Putrika, ±Ê³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄå: 13 definitions
Introduction:
Putrika means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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: Shiva Purana - English TranslationKuputra (कà¥à¤ªà¥à¤¤à¥à¤�) refers to a “daughterâ€�, according to the ÅšivapurÄṇa 2.3.30 (“The Celebration of PÄrvatī’s Returnâ€�).—Accordingly, as BrahmÄ narrated to NÄrada: “On hearing that PÄrvatÄ« was returning, MenÄ and Himavat excessively delighted went ahead seated in a divine vehicle. [...] O great sage, ladies performed her ceremonial ablution; the brahmins offered benedictions. Himvat and MenakÄ rejoiced much. Himavat considered his household life fruitful. A daughter (±è³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄå) is far better than an ignoble son. He praised you too, NÄrada, saying ‘Well done, Well doneâ€�. [...]â€�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index±Ê³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄå (पà¥à¤¤à¥à¤°à¤¿à¤•ा).—An Apsaras.*
- * VÄyu-purÄṇa 69. 5.

The Purana (पà¥à¤°à¤¾à¤�, purÄṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.
Kavya (poetry)
: academia.edu: Bhoja’s Mechanical Garden±Ê³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄå (पà¥à¤¤à¥à¤°à¤¿à¤•ा) refers to the “wooden dollsâ€� as mentioned in the KathÄsaritsÄgara.—Miniature things were typically endearing in the world of Sanskrit courtly literature, and here the automaton and the toy have strong aesthetic (and linguistic) convergences. In fact the terms used for both the mechanical and magical automata reveal that they were first and foremost conceived of as dolls, puppets, or figurines. One is reminded of the damsel SomaprabhÄ’s little basket (°ì²¹°ù²¹á¹‡á¸¾±°ìÄå) of wooden dolls (»åÄå°ù³Ü³¾²¹²â²¹... ±è³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄå) brought to entertain her friend Kaliá¹…gasenÄ in Somadeva’s eleventh-century KathÄsaritsÄgara. These wooden ±è³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄås—perceptively translated at one point by Tawney as “toysâ€â€”are further described by Somadeva as both “magicalâ€� and “mechanicalâ€� (mÄyÄyantra-±è³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄå), for with the pull of a pin (°ìÄ«±ô¾±°ìÄå), they performed amazing tasks like flying through the air to fetch garlands or water or dancing and conversing on command.
Their (viz., the wooden ±è³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄåsâ€�) speaking capacities are reminiscent not only of the speaking automaton in Bhoja’s ŚṛṅgÄramañjarÄ«kathÄ but also of contemporary tenth-and eleventh-century story cycles (some involving Bhoja) dealing with the famous throne of King VikramÄditya of yore that was furnished with speaking figurines or dolls (±è³Ü³Ù³Ù²¹±ô¾±°ìÄå) on its base.

Kavya (कावà¥à¤�, 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 ‘epic poetryâ€� and natya, or ‘dramatic poetryâ€�.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka Maṇá¸ala±Ê³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄå (पà¥à¤¤à¥à¤°à¤¿à¤•ा) is the name of a ḌÄkinÄ« who, together with the VÄ«ra (hero) named Putra forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the Agnicakra, according to the 10th century ḌÄkÄå°ùṇa±¹²¹ chapter 15. Accordingly, the agnicakra refers to one of the three divisions of the ²õ²¹á¹ƒb³ó´Ç²µ²¹-±è³Üá¹a (‘enjoyment layerâ€�), situated in the ±á±ð°ù³Ü°ì²¹³¾²¹á¹‡á¸²¹±ô²¹. The 36 pairs of ḌÄkinÄ«s [viz., ±Ê³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄå] and VÄ«ras are red in color; they each have one face and four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum, and a knife.

