Pushpakara, Puṣpākara, Pushpa-akara: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Puṣpākara can be transliterated into English as Puspakara or Pushpakara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPuṣpākara (पुष्पाकर).—a. rich or abounding in flowers; मासो नु पुष्पाकरः (māso nu puṣpākaraḥ) V.1.9.
Puṣpākara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puṣpa and ākara (आकर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPuṣpākara (पुष्पाकर).—(1) name of a former Buddha: Sukhāvatīvyūha 6.1; (2) name of a kalpa: Śatasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā 323.2.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuṣpākara (पुष्पाकर).—i. e. puṣpa -ākara, adj. Abounding in flowers, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 9 (with māsa, i. e. Spring).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Puṣpakāra (पुष्पकार):—[=puṣpa-kāra] [from puṣpa > puṣ] m. Name of the author of the Puṣpa-sūtra, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Puṣpākara (पुष्पाकर):—[from puṣpa > puṣ] mfn. rich in f°, flowery
3) [v.s. ...] m. (with māsa) the flowery month, spring, [Vikramorvaśī]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPuṣpākara (पुष्पाकर):—(nm) the spring season.
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Partial matches: Pushpa, Kaara, Akara, Kara.
Starts with: Pushpakaradeva, Pushpakaranda, Pushpakarandaka, Pushpakarandakodyana, Pushpakarandini, Pushpakarandodyana.
Full-text: Pushpakaradeva, Shringara, Akara.
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