Pulkasa: 9 definitions
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Pulkasa 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaPulkasa (啶啶侧啶曕じ).鈥擜 son born to a K峁triya woman of a 艢奴dra is called Pulkasa. (See under C膩turvar峁噛a).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Pulkasa (啶啶侧啶曕じ).鈥擜 commander of Bha峁囜笉a.*
- * Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 IV. 21. 79.
1b) Are purified of sin by the worship of Hari: got released from bondage by hearing the name of Hari once;1 Rantideva gave the drink which he had for himself, to a certain Pulkasa.2
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPulkasa (啶啶侧啶曕じ).鈥擭ame of a despised mixed tribe (the progeny born of a Ni峁Ｄ乨a male and 艢奴dra female, 'j膩to ni峁Ｄ乨膩- cch奴dr膩y膩峁� j膩ty膩 bhavati 辫耻濒办补蝉补岣�'); Manusm峁泃i 4.79; Bh膩gavata 9.21.1.
Derivable forms: 辫耻濒办补蝉补岣� (啶啶侧啶曕じ啶�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPulkasa (啶啶侧啶曕じ).鈥攎.
(-蝉补岣�) An impure and degraded tribe born of the Brahmana by Kshetriya female.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPulkasa (啶啶侧啶曕じ).鈥擺masculine] 墨 [feminine] [Name] of a cert. mixed caste.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPulkasa (啶啶侧啶曕じ):鈥�m. (f(墨). ) Name of a despised mixed tribe, [Gautama-dharma-艣膩stra; Mah膩bh膩rata] (also kaka, [Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺]; cf. paulkasa and 辫耻办办补艣补).
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPulkasa (嗖硜嗖侧硩嗖曕哺):鈥�
1) [noun] an offspring of a pulindaman from a 艣udra woman.
2) [noun] a man of the lowest caste; a ca峁囜笉膩la.
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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Full-text: Puklaka, Pukkasha, Pulkaka, Pushkasha, Paulkasa, Bukkasa, Pukkusa, Rantideva, Magadhas.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 10.6 < [Section II - Mixed Castes]
Verse 4.79 < [Section IX - Personal Cleanliness]
Baudhayana Dharmasutra (by Georg B眉hler)
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Devala-smriti (critical study) (by Mukund Lalji Wadekar)
References to section [B] < [Chapter 9 - The distinctive features of the Devalasmriti]
3.5. Antaralas explicitly mentioned < [Chapter 9 - The distinctive features of the Devalasmriti]
Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 20 - The Importance of Ga峁囜笉ak墨 < [Section 5 - P膩t膩la-Kha峁囜笉a (Section on the Nether World)]
Chapter 50 - Vi峁ａ箛u鈥檚 Name the Greatest Holy Place < [Section 3 - Svarga-kha峁囜笉a (section on the heavens)]
Chapter 60 - In Praise of Tulas墨 < [Section 1 - S峁涐梗峁璱-kha峁囜笉a (section on creation)]
Brahma Purana (critical study) (by Surabhi H. Trivedi)