Pushkarin, Puṣkarin: 10 definitions
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Pushkarin 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 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)
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.
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)
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.
Ganita (गणित) or Ganitashastra 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
Puṣkarin (पुष्करिन्).—a. (-ṇī f.) Abounding in lotuses. -m. An elephant.
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.
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.
Puṣkarin (पुष्करिन्).—[adjective] rich in lotuses; [masculine] elephant, [feminine] riṇī lotus-pond.
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]
Puṣkarin (पुष्करिन्):—(rī) 5. m. An elephant. f. (ṇī) A pond, tank, or lake; a female elephant.
Puṣkarin (पुष्करिन्):—
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Puṣkarin (पुष्करिन्):—
3) a) [Kathāsaritsāgara 70, 98.]
Puṣkarin (पुष्करिन्):——
1) Adj. mit blauen Lotusblumen versehen. —
2) m. — a) Elephant [Dhūrtanāṭaka 41.] — b) *Schwert [Galano's Wörterbuch] — c) Nomen proprium eines Fürsten. —
3) f. riṇī — a) ein Teich mit blauen Lotusblumen , Teich überh. — b) *Costus speciosus oder arabicus. — c) *Hibiscus mutabilis [Rājan 5,80.] — d) *Elephantenkuh. — e) Nomen proprium — α) verschiedener Frauen. — β) eines Flusses. — γ) *eines buddh. Tempels.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Pushkarina, Pushkarinee, Pushkarini.
Full-text: Pushkararuni, Pushkarini, Putkaram, Padmin.
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Ganitatilaka (Sanskrit text and English introduction) (by H. R. Kapadia)
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Indian Astronomy (a source book) (by B. V. Subbarayappa)
Vishnu Purana (Taylor) (by McComas Taylor)
Chapter 19 - Yayāti’s son Puru < [Book Four: The Royal Dynasties]
Ganita-sara-sangraha by Mahavira-Acharya (by M. Rangacharya)
Vishnu Purana (by Horace Hayman Wilson)
Chapter XIX - Dynasty of Puru < [Book IV]