Pushpacula, 笔耻峁补肠奴濒补, Pushpa-cula: 5 definitions
Introduction:
Pushpacula means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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 笔耻峁补肠奴濒补 can be transliterated into English as Puspacula or Pushpacula, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Pushpachula.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
: OpenEdition books: 痴颈惫颈诲丑补迟墨谤迟丑补办补濒辫补岣� (K膩vya)1) 笔耻峁补肠奴濒补 (啶啶粪啶啷傕げ) (nicknamed Va峁卥ac奴la) is the son of king Vimalaya艣as , as mentioned in the 痴颈惫颈诲丑补迟墨谤迟丑补办补濒辫补 by Jinaprabhas奴ri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (迟墨谤迟丑补蝉).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淗ere, in the land of Bharata, lived King Vimalaya艣as. Knowing the meaning of happiness with Queen Sumangala, he soon had two children, a son, 笔耻峁补肠奴濒补, and a daughter, 笔耻峁补肠奴濒腻. As 笔耻峁补肠奴濒补 caused bad luck, people nicknamed him Va峁卥ac奴la. Informed by his dignitaries, the angry king expelled Va峁卥ac奴la from the city. [...]鈥�.
Note: Only a few textual differences distinguish the legend of the 痴颈惫颈诲丑补迟墨谤迟丑补办补濒辫补 from the version of Prabandhako艣a 75-8. The other prabandhas (Prabandhacint膩ma峁噄, Pur膩tanaprabandhasa峁僩raha and Panchashati-prabandha-sambandha) ignore this story.
2) 笔耻峁补肠奴濒腻 (啶啶粪啶啷傕げ啶�) in Sanskrit (or Pupphac奴l膩 in Prakrit) is also mentioned in the 痴颈惫颈诲丑补迟墨谤迟丑补办补濒辫补.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淏y order of her father, Pupphac奴l膩 became the wife of her own brother. Her mother, who became a goddess when she died, shows her the underworld. The Jaina monk Anni膩putta is the only one who describes them as she saw them. She therefore becomes a Jaina nun, and, having attained omniscience before him, predicts to him the manner in which he would be freed: by crossing the Ga峁単膩, impaled at the bottom of the river. [...]鈥�.
Cf. 膧va艣yakac奴r峁噄 II 177.5-179.2; 膧vasyakaniryukti (Haribhadra commentary) b.5-a.2; Paris.VI. v. 104-169: Hertel 1908 p. 163-170.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: JAINpedia: Women in the Jain tradition: So岣� sat墨笔耻峁补肠奴濒腻 (啶啶粪啶啷傕げ啶�) refers to one of the 16 Sat墨s mentioned in the Br膩hm墨 Candanb膩lik膩.鈥擨n Jain contexts 鈥淪at墨鈥� revolves around fidelity to the Jain religion. Although Jains call many virtuous Jain women sat墨s, among 艢vet膩mbara Jains there is a group of sat墨s called the so岣� sat墨 or 16 Sat墨s (i.e., 笔耻峁补肠奴濒腻). These Jain Sat墨s are revered as role models for women and their stories are widely known. Even though the general group of Sat墨 grows over time, the group of 16 Sat墨s is unchanging.
: University of Cambridge: Jainism笔耻峁补肠奴濒腻 (啶啶粪啶啷傕げ啶�) is the name of a Jain text.鈥攆ive texts that are usually found together (i.e., Niray膩valik膩, Kalp膩vata峁僺ik膩, Pu峁ik膩, 笔耻峁补肠奴濒腻 and V峁涐梗峁噄da艣膩) correspond to the last five Up膩峁単as of the 艢vet膩mbara canon. According to the colophon, the manuscript was commissioned by Budhakhe峁乲a, son of Buhar膩岣峢膩la, in order to be read by Devavijayaga峁噄, during the reign of the famous H墨ravijayas奴ri, pontiff of the Tap膩gaccha.
: academia.edu: Tessitori Collection I笔耻峁补肠奴濒腻 (啶啶粪啶啷傕げ啶�) or Pupphac奴l膩-sa峁僢andha refers to one of the 157 stories embedded in the 碍补迟丑腻尘补丑辞诲补诲丑颈 by Somacandra (narrating stories from Jain literature, based on the Karp奴raprakara), which is included in the collection of manuscripts at the 鈥榁incenzo Joppi鈥� library, collected by Luigi Pio Tessitori during his visit to Rajasthan between 1914 and 1919.鈥擳he 碍补迟丑腻尘补丑辞诲补诲丑颈 represents a repository of 157 stories [e.g., 笔耻峁补肠奴濒腻-sa峁僢andha/Pupphac奴l膩-sa峁僢andha] written in prose Sanskrit, although each of them is preceded by a verse. Together, they stage a large number of Jain characters (including early teachers). [...]
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 笔耻峁补肠奴濒补 (啶啶粪啶啷傕げ):鈥擺=辫耻峁补-肠奴濒补] [from pu峁a > pu峁�] m. 鈥榝掳-肠谤别蝉迟别诲鈥�, Name of a man, [Hemacandra鈥檚 Pari艣i峁ａ弓aparvan]
2) 笔耻峁补肠奴濒腻 (啶啶粪啶啷傕げ啶�):鈥擺=辫耻峁补-肠奴濒腻] [from 辫耻峁补-肠奴濒补 > pu峁a > pu峁�] f. Name of a woman, [ib.]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Pushpa, Cula.
Starts with: Pushpaculasambandha.
Full-text: Pushpaculasambandha, Vankacula, Sumangala, Vimalayashas, Anniaputta, Pushpika, Nirayavalika, Kalpavatamsika, Nirayavalikasutra, Vrishnidasha, Budh, Dharmadatta, Dharmarshi, Susthita, Pupphacula.
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