पुष्करpuṣkara

पुष्कर (puṣkara) is a Sanskrit word meaning a blue lotus flower, the bowl of a spoon, the skin of a drum, the tip of an elephant trunk, water, the sky, heaven. Its 73 recorded definitions are grouped into 36 contexts, among them Proper Name of Other Male Individuals (Human Lineage/Authors/Sages), Proper Name of Specific Mythological/Literary Male Figures, The Lotus Flower.

Etymology: E. पुष् to nourish, Unādi aff. करन्
Definitions: 73

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Meanings by context

Proper Name of Other Male Individuals (Human Lineage/Authors/Sages)

9 definitions

A son of Krishna

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

descendant of Bharata

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of Sunakshatra

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a son of Vrika and Durvaksi

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of an author

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the son of Sunakshatra and father of Antariksha

— The Purana Index

a son of Durvarkshi and Vrika

— The Purana Index

a son of Krishna

— The Purana Index

a son of Bharata who founded Pushkaravati as his capital in Gandhara

— The Purana Index

Proper Name of Specific Mythological/Literary Male Figures

7 definitions

a son of Varuna

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a general of the sons and grandsons of Varuna

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an Asura

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a Buddha

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

of a prince, the brother of Nala

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A son of Varuna

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

brother of Nala

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

The Lotus Flower

6 definitions

A blue lotus flower

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Blue lotus flower. 2. Bowl of a spoon. 3. Skin of a drum. 4. Tip of an elephant's trunk. 5. Water. 6. Air or sky. 7. A celebrated place of pilgrimage. 8. One of the Dvipas or terrestrial islands. 9. The Indian crane. 10. A kind of cloud occasioning dearth. 11. Nala's brother.

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A blue lotus. 2. The tip of an elephant’s trunk. 3. The skin or striking surface of a drum. 4. The blade of a sword. 5. The sheath of a sword. 6. An arrow. 7. The sky or atmosphere. 8. A cage. 9. War or battle. 10. Intoxication. 11. The art of dancing. 12. Water. 13. A celebrated place of pilgrimage in Ajmer.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A blue lotus flower. 2. The head of a ladle. 3. The skin of a drum. 4. The tip of an elephant trunk. 5. Water, air, or the sky. 6. A place of pilgrimage. 7. A species of crane. 8. An epithet of Krishna and Shiva.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A blue lotus or lotus flower. 2. The medicinal plant Costus speciosus or Arabicus. 3. The bowl of a spoon. 4. The tip of an elephant's trunk. 5. The skin or striking place of a drum. 6. The blade or sheath of a sword. 7. An arrow. 8. Air, atmosphere, sky, or heaven. 9. Water. 10. A celebrated place of pilgrimage in Ajmere. 11. A cage. 12. Union. 13. A part. 14. War or battle. 15. Intoxication. 16. The art of dancing. 17. A pond, tank, or lake. 18. A kind of kettle-drum. 19. A kind of serpent. 20. A species of crane. 21. A kind of disease. 22. The sun. 23. An inauspicious astrological combination. 24. The regent of Pushkara-dvipa. 25. An epithet of Krishna and of Shiva.

पुष्कर (puṣkara) [Printed book page 0587-a]
Puṣkara, am, n. (probably an anomalous form-

ation fr. an unused puṣa + kara), a blue lotus-

flower; a lotus, Nelumbium Speciosum or Nymphæa

Nelumbo, (in Mahā-bh. Udyoga-p. 1790, a meta-

phorical expression for ‘the heart,’ or according to

others for ‘error’); a species of medicinal plant,

Costus Speciosus or Arabicus; the bowl of a spoon;

the tip or extremity of an elephant's trunk; the skin

of a drum or place where any musical instrument is

struck; the blade of a sword; the sheath of a sword;

an arrow; air, atmosphere, sky, heaven; water;

N. of a celebrated place of pilgrimage (now called

Pokur in the district of Ajmere, about five miles

from the city of Ajmere, consisting of a small town

on the bank of a lake, said to be one of the most

sacred in India; in this sense also puṣkarāṇi, n.

pl.); a cage; union; a part; war, battle; intoxi-

cation; the art of dancing; (as), m. a pond, tank,

lake [cf. tri-p°]; a kind of drum, a kettle-drum; a

kind of serpent; a species of crane, Ardea Sibirica;

a kind of disease; the sun; (in astrology) an in-

auspicious Yoga, an ill-omened combination of a

lucky lunation with an unlucky day, three-fourths of

a lunar mansion; the regent of Puṣkara-dvīpa; an

epithet of Kṛṣṇa; of Śiva; N. of a son of Varuṇa;

of an Asura; of a Buddha; of a prince the brother

of Nala; of a son of Bharata; of Su-nakṣatra; of a

son of Vṛka and Dūrvākṣī; N. of a mountain in

Puṣkara-dvīpa; (ās), m. pl. epithet of a class of
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clouds said to occasion dearth or famine; of the

inhabitants of Kuśa-dvīpa corresponding to Brāh-

mans; (as, am), m. n., N. of one of the seven

great Dvīpas or divisions of the universe; (with

Jainas) N. of one of the five Bharatas; (ī), f., N.

