Purodash, Puroḍāś, Puras-dash: 6 definitions

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Purodash means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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 Puroḍāś can be transliterated into English as Purodas or Purodash, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Puroḍāś (पुरोडाश्).—m.,

Puroḍāś is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puras and ḍāś (डाश्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Puroḍāś (पुरोडाश्).—(puroLāś; [nominative] Lās) [masculine] sacrificial cake, oblation i.[grammar]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Puroḍāś (पुरोडाश्):—[=puro-ḍāś] [from puro > pur] (or -lāś [nominative case] -Lās) m. a mass of ground rice rounded into a kind of cake (usually divided into pieces, placed on receptacles ; cf. kapāla) and offered as an oblation in fire, [Ṛg-veda]; etc.

2) Puroḍās (पुरोडास्):—[=puro-ḍās] sa etc. See p.635.

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Purodash in German

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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.

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Purodash in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) sacrificial oblation offered to the gods..—purodash (पुरोडाश) is alternatively transliterated as Puroḍāśa.

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