The Sanskrit term Puṣpāyudha can be transliterated into English as Puspayudha or Pushpayudha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Puṣpāyudha (पुष्पायुध).—Viṣṇu's wedding present to Kāmeśvara.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 15. 19.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Puṣpāyudha (पुष्पायुध).—the god of love; पुष्पायुधं दुराधर्षम् (puṣpāyudhaṃ durādharṣam) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1. 172.17; Mahimna 23.

Derivable forms: puṣpāyudhaḥ (पुष्पायुधः).

Puṣpāyudha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puṣpa and āyudha (आयुध). See also (synonyms): puṣpeṣu.

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

Puṣpāyudha (पुष्पायुध).—m.

(-dhaḥ) The god of love.

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

Puṣpāyudha (पुष्पायुध).—[masculine] = puṣpabāṇa.

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

Puṣpāyudha (पुष्पायुध):—[from puṣpa > puṣ] m. ‘f° armed’, the god of love, [Kāvya literature]

[Sanskrit to German]

Pushpayudha 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

Puṣpāyudha (ಪುಷ್ಪಾಯುಧ):—

1) [noun] Kāma, the Love-God, whose weapons are or are made of, flowers.

2) [noun] the pangs of sexual desire.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pushpa, Ayudha.

Starts with: Pushpayudhakeli.

Full-text: Pushpeshu, Viji, Madana, Pracanda.

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