Pushpasava, ʳṣp, Pushpa-asava: 8 definitions
Introduction:
Pushpasava means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 ʳṣp can be transliterated into English as Puspasava or Pushpasava, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval Indiaʳṣp (पुष्पासव) refers to one of the varieties of (“spirituous liquor�), according to the Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa Sundarakāṇḍa 11.22, and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as 첹śٰ or 첹첹.—Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa mentions two varieties of suras ie. ܰ and kṛtaܰ (ordinary one and the fermented one), four varieties of (spirituous liquor) such as ṣp, , and ś첹 and two more varieties such as divya and prasanna.
Kumārasambhava describes the wine extracted from flowers (ṣp or ū첹) and also deals with the after effects of drinking wine. Sugar was also used as an antidote for the intoxication caused by wine.

Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryṣp (पुष्पासव).—m S Any spirituous extract from flowers.
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
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryʳṣp (पुष्पासव).—honey.
Derivable forms: ṣpm (पुष्पासवम्).
ʳṣp is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ṣp and (आस�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʳṣp (पुष्पासव).—n.
(-�) Honey. E. ṣp, and spirit.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ʳṣp (पुष्पासव):—[from ṣp > pu�] m. a decoction of f°, [Rāmāyaṇa; Ṛtusaṃhāra]
2) [v.s. ...] honey, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionaryʳṣp (पुष्पासव):—[ṣp+] (�) 1. n. Nectar of a flower.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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, Asava.
Starts with: Pushpasavana.
Full-text: Putpacavam, Prasanna, Phalasava, Kritasura, Sharkarasava, Madhvasava, Asava, Patala, Divya, Madhuka.
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