Putrakamya, Putrakāmyā, Putra-kamya: 6 definitions
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Putrakamya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPutrakāmyā (पुत्रकाम्या).—a wish for sons; अथाभ्यर्च्य विधातारं प्रयतौ पुत्रकाम्यया (athābhyarcya vidhātāraṃ prayatau putrakāmyayā) R.1.35.
Putrakāmyā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms putra and kāmyā (काम्या).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPutrakāmyā (पुत्रकाम्या).—[feminine] wish for a son or children.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Putrakāmya (पुत्रकाम्य):—[=putra-kāmya] [from putra] [Nominal verb] [Parasmaipada] yati, to wish for a son, [Śāntiśataka] (cf. [Pāṇini iii, 1, 9 [Scholiast or Commentator]])
2) Putrakāmyā (पुत्रकाम्या):—[=putra-kāmyā] [from putra] f. wish for sons or children, [Atharva-veda; Rāmāyaṇa etc.]
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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 corpusPutrakāmya (ಪುತ್ರಕಾಮ್ಯ):—[noun] the desire for having a male child.
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: Putra, Kamya.
Full-text: Putrakamyeshti, Pratyayadhatu.
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Women in the Atharva-veda Samhita (by Pranab Jyoti Kalita)
5a. Prayer for Successful Pregnancy < [Chapter 2 - The Strīkarmāṇi Hymns of the Atharvaveda]
1. Goddess Aditi < [Chapter 4 - Female Deities and the Glorification of Women in the Atharvaveda]
Taittiriya Upanishad (by A. Mahadeva Sastri)
Lesson XI - The Exhortation < [Book I - Shiksha Valli]