Pushpapracaya, Puṣpapracaya, Pushpa-pracaya, Puṣpapracāya: 6 definitions

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The Sanskrit terms Puṣpapracaya and Puṣpapracāya can be transliterated into English as Puspapracaya or Pushpapracaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Pushpaprachaya.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Puṣpapracaya (पुष्पप्रचय) or Puṣpapracāya (पुष्पप्रचाय).—the plucking or gathering of flowers.

Derivable forms: puṣpapracayaḥ (पुष्पप्रचयः), puṣpapracāyaḥ (पुष्पप्रचायः).

Puṣpapracaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puṣpa and pracaya (प्रचय).

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

Puṣpapracaya (पुष्पप्रचय).—m.

(-yaḥ) 1. Gathering fruit or flower, &c. in any way except by the hand. 2. Stealing flowers. E. puṣpa, and pra before, ci to collect, aff. ac.

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Puṣpapracāya (पुष्पप्रचाय).—m.

(-yaḥ) Gathering flowers with the hand. E. puṣpa, and pra before, ci to collect, ghañ aff.

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

1) Puṣpapracaya (पुष्पप्रचय):—[=puṣpa-pracaya] [from puṣpa > puṣ] m. plucking f° (to steal them), [Pāṇini 3-3, 60.]

2) Puṣpapracāya (पुष्पप्रचाय):—[=puṣpa-pracāya] [from puṣpa > puṣ] m. plucking or gathering f°, [ib.]

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

1) Puṣpapracaya (पुष्पप्रचय):—[puṣpa-pracaya] (yaḥ) 1. m. Gathering flowers or stealing flowers.

2) Puṣpapracāya (पुष्पप्रचाय):—[puṣpa-pracāya] (yaḥ) 1. m. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pushpapracaya 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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