Pushpaketana, Puṣpaketana, Pushpa-ketana: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Puṣpaketana can be transliterated into English as Puspaketana or Pushpaketana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Puṣpaketana (पुष्पकेतन).—the god of love. (-n.)
1) calx of flowers.
2) vitriol (used as a collyrium).
Derivable forms: puṣpaketanaḥ (पुष्पकेतनः).
Puṣpaketana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puṣpa and ketana (केतन). See also (synonyms): puṣpaketu.
Puṣpaketana (पुष्पकेतन).—m.
(-naḥ) The Hindu Cupid. E. puṣpa a flower, and ketana a symbol.
Puṣpaketana (पुष्पकेतन):—[=puṣpa-ketana] [from puṣpa > puṣ] m. ‘characterized by f°’, the god of love, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Puṣpaketana (पुष्पकेतन):—[puṣpa-ketana] (naḥ) 1. m. Kāmdeva.
Puṣpaketana (पुष्पकेतन):—(pu + ke) m. der Liebesgott (Blumen zum Attribut habend) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 228.]
Puṣpaketana (पुष्पकेतन):—m. der Liebesgott.
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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Partial matches: Pushpa, Ketana.
Full-text: Pushpaketu, Pushpadhvaja.
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