of one of the eight wives of Śiva. —Puṣkara-cūḍa,

as, m. ‘lotus-crested,’ N. of one of the four elephants

that support the earth. —Puṣkara-tīrtha, am, n.,

N. of a sacred bathing-place. —Puṣkara-dvīpa,

as, m., N. of a Dvīpa or great division of the

universe. —Puṣkara-nābha, as, m. ‘lotus-naveled,’

an epithet of Viṣṇu; [cf. padma-nābha.] —Puṣ-

kara-pattra, am, n. a lotus-leaf, leaf of a lotus.

—Puṣkarapattra-netra, as, ā, am, having eyes

like lotus-leaves. —Puṣkara-parṇa, am, n., Ved.

a lotus-petal; an epithet of a kind of brick; (ī or

ikā), f. the plant Hibiscus Mutabilis. —Puṣkara-

purāṇa, am, n., N. of a work. —Puṣkara-priya,

as or am, m. or n. (?), wax. —Puṣkara-bīja, am,

n. lotus-seed. —Puṣkara-mālin, ī, m. ‘wearing a

lotus-wreath,’ N. of a man. —Puṣkara-māhātmya,

am, n., N. of a chapter of the Padma-Purāṇa.

—Puṣkara-mūla, am, n. the plant Costus Speci-

osus or Arabicus. —Puṣkaramūlaka, am, n. the

root of Costus Speciosus or Arabicus. —Puṣkara-

vyāghra, as, m. ‘water-tiger,’ an alligator. —Puṣ-

kara-śāyikā, f. a species of aquatic bird. —Puṣ-

kara-śikā or (according to others) puṣkara-śiphā,

f. the root of the lotus. —Puṣkara-sad, t, m., N.

of a man; (das), m. pl., N. of his descendants;

(in derivatives both members of this comp. are

Vṛddhied; cf. pauṣkarasādi.) —Puṣkara-sā-

gara, as or am, m. or n. (?), the plant Costus

Speciosus or Arabicus. —Puṣkara-sāda, as, m.,

Ved. a species of bird. —Puṣkara-sārin, ī, m., N.

of a Brāhman. —Puṣkara-sārī, f. ‘having the

essence of the lotus,’ a kind of writing (lipi).

—Puṣkara-sthapati, is, m. ‘architect of the

lotus,’ an epithet of Śiva. —Puṣkara-sraj, k, f. a

lotus-wreath, chaplet of lotuses; (jau), m. du. an

epithet of the two sons of Aśvinī and physicians of

Svarga or paradise; (k, k, k), wearing a garland of

lotuses, crowned with lotuses. —Puṣkarākṣa (°ra-

ak°), as, ī, am, lotus-eyed; (as), m. an epithet

of Viṣṇu; N. of a man; of a prince. —Puṣka-

rākhya (°ra-ākh°), as, m. the Indian crane, Ardea

Sibirica. —Puṣkarāṅghrija (°ra-aṅ°), am, n. the

plant Costus Speciosus or C. Arabicus. —Puṣkarā-

raṇya (°ra-ar°), am, n., N. of a forest in the east

of Viśālā. —Puṣkarāruṇi (°ra-ār°), is, m., N. of

a king. —Puṣkarā-vatī, f. ‘abounding in lotuses,’

N. of a town (= the Πευκελαῶτις of the ancients

and the Pousekielofati of Hiouen-Thsang); a form of

Dākṣāyaṇī. —Puṣkarāvartaka (°ra-āv°), ās, m.

pl. epithet of a particular class of clouds (also called

puṣkalāvartakās). —Puṣkarāhva (°ra-āh°), as,

m. the Indian crane, Ardea Sibirica; the plant

Costus Speciosus or Arabicus (also puṣkarāhvaya).

