Pushkalata, Puṣkalatā: 1 definition
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Pushkalata 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 Puṣkalatā can be transliterated into English as Puskalata or Pushkalata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPuṣkalatā (पुष्कलता).—(also puṣkaratā; = Pali pokkharatā, in vaṇṇa-p°, compare below; [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary] gives wrong [etymology]), excellence, in composition with varṇa-: varṇa-p° Bodhisattvabhūmi 61.18 and Divyāvadāna 222.21, see s.v. gupti; in Avadāna-śataka ii.202.13 parallel with varṇa: kumārasya rūpaṃ śobhāṃ varṇaṃ puṣkalatāṃ ca… (dṛṣṭvā); or should we em. to varṇa-puṣ°?
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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Full-text: Pokkharata, Pushkarata, Gupti.
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