Pushkarani, 笔耻峁补谤补峁噄: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 笔耻峁补谤补峁噄 can be transliterated into English as Puskarani or Pushkarani, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index笔耻峁补谤补峁噄 (啶啶粪啶曕ぐ啶｀た).鈥擜 son of Vi艣膩l膩.*
- * V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 99. 163.
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.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Wisdom Library: V膩stu-艣膩stra笔耻峁补谤补峁噄 (啶啶粪啶曕ぐ啶｀た) refers to the 鈥渢ank鈥� or 鈥減ond鈥� built in the premises of the temple. It commonly represents a stepped well or pond, but the word 辫耻峁补谤补峁噄 can also translate to 鈥渓otus pool鈥�. It is also known by the name 办补濒测腻峁嚹�.
: Shodhganga: Temples of Salem region Up to 1336 AD笔耻峁补谤补峁噄 (啶啶粪啶曕ぐ啶｀た), also called by the name 办补濒测腻峁嚹�, is a tank built in the premises of the temple. Generally it is a stepped well or a stepped pond. Construction of 辫耻峁补谤补峁噄 is a very ancient practice. Right from the times of Buddhist rock cut halls in western India, one can see the construction of the rock-cut cisterns. Besides the small 辫耻峁补谤补峁噄s belonging to the temple, larger 辫耻峁补谤补峁噄s were also constructed in the places near the temples for the use of the larger section of the people of the town and also for the visiting pilgrims.
Vastushastra (啶掂ぞ啶膏啶む啶多ぞ啶膏啶む啶�, v膩stu艣膩stra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary笔耻峁补谤补峁嚹� (啶啶粪啶曕ぐ啶｀).鈥�(compare Sanskrit pu峁ari峁嚹�, the only form re-corded in lit., Lex. also pau峁ari峁嚹�; [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] also pu峁iri峁嚹�, 掳峁嚹玨膩, and 掳峁嚹珁a, nt., qq.v.; and Pali pokkhara峁嚹�, the only form recorded), lotus-pool: 掳峁嚹珁e 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 i.227.18 (v.l. 掳kiri峁嚹珁e).
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.
Tamil dictionary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon笔耻峁补谤补峁噄 (喈瘉喈粪瘝喈曕喈｀) noun See 喈瘉喈粪瘝喈曕喈苦喈�. [pushkarini.] Local usage
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
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Full-text: Nikshara, Pushkarini, Pushkirini, Nalini, Ranganatha, Cakshushamanu.
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