Sitapushpika, Sitapuṣpika, Sita-pushpika: 3 definitions

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Sitapushpika 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.

The Sanskrit term Sitapuṣpika can be transliterated into English as Sitapuspika or Sitapushpika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sitapuṣpika (सितपुष्पिक).—nt., according to [Boehtlingk and Roth] a kind of leprosy: Mahāvyutpatti 9545 = Tibetan śa mtshan; compare śa tshan dmar po, a tumor resembling a weal or a wart (Jäschke (Tibetan-English Dictionary); dmar po = red); śa mtshan, marks on the body ([Tibetan-English Dictionary]); Chin. dirty spots.

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

Sitapuṣpika (सितपुष्पिक):—[=sita-puṣpika] [from sita] a kind of leprosy, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Sitapuṣpika (सितपुष्पिक):—eine Art Aussatz [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 220.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch
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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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