Pushkaratirtha, Puṣkaratīrtha, Pushkara-tirtha: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Puṣkaratīrtha can be transliterated into English as Puskaratirtha or Pushkaratirtha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPuṣkaratīrtha (पुष्करतीर्थ).—Name of a sacred bathing-place; see पुष्कर (puṣkara) above.
Derivable forms: puṣkaratīrthaḥ (पुष्करतीर्थः).
Puṣkaratīrtha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puṣkara and tīrtha (तीर्थ).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuṣkaratīrtha (पुष्करतीर्थ):—[=puṣkara-tīrtha] [from puṣkara > puṣ] n. Name of a sacred bathing-place, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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Partial matches: Pushkara, Tirtha.
Full-text: Dambha, Sunabha, Pishtapura, Suprabha, Menaka, Pushkara.
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