The Sanskrit term Puṣparatha can be transliterated into English as Pusparatha or Pushparatha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Puṣparatha (पुष्परथ).—The chariot of the King called Vasumanas. This chariot was capable of travelling through air, mountains and oceans. (Chapter 198, Vana Parva).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Puṣparatha (पुष्परथ).—a carriage for travelling or for pleasure (but not for war); मुख्यः पुष्परथो युक्तः किं न गच्छति तेऽग्रतः (mukhyaḥ puṣparatho yuktaḥ kiṃ na gacchati te'grataḥ) Rām.2.26.15.

Derivable forms: puṣparathaḥ (पुष्परथः).

Puṣparatha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puṣpa and ratha (रथ).

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

Puṣparatha (पुष्परथ) or Puṣyaratha.—m.

(-thaḥ) A car or carriage for travelling or pleasure, or any purpose except war. E. puṣpa a flower, and ratha a car.

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

Puṣparatha (पुष्परथ).—or

Puṣparatha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puṣpa and ratha (रथ).

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

Puṣparatha (पुष्परथ):—[=puṣpa-ratha] [from puṣpa > puṣ] m. ‘f°-chariot’, a car for travelling or for pleasure, [Rāmāyaṇa; Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]

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

Puṣparatha (पुष्परथ):—[puṣpa-ratha] (thaḥ) 1. m. A pleasure car.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pushparatha 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Puṣparatha (ಪುಷ್ಪರಥ):—[noun] a chariot decorated with flowers.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Puṣparatha (पुष्परथ):—n. a carriage for procession or pleasure (but not for war);

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Partial matches: Pushpa, Ratha.

Starts with: Pushparatam, Pusparattam.

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