Pushtimarga, Puṣṭimārga, Pushti-marga: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Puṣṭimārga can be transliterated into English as Pustimarga or Pushtimarga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPuṣṭimārga (पुष्टिमार्ग).—Name of the doctrine of a Vaiṣṇava sect founded by Vallabhāchārya.
Derivable forms: puṣṭimārgaḥ (पुष्टिमार्गः).
Puṣṭimārga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms puṣṭi and mārga (मार्ग).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuṣṭimārga (पुष्टिमार्ग):—[=puṣṭi-mārga] [from puṣṭi > puṣ] m. ‘the way of well-being’, Name of the doctrine of a Vaiṣṇava sect founded by Vallabhācārya, [Religious Thought and Life in India 134.]
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 corpusPuṣṭimārga (ಪುಷ್ಟಿಮಾರ್ಗ):—[noun] a Vaiṣṇava cult which holds that the main aim of a devotee is getting the favour of Viṣṇu, propounded by Vallabhācārya.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Marga, Pushti.
Full-text: Bhedabheda.
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