Pushpotkata, Puṣpotkaṭā: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Puṣpotkaṭā can be transliterated into English as Puspotkata or Pushpotkata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaPuṣpotkaṭā (पुष्पोत्कटा).—Mother of Kubera. Genealogy. From Brahmā were born two demons Heti and Praheti. Heti married Bhayā, daughter of Kāla and to them was born a son named Vidyutkeśa. Vidyutkeśa married Sālakaṭaṅkā daughter of Sandhyā and to them was born a son named Sukeśa. They abandoned the child in a forest and went away. Śiva took care of the child Sukeśa who married Daivavatī daughter of the Gandharva called Maṇimaya and she delivered three sons named Mālyavān, Sumālī and Mālī and all the three started living in the crystal palace built at Laṅkā by Viśvakarmā.
At that time a Gandharva woman called Narmadā delivered three daughters named Sundarī, Ketumatī and Vasudhā. When they came of age Sundarī was married to Mālyavān, Ketumatī to Sumālī and Vasudhā to Mālī. Mālyavān got of Sundarī seven demons named Vajrapuṣṭi, Virūpākṣa, Durmukha, Suptaghna, Yajñakeśa, Matta and Unmatta and a demoness of name Nalā. Sumālī got of Ketumatī ten sons named Prahasta, Akampana, Vikaṭa, Kālakāmukha, Dhūmrākṣa, Daṇḍa, Supārśva, Saṃhrāda, Prakvāta and Bhāsakarṇa and four daughters named Vekā, Puṣpotkaṭā, Kaikasī and Kumbhīnasī. Mālī got of Vasudhā four sons named Anala, Anila, Aha and Sampāti.
Sumālī wandered in the forests with his daughters. He gave all the four daughters in marriage to Viśravas, son of Pulastya. Viśravas got of Kaikasī three sons named Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa and Vibhīṣaṇa and a daughter named Śūrpaṇakhā. Viśravas got of Puṣpotkaṭā a son named Vaiśravaṇa or Kubera. (Chapter 11, Agni Purāṇa; Chapter 275, Vana Parva, Uttara Rāmāyaṇa). (See full article at Story of Puṣpotkaṭā from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana IndexPuṣpotkaṭā (पुष्पोत्कटा).—A daughter of Mālyavān and one of the four wives of Viśravas; her sons, Mahodara, Mahāpārśva, (Mahāpāṃśu, Vāyu-purāṇa) Prahasta, and Khara; daughter Kumbhīnasī.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 8. 39 and 55; Vāyu-purāṇa 70. 34, 49.
Puṣpotkaṭā (पुष्पोत्कटा) refers to one of the four wives of Viśravas, according to one account of Vaṃśa (‘genealogical description’) of the 10th century Saurapurāṇa: one of the various Upapurāṇas depicting Śaivism.—Accordingly, Rājarṣi Tṛṇavindu gave his daughter Ilavilā to Pulastya. Viśravas was born to her. Viśravas had four wives—Puṣpotkaṭā, Vākā, Kaikasī and Devavarṇinī. From Puṣpotkaṭā were born three sons—Mahodara, Prahasta, Mahāpārśva and a daughter named Kumbhanakhī.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuṣpotkaṭā (पुष्पोत्कटा).—[feminine] [Name] of a Rakṣasi.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuṣpotkaṭā (पुष्पोत्कटा):—[from puṣpa > puṣ] f. Name of a Rākṣasī (the mother of Rāvaṇa and Kumbha-karṇa), [Mahābhārata]
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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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Full-text (+10): Mahodara, Prahasta, Vaka, Mahaparshva, Mahapamshu, Kumbhanakhi, Vishravas, Vasudha, Veka, Kaikasi, Bhrasakarna, Trinavindu, Kumbhakarna, Shurpanakha, Vibhishana, Devavarnini, Trishira, Dushana, Vidyujjihva, Narmada.
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CCLXXIII < [Draupadi-harana Parva]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 20 - Creation of the Moon < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 63 - Origin of Devas and others (devādi-sṛṣṭi) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
The Brahmanda Purana (by G.V. Tagare)
Chapter 8 - The race of the sages: Atri and Vasiṣṭha < [Section 3 - Upodghāta-pāda]