Pushpavarsha, 笔耻峁补惫补谤峁, Pushpa-varsha: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 笔耻峁补惫补谤峁 can be transliterated into English as Puspavarsa or Pushpavarsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation笔耻峁补惫补谤峁 (啶啶粪啶さ啶班啶�) refers to a 鈥渟hower of flowers鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.4.18 (鈥淕a峁噀艣a crowned as the chief of Ga峁嘺s鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, as Brahm膩 narrated to N膩rada: 鈥淥 great sage, how can I describe even with my four mouths the indescribable delight of P膩rvat墨. The divine drums were sounded. The celestial damsels danced. The Gandharva chiefs sang. Flowers were showered (辫耻峁补惫补谤峁) upon him. When Ga峁噀艣a was installed, the whole universe attained peace and normalcy. There was great jubilation. All miseries ended. [...]鈥�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index笔耻峁补惫补谤峁 (啶啶粪啶さ啶班啶�).鈥擬t. in 艢膩lmalidv墨pa.*
- * Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 V. 20. 10.
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.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganaga帽japarip峁沜ch膩笔耻峁补惫补谤峁 (啶啶粪啶さ啶班啶�) refers to a 鈥渞ain of flowers鈥�, according to the Gaganaga帽japarip峁沜ch膩: the eighth chapter of the Mah膩sa峁僴ip膩ta (a collection of Mah膩y膩na Buddhist S奴tras).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淭he great vehicle (尘补丑腻测腻苍补) is made with four wheels (cakra), namely with the means of attraction, the spokes (ara) are well fitted as the roots of good have been transformed with intention, [...] has the pure and wide light of infinite rays (谤补艣尘颈) so that it can illuminate the ten directions, is always filled with flowers because the rain of flowers (辫耻峁补惫补谤峁), namely the limbs of awakening (产辞诲丑测补峁単补), continually pours down, is equipped with musical instruments which always produce the sound of dharma (dharmasvara), [...]鈥�.
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, 尘补丑腻测腻苍补) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽膩p膩ramit膩 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary笔耻峁补惫补谤峁 (啶啶粪啶さ啶班啶�).鈥攁 shower of flowers; 啶膏啶班き啶� 啶膏啶班さ啶苦ぎ啷佮啷嵿い啶� 啶啶粪啶さ啶班啶粪 啶お啶距い (surabhi suravimukta峁� 辫耻峁补惫补谤峁峁� pap膩ta) R.12.12; 啶啶粪啶さ啶班啶粪 啶す啶距え啶啶む (辫耻峁补var峁 mah膩nabh奴t) 搁腻尘.
Derivable forms: 辫耻峁补惫补谤峁岣� (啶啶粪啶さ啶班啶粪).
笔耻峁补惫补谤峁 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 辫耻峁补 and 惫补谤峁 (啶掂ぐ啷嵿し). See also (synonyms): 辫耻峁补惫补谤峁峁嘺.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔耻峁补惫补谤峁 (啶啶粪啶さ啶班啶�).鈥攎.
(-谤峁岣�) A rain of flowers, flowers cast from heaven upon a hero or demigod, or on any great occasion. E. 辫耻峁补, and 惫补谤峁 raining; also 辫耻峁补惫补谤峁峁嘺, 辫耻峁补惫峁涐梗峁璱, &c.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔耻峁补惫补谤峁 (啶啶粪啶さ啶班啶�).鈥擺neuter] 惫峁涐梗峁璱 [feminine] rain of flowers.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 笔耻峁补惫补谤峁 (啶啶粪啶さ啶班啶�):鈥擺=辫耻峁补-惫补谤峁] [from 辫耻峁补 > pu峁�] n. 鈥榝掳-rain鈥�, f掳 showered upon a hero on any great occasion, [Raghuva峁兣沘] (also 峁峁嘺, [Monier-Williams鈥� Sanskrit-English Dictionary])
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a mountain, [Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary笔耻峁补惫补谤峁 (啶啶粪啶さ啶班啶�):鈥擺辫耻峁补-惫补谤峁] (谤峁岣�) 1. m. A shower of flowers from heaven.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpus笔耻峁补惫补谤峁 (嗖硜嗖粪硩嗖驳嗖班硩嗖�):鈥擺noun] = 嗖硜嗖粪硩嗖驳喑冟卜喑嵿矡嗖� [pushpavrishti].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Pushpa, Varsha.
Starts with: Pushpavarsham, Pushpavarshana.
Full-text: Pushpavarsham, Pushpavarshana, Devayosha, Pushpavrishti, Pushpamari, Pancaccariyam, Pumalai, Praverita, Dharmasvara, Bojjhanga, Rashmi, Turya, Varsha, Gal.
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