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (±¹²¹Âá°ù²¹²âÄå²Ô²¹) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary±è³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄå (पà¥à¤¤à¥à¤°à¤¿à¤•ा).—f S ±è³Ü³Ù°ùÄ« f (S) A daughter. 2 A doll, a puppet, a little image.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English±è³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄå (पà¥à¤¤à¥à¤°à¤¿à¤•ा).â€�f ±è³Ü³Ù°ùÄ« f A daughter.
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 dictionary±Ê³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄå (पà¥à¤¤à¥à¤°à¤¿à¤•ा).â€�
1) A daughter.
2) A doll, puppet.
3) A daughter appointed to raise male issue for a father who has no sons; अपà¥à¤¤à¥à¤°à¤¾à¤½ नेà¤� विधिना सà¥à¤¤à¤¾à¤� कà¥à¤°à¥à¤µà¥€à¤� पà¥à¤¤à¥à¤°à¤¿à¤•ामॠà¥� यदपतà¥à¤¯à¤� à¤à¤µà¥‡à¤¦à¤¸à¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤� तनà¥à¤®à¤� सà¥à¤¯à¤¾à¤¤à¥ सà¥à¤µà¤§à¤¾à¤•रमà¥� (aputrÄ' nena vidhinÄ sutÄá¹� kurvÄ«ta ±è³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄåm | yadapatyaá¹� bhavedasyÄá¹� tanmama syÄt svadhÄkaram) || Manusmá¹›ti 9.127.
4) The cotton or down of the tamarisk.
6) A small statue; तदà¥à¤§à¤¾à¤®à¥à¤¨à¤¾à¤½à¤à¥‚दजसà¥à¤¤à¥‚षà¥à¤£à¥€à¤� पूरà¥à¤¦à¥‡à¤µà¥à¤¯à¤¨à¥à¤¤à¥€à¤� पà¥à¤¤à¥à¤°à¤¿à¤•ा (taddhÄmnÄ'bhÅ«dajastūṣṇīá¹� pÅ«rdevyantÄ«va ±è³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄå) BhÄgavata 1.13.56.
6) (At the end of comp.) Anything little or small of its kind; as in असिपà¥à¤¤à¥à¤°à¤¿à¤•à¤�, खडà¥à¤—पà¥à¤¤à¥à¤°à¤¿à¤•ा (asi±è³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄå, khaá¸ga±è³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄå) &c.
See also (synonyms): ±è³Ü³Ù°ù²¹°ìÄå.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ±Ê³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄå (पà¥à¤¤à¥à¤°à¤¿à¤•ा):—[from putra] f. a daughter ([especially] a d° appointed to raise male issue to be adopted by a father who has no sons), [Manu-smá¹›ti; MahÄbhÄrata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] a puppet, doll, small statue, [Bhartá¹›hari; KathÄsaritsÄgara]
3) [v.s. ...] (ifc. = a diminutive; cf. ²¹²õ¾±°ì³ó²¹á¸g²¹.)
4) [v.s. ...] the cotton or down of the tamarisk, [Horace H. Wilson]
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)±Ê³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄå (पà¥à¤¤à¥à¤°à¤¿à¤•ा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: ±Ê³Ü³Ù³Ù²¹±ô¾±²âÄå, ±Ê³Ü³Ù³Ù²¹±ôÄ«, ±Ê³Ü³Ù³Ù¾±Äå.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संसà¥à¤•ृतमà¥� (²õ²¹á¹ƒs°ìá¹›t²¹³¾), 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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary±Ê³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄå (पà¥à¤¤à¥à¤°à¤¿à¤•ा):â€�(nf) a daughter; puppet, doll.
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Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary±Ê³Ü³Ù°ù¾±°ìÄå (पà¥à¤¤à¥à¤°à¤¿à¤•ा):—n. 1. a daughter; 2. small daughter; 3. an adopted daughter;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Putrikabhartri, Putrikadharma, Putrikapati, Putrikaprasu, Putrikapurvaputra, Putrikaputra, Putrikar, Putrikarana, Putrikaranamimamsa, Putrikashena, Putrikasuta.
Full-text (+39): Asiputrika, Bahuputrika, Rajaputrika, Khadgaputrika, Daruputrika, Putrikaputra, Putrikaprasu, Phanjiputrika, Citraputrika, Vastraputrika, Aputrika, Putrikasuta, Gridhraputrika, Pancalaputrika, Pautrikya, Putrikabhartri, Suputrika, Candanaputrika, Yantraputrika, Karnaputrika.
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Kathasaritsagara (cultural study) (by S. W. Chitale)
Mechanical Contrivances in ancient India < [Chapter 3 - Economic Conditions]
Sports in ancient India < [Chapter 4 - Social Conditions]
The art of ancient Indian Sculpting and Iconography < [Chapter 3 - Economic Conditions]
Harshacharita (socio-cultural Study) (by Mrs. Nandita Sarmah)
1. Similarities (5): Economic Condition < [Chapter 8 - Comparative Society as described in the KÄdambarÄ« and the Hará¹£acarita]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 9.128 < [Section XVII - Property of one who has no Male Issue: the ‘Appointed Daughter’]
Verse 9.127 < [Section XVII - Property of one who has no Male Issue: the ‘Appointed Daughter’]
Verse 3.11 < [Section III - Marriageable Girls]
Devala-smriti (critical study) (by Mukund Lalji Wadekar)
15.3. Dayavibhaga (Rules regarding partition) < [Chapter 9 - The distinctive features of the Devalasmriti]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ«)
Verse 2.3.24 < [Part 3 - Involuntary Ecstatic Expressions (sattvika-bhÄva)]
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