Pushatmaja, Pūṣātmaja, Pushan-atmaja: 4 definitions

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Pushatmaja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Pūṣātmaja can be transliterated into English as Pusatmaja or Pushatmaja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pūṣātmaja (पूषात्मज).—

1) a cloud.

2) an epithet of Indra.

3) an epithet of Karṇa; पूषात्मजो मर्मसु निर्बिभेद (pūṣātmajo marmasu nirbibheda) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 8.89.76.

Derivable forms: pūṣātmajaḥ (पूषात्मजः).

Pūṣātmaja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pūṣan and ātmaja (आत्मज).

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

Pūṣātmaja (पूषात्मज):—[from pūṣa > pūṣ] m. ‘son or younger brother of P°’, Name of Parjanya, [Mahābhārata] ([Nīlakaṇṭha])

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Pushatmaja 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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