Pushkaravartaka, Pushkara-avartaka, Puṣkarāvartaka: 9 definitions
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Pushkaravartaka 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 Puṣkarāvartaka can be transliterated into English as Puskaravartaka or Pushkaravartaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexPuṣkarāvartaka (पुष्करावर्तक).—A group of rain-bearing clouds, born of the wings of the mountains shorn by Indra; description of; rain at the commencement of Pralaya and are instrumental in putting an end to them also.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 125. 11-15; Vāyu-purāṇa 51. 37-40.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPuṣkarāvartaka (पुष्करावर्तक).—an epithet of a class of clouds said to cause dearth or famine; जातं वंशे भुवनविदिते पुष्करावर्तकानाम् (jātaṃ vaṃśe bhuvanavidite puṣkarāvartakānām) Meghadūta 6; Kumārasambhava 2.5, Ve.3.2.
Derivable forms: puṣkarāvartakaḥ (पुष्करावर्तकः).
Puṣkarāvartaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puṣkara and āvartaka (आवर्तक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuṣkarāvartaka (पुष्करावर्तक).—i. e. puṣkara-āvarta + ka, m. A certain kind of cloud, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 6.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuṣkarāvartaka (पुष्करावर्तक).—[masculine] [plural] a cert. class of clouds.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuṣkarāvartaka (पुष्करावर्तक):—[from puṣkara > puṣ] m. Name of a [particular] class of clouds, [Kālidāsa] (cf. puṣkalāv).
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Puṣkarāvartaka (पुष्करावर्तक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Pukkhalāvaṭṭaya.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPuṣkarāvartaka (ಪುಷ್ಕರಾವರ್ತಕ):—[noun] a class of clouds that are said to rain very heavily.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Pushkara, Avartaka.
Full-text: Pushkalavartaka, Pushkalavarta, Pukkhalavattaya, Jambumula, Sumeru, Prajnaptika, Varsha, Pushkara.
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