The Sanskrit term Putreṣṭi can be transliterated into English as Putresti or Putreshti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Putreṣṭi (पुत्रेष्टि).—A sacrifice performed by Diti when Āpastamba acted as priest;¹ performed by Vaivasvata Manu who got Ila.²

• 1) Matsya-purāṇa 7. 33-34.
• 2) Ib. 11. 40.

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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.

Vedanta (school of philosophy)

Source: SOAS: Philosophy of Advaita Vedānta according to Madhusūdana Sarasvatī's Gūḍhārthadīpikā

Putreṣṭi (पुत्रेष्टि) refers to a “sacrifice in order to have a son” representing a Vedic rituals performed for some personal gain.—Each chapter of the Bhagavadgītā describes various aspects of the means to liberation (mukti/mokṣa), which is considered the highest good in Vedānta. Śaṃkara also holds the purpose of the Bhagavadgītā to be the attainment of liberation, quickly declaring knowledge of the self, preceded by renunciation of all actions to be its means. The performance of disinterested actions, i.e. actions performed after renouncing its fruits, is combined with the forsaking of both those Vedic rituals that are performed solely out of desire for some personal gain (kāmyakarma). These are: performance of the jyotiṣṭoma sacrifice in order to attain the heaven, performance of the putreṣṭi sacrifice in order to have a son (putrakāmaḥ putreṣṭyā yajeta), performance of the kārīrī sacrifice to have rainfall etc.—(See Nikhilananda 1997: VS 1.7, p. 4 and Bhattacharya and Bhattacharya Śāstrī 1978-83: Vol. 3, part 1, p. 43).

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Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

putrēṣṭi (पुत्रेष्टि).—f S A particular hōma or sacrifice to obtain male offspring.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

putrēṣṭī (पुत्रेष्टी).—f A sacrifice to obtain male offspring.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Putreṣṭi (पुत्रेष्टि).—f. a sacrifice performed to obtain male issue; गृहीत्वा पञ्चवर्षीयं पुत्रेष्टिं प्रथमं चरेत् (gṛhītvā pañcavarṣīyaṃ putreṣṭiṃ prathamaṃ caret).

Derivable forms: putreṣṭiḥ (पुत्रेष्टिः).

Putreṣṭi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms putra and iṣṭi (इष्टि). See also (synonyms): putreṣṭikā.

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

Putreṣṭi (पुत्रेष्टि):—[from putra] f. a sacrifice performed to obtain male children or one performed at the time of adoption, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Putreshti in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Putreṣṭi (पुत्रेष्टि):—(nm) a sacrifice ([yajña]) performed in olden days for the sake of begetting a son; also —[yajña].

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