Pushtika, Puṣṭikā: 12 definitions
Introduction:
Pushtika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Puṣṭikā can be transliterated into English as Pustika or Pushtika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Source: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramPustikā (पुस्तिका) refers to a “book”, according to the Kularatnoddyota, one of the earliest Kubjikā Tantras.—Accordingly, “[...] (The gross form has) five faces, ten arms and, pure, it has a smiling face. [...] She makes boon bestowing and fear dispelling gestures and (holds) a rosary, book [i.e., pustikā], noose, goad, large bow, and five arrows in her hands. She makes the gesture of knowledge and holds a large vessel filled with wine. O great goddess! Delighted with supreme bliss, she causes the entire universe to melt. (This is how) you should be visualized in the Transmission of the Youth. [...]”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (kavya)Puṣṭikā (पुष्टिका) refers to “manuscripts (of spells and tantras)”, according to Bāṇa’s Kādambarī (p. 226).—There are apparently several Tantric rites that Bāṇa pejoratively associates with the priest: he, “the ageing Draviḍa religious man” “demeans Durgā with his prayers for the boon of sovereignty over the Southern lands”; “he had copied a hymn to Durgā (durgāstotra) on a strip of cloth”, “he had collected palm-leaf manuscripts (puṣṭikā) of spells, Tantras and jugglery the letters of which were written in red lac and fumigated with smoke” [...].
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPuṣṭikā (पुष्टिका).—An oyster (Mar. kālava).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuṣṭikā (पुष्टिका).—f.
(-kā) An oyster, a bi-valve-shell. E. puṣṭa, and kan added, fem. form.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuṣṭikā (पुष्टिका).—[puṣṭi + kā], f. An oyster.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumPuṣṭika (पुष्टिक) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. Śp. p. 47.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Puṣṭika (पुष्टिक):—[from puṣ] m. Name of a poet, [Catalogue(s)]
2) Puṣṭikā (पुष्टिका):—[from puṣṭika > puṣ] f. a bivalve shell, an oyster ([probably] [wrong reading] for puṭikā).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuṣṭikā (पुष्टिका):—(kā) 1. f. An oyster.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Pustikā (पुस्तिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Potthiyā.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPustikā (पुस्तिका):—(nf) a booklet; pamphlet.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Pushtikama, Pushtikanta, Pushtikara, Pushtikaraka, Pushtikarana, Pushtikari, Pushtikarisu, Pushtikarman.
Ends with: Balapushtika, Kapushtika.
Full-text: Pustaka, File-pustika, Potthiya, Mantrapustika, Kapushtika, Balapushtika, Aghora, Cakra.
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