupakam, Pupakin, Pupal, Pupala, Pupalacanam, Pupalalokeshvara, Pupalam, Pupalan, Pupalarayan, Pupalas, Pupalasai, Pupali, Pupalia atropurpurea.
Full-text (+55): Apupa, Pupashala, Citrapupa, Dhanapupa, Mashapupa, Pupiya, Pupika, Pupacalai, Koshavasin, Kumbholuka, Koshastha, Pupalika, Jalapupa, Paupika, Pupashtaka, Pupali, Pupala, Po yong, Can yong, Ekuya pupa.
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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
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Rig Veda 10.45.9 < [Sukta 45]
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