Putramotikaputra, Putramoṭikāputra: 2 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Putramoṭikāputra (पुत्रमोटिकापुत्र).—bastard (as term of abuse): °trair ājīvikair Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.83.19 = Tibetan ḥtsho ba pa (= ājīvika) nal phrug (bastard child); yena na kaścit °putro 'lpaśruta utsahate bhikṣuṇīr avavadetum Divyāvadāna 493.20—21. No doubt moṭikā means basket or the like (compare moṭa-ka, muṭa), and the lit. meaning is child-basket child, i.e. foundling. Cf. vāta-putra.

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

Putramoṭikāputra (पुत्रमोटिकापुत्र):—[=putra-moṭikāputra] [from putra] (?), [Divyāvadāna]

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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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