— 1. puṣkarekṣaṇa (°ra-īkṣ°), as, ā, am,

‘lotus-eyed,’ having eyes like the blue lotus. —2. pu-

ṣkare-kṣaṇa, as, ā, am, being for a moment in

the sky. —Puṣkaroddhṛta (°ra-ud°), as, ā, am,

raised with the extremity of the trunk. [ID=29608]

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

1. The blue lotus flower. 2. The bowl of a sacrificial ladle. 3. Water.

— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

One of the Dvīpas (Cosmological Division)

4 definitions

the seventh of the seven dvipas or great continents

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of one of the seven divisions of the universe

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

name of a dvipa

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

see Pushkaradvipa

— The Purana Index

Proper Name/Epithet of Deities (Śiva, Kṛṣṇa)

4 definitions

Name of Krishna

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

belonging to Shiva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Krishna

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Krishna

— The Purana Index

Sky, Heaven, Atmosphere

4 definitions

the sky, heaven

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. The sky, heaven, or atmosphere. 2. Water. 3. A lotus. 4. The tip of an elephant's trunk. 5. The head of a drum or striking place of a musical instrument. 6. A medicinal plant, Costus speciosus. 7. A celebrated place of pilgrimage. 8. The blade of a sword. 9. The sheath of a sword. 10. One of the seven great divisions of the universe. 11. An arrow. 12. The art or science of dancing. 13. War or battle. 14. Intoxication. 15. A cage. 16. A part. 17. Union. 18. A pond or lake. 19. A disease. 20. The Indian crane. 21. A sort of snake. 22. The name of Nala's brother. 23. The son of Varuna. 24. A mountain in Pushkara Dvipa. 25. A drum. 26. One of the principal clouds causing dearth. 27. An inauspicious astrological combination.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The sky, water, a lotus, top, tip, drug, blade, sheath, arrow, island, dancing, war, intoxication, cage, part, or union. 2. A disease, pond, crane, snake, brother of Nala, son of Varuna, mountain, cloud, omen, or drum.

— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The sky, heaven, or atmosphere. 2. Water. 3. A lotus. 4. The tip of an elephant's trunk. 5. The head of a drum or striking place of a musical instrument. 6. A medicinal plant. 7. A celebrated place of pilgrimage. 8. The blade or sheath of a sword. 9. One of the seven great continents or divisions of the universe. 10. An arrow. 11. The art or science of dancing. 12. War or battle. 13. Intoxication. 14. A cage. 15. A part. 16. Union. 17. A pond or lake. 18. A disease. 19. The Indian crane. 20. A sort of snake. 21. Name of a king, the brother of Nala. 22. The son of Varuna. 23. The Sun. 24. A kind of drum. 25. A rain cloud associated with famine. 26. An inauspicious astrological combination. 27. An epithet of Krishna and of Shiva. 28. Name of a mountain on Pushkara Dwipa.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Astrological or Astronomical Term

3 definitions

a night of the new moon falling on a Monday, Tuesday, or Saturday

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

An inauspicious astrological combination of a lucky lunation with an unlucky day, or three-quarters of a lunar mansion.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the lunar mansions Punarvasu, Uttarashadha, Krittika, Uttara-phalguni, Purva-bhadrapada, and Vishakha collectively

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Type of Cloud (Causing Dearth/Famine)

2 definitions

a class of clouds said to cause famine

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

clouds of the Pakshaja variety

— The Purana Index

Etymological or Lexicographical Reference

2 definitions

See pages 638 and 639.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

See under root push.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

Name of a Mountain (in Puṣkaradvīpa)

2 definitions

a mountain in Pushkara-dvipa

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

name of a mountain in the Pushkara dvipa

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Name of a Specific Group of People/Caste

2 definitions

an inhabitant of Kusha-dvipa corresponding to a Brahmana

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the Brahmana caste of the Krauñcadvipa

— The Purana Index

Place of Pilgrimage (Tīrtha)

2 definitions

A celebrated place of pilgrimage.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

name of a group of holy places or tirthas

पुष्कर (puṣkara) [Printed book page 571-2]
Puṣkara¹, sg. and pl. (°āṇi), name of a group of tīrthas.

§ 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 655 (°jalaiḥ).—§ 253 (Haraṇā-

haraṇap.): I, 221, 7976 (sg.).—§ 317b (Kṛṣṇa Vāsudeva):

III, 12, 472 (°eṣu, there Kṛṣṇa had performed austerities).

—§ 357 (cf. Tīrthayātrāp.): P. is the tīrtha of the god of

the gods (Devadevasya), where the Ādityas, the Vasus, the

Rudras, the Sādhyas, the Marudgaṇas, the Gandharvas, and the

Apsarases are ever present, and where the gods, the Daityas,

and the Brahmarṣis have obtained great merit by ascetic

devotions. The bathing there is equal to the bathing in all

tīrthas together and to horse-sacrifices, and frees even śūdras

from rebirth; especially the visiting of P. on the day of the full-

moon in the month of Kārttika is equal in merit to the

performing of agnihotras during a hundred years, and leads to

the worlds of Brahmán; dwelling twelve years purely at

P. gives the merit of all sacrifices and leads to the abode of

Brahmán. “There are three white hillocks (śṛṅgāṇi) and

three springs (praśravaṇāni), known from the remotest times—

we do not know why—by the name of P.”; it is difficult to

go to P., etc.; III, 82, 4062 (sg., Devadevasya tīrthaṃ),

4063 (sg.), 4066 (pl.), 4068 (pl.), 4073 (sg.), 4074 (pl.),

4076 (sg.), 4077 (sg.), 4080 (pl. and sg.), 4081 (sg.).—§ 362

(Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 83, 5095 (sammitaṃ P°āṇāṃ, sc.

