The Sanskrit term Puṣkaroda can be transliterated into English as Puskaroda or Pushkaroda, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Jainism

Puṣkaroda (पुष्करोद) is the shorter name for Puṣkarodasamudra, an ocean (samudra) surrouding the continent (dvīpa) known as Puṣkara (or, Puṣkaradvīpa), according to Jain cosmology. Puṣkaroda and Puṣkara are situated in the middle-world (madhyaloka), which contains innumerable concentric continents (dvīpa), each surrounded by their own ocean. The middle-world, as opposed to the upper-world (adhaloka) and the lower-world (ūrdhvaloka), is the only world where humans can be born.

Puṣkaroda is recorded in ancient Jaina canonical texts dealing with cosmology and geography of the universe. Examples of such texts are the Saṃgrahaṇīratna in the Śvetāmbara tradition or the Tiloyapannatti and the Trilokasāra in the Digambara tradition.

context information

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Puṣkaroda (पुष्करोद) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pukkharoa, Pukkharoda.

context information

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: Pushkarodasamudra.

Full-text: Pukkharoa, Pukkharoda, Pushkaradvipa, Madhyaloka, Pushkarodasamudra, Pushkara, Vaksara.

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Part 31: Description of Nandīśvara < [Chapter III - The initiation and omniscience of Ajita]

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