The Sanskrit term Puṣkarin can be transliterated into English as Puskarin or Pushkarin, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)

Source: Shodhganga: Portrayal of Animal Kingdom (Tiryaks) in Epics An Analytical study

Puṣkarin (पुष्करिन्) is a synonym (another name) for the Elephant (Gaja), according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Ganitashastra (Mathematics and Algebra)

Source: archive.org: Hindu Mathematics

Puṣkarin (पुष्करिन्) represents the number 8 (eight) in the “word-numeral system” (bhūtasaṃkhyā), which was used in Sanskrit texts dealing with astronomy, mathematics, metrics, as well as in the dates of inscriptions and manuscripts in ancient Indian literature.—A system of expressing numbers by means of words arranged as in the place-value notation was developed and perfected in India in the early centuries of the Christian era. In this system the numerals [e.g., 8—puṣkarin] are expressed by names of things, beings or concepts, which, naturally or in accordance with the teaching of the Śāstras, connote numbers.

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Ganitashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, gaṇitaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of mathematics, algebra, number theory, arithmetic, etc. Closely allied with astronomy, both were commonly taught and studied in universities, even since the 1st millennium BCE. Ganita-shastra also includes ritualistic math-books such as the Shulba-sutras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Puṣkarin (पुष्करिन्).—a. (-ṇī f.) Abounding in lotuses. -m. An elephant.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Puṣkarin (पुष्करिन्).—m. (-rī) An elephant. f. (-ṇī) 1. A square or large pond. 2. A piece of water, a lake. 3. A pool, where the lotus does or may grow. 4. The lotus plant. 5. A female elephant. E. puṣkara as above, ini possessive aff.

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

Puṣkarin (पुष्करिन्).—i. e. puṣkara + in, I. adj., f. iṇī, Abounding in lotus flowers, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 76, 5. Ii. m. An elephant. Iii. f. iṇī, A pool where the lotus does or may grow, [Arjunasamāgama] 4, 50.

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

Puṣkarin (पुष्करिन्).—[adjective] rich in lotuses; [masculine] elephant, [feminine] riṇī lotus-pond.

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

1) Puṣkarin (पुष्करिन्):—[from puṣ] mfn. abounding in lotuses, [Rāmāyaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] m. an elephant, [Dhūrtanartaka]

3) [v.s. ...] a sword, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]

4) [v.s. ...] Name of a prince (= puṣkarāruṇi), [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

5) [from puṣ] of the wife of Bhumanyu, [Mahābhārata]

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

Puṣkarin (पुष्करिन्):—(rī) 5. m. An elephant. f. (ṇī) A pond, tank, or lake; a female elephant.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pushkarin 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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Starts with: Pushkarina, Pushkarinee, Pushkarini.

Full-text: Pushkararuni, Pushkarini, Putkaram, Padmin.

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The Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)

Chapter XIX - Dynasty of Puru < [Book IV]

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