n. (rather fr. puṣka-+ ra-than fr. puṣ-+ kara-;but see) a blue lotus-flower, a lotus, Nelumbium Speciosum or Nymphaea Nelumbo (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'f(ā-).) etc. etc. (met."the heart")
n.Name of a celebrated place of pilgrimage (now called Pokhar in the district of Ajmere see) etc. (also plural;according to there are three, viz. jyeṣṭha-, madhyama-and kaniṣṭha-)
n. blue lotus flower; bowl of a spoon; skin of a drum; tip of an ele phant's trunk; water; air, sky; N. of a celebrated place of pilgrimage (sts. pl., three places of this name being spoken of); N. of one of the Dvîpas or terrestrial islands; m. the Indian crane (Ardea sibirica); kind of cloud occasioning dearth (pl.); N., esp. of Nala's brother: -pattra, n. petal of the blue lotus: -netra, a. having eyes like a lotus petal; -bîga, n. lotus seed; -srag, f. garland of blue lotuses; a. wearing a garland of blue lotuses; -½aksha, a. lotus-eyed; m. N.; -½â vartaka, m. pl. kind of cloud producing dearth; -½âhva, m. Indian crane (Ardea sibi rica).
Is the name in the Rigveda and later of the blue lotus flower. The Atharvaveda mentions its sweet perfume. The lotus grew in lakes, which were thence called puskarinī, ‘lotus-bearing.’ That the flower was early used for personal adornment is shown by an epithet of the Aśvins, ‘ lotus- crowned’ (puskara-sraj). Presumably because of its likeness in shape to the flower of the lotus, the bowl of the ladle is called Puṣkara, perhaps already in the Rigveda,® and certainly in the Aitareya Brāh- maṇa. Moreover, according to the Nirukta, Puṣkara means ‘ water,’ a sense actually found in the śatapatha Brāhmaria.
noun (neuter) a blue lotus-flower (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a cage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of cloud
a lotus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a night of new moon falling on a Monday or Tuesday or Saturday (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a part (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an arrow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
battle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Costus Speciosus or Arabicus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
heaven (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
intoxication (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Nelumbium Speciosum or Nymphaea Nelumbo (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a celebrated place of pilgrimage (now called Pokhar in the district of Ajmere) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the art of dancing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the blade or the sheath of a sword (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the bowl of a spoon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the skin of a drum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sky (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the tip of an elephant's trunk (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
union (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
war (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
water (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of poison Frequency rank 1864/72933
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