Yakṣiṇī).—§ 369 (Kurukṣetra): III, 83, 7073 (antarī-

kṣe ca P°ṃ, sc. viśiṣyate).—§ 375 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 85,

8232 (Tretāyāṃ P°ṃ smṛtaṃ, sc. puṇyaṃ), 8233 (sg.), 8234

(°e tu tapas tapyet).—§ 377 (Dhaumyatīrthak.): III, 89,

8369 (Pitāmahasaraḥ P°ṃ nāma, in the west), 8370 (pl.),

8371 (pl.).—§ 406 (Tīṛthayātrāp.): III, 125, 10480 (°eṣu

…sarveṣu; “holy lakes,” PCR.).—§ 594 (Mṛtyu):

VII, 54, 2098 (pl., there Mṛtyu performed austerities).—

§ 615i (Saptasārasvata): IX, 38, 2196 (°sthe Pitāmahe),

2198 (pl.), 2200 (do, the river Sarasvatī appeared at P. as

the river Suprabhā).—§ 652b (Indrota-Pārīkṣitīva): XII,

152β, 5646 (pl.), (γ), 5662 (pl.).—§ 702 (Mokṣadh.): XII,

298ε, †10937 (Naimiṣa-P°eṣu).—§ 733c (Ānuśāsanik.):

By bathing in P. and Prabhāsa and Naimiṣa, and the ocean

and Devikā and Indramārga, and Svarṇabindu, one attains to

heaven: XIII, 25, 1696 (sg.).—§ 757m (Goloka): XIII,

102α, 4887 (pl.).—§ 758 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 103α,

4916 (pl.).—§ 766 (do.): XIII, 125β, 5967 (pl.); 127,

6064 (pl.); 130, 6119 (sg., there one should make the gift

of a kapilā cow), 6130 (do.).—§ 775 (do.): XIII, 166α, 7645

(pl.).—§ 795c (Mahābhārata): XVIII, 5, 211 (°jalaiḥ).

[ID=8827]

— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata

Pond, Lake, or Tank

2 definitions

a pond or lake

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A lake or pond. 2. A kind of serpent. 3. A kind of drum. 4. The sun. 5. A rain cloud that causes famine. 6. An epithet of Krishna. 7. An epithet of Shiva.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Water (as a substance)

2 definitions

water

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. Water. 2. The sky or heaven. 3. The blue lotus flower. 4. The tip of an elephant's trunk. 5. The skin of a drum. 6. Costus speciosus, a medicinal plant. 7. A celebrated place of pilgrimage. 8. The blade or sheath of a sword. 9. One of the seven great divisions of the world. 10. An arrow. 11. The art or science of dancing. 12. War or battle. 13. Intoxication. 14. A cage. 15. A part. 16. A pond or lake. 17. A drum or kettle-drum. 18. A rain cloud. 19. The Indian crane. 20. A sort of snake.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A Cage

1 definition

a cage

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Drum (Musical Instrument)

1 definition

a kind of drum

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Jaina Cosmological/Geographical Division (Bhārata)

1 definition

one of the five Bharatas according to Jainism

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Kind of Disease

1 definition

a kind of disease

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Kind of Serpent/Snake

1 definition

a kind of serpent

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Part or Portion

1 definition

a part

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

An Arrow

1 definition

an arrow

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Blade or Sheath of a Sword

1 definition

the blade or sheath of a sword

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Bowl of a Spoon or Ladle

1 definition

the bowl of a spoon

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Indian Crane (Ardea Sibirica)

1 definition

Ardea Sibirica

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Intoxication

1 definition

intoxication

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a Kingdom

1 definition

1. A kingdom watered by the Sita. 2. A place fit for ancestral rites.

— The Purana Index

Proper Name Puṣkarī (Feminine, Wife of Śiva)

1 definition

one of the wives of Shiva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Regent of Puṣkaradvīpa

1 definition

the regent of Pushkara

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Skin/Head of a Drum (Striking Surface)

1 definition

the skin of a drum

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Specific Plant (Costus Speciosus/Arabicus)

1 definition

Costus speciosus or arabicus

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Art of Dancing

1 definition

the art of dancing

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Cosmic Egg (Brahmāṇḍa) / Universe

1 definition

brahmanda

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Sun

1 definition

the sun

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Tip of an Elephant's Trunk

1 definition

the tip of an elephant trunk

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Union

1 definition

union

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

War or Battle

1 definition

War or battle.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 12 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.