Purodashsha, Puroḍāśśa: 1 definition
Introduction:
Purodashsha means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Puroḍāśśa can be transliterated into English as Purodassa or Purodashsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuroḍāśśa (पुरोडाश्श) or Puroḍāśa.—m.
(-śaḥ) 1. Ghee or clarified butter as offered in oblations to fire, with cakes of ground barley meal, that have been well steeped in it. 2. The orts, or leavings of any substance, used in an oblation to fire. 3. A sort of flat ladle or spoon, used for placing the cakes in the sacrificial fire. 4. The juice of the acid asclepias drunk at certain sacrifices. 5. A mantra, or prayer recited in offering oblations to fire. E. puras first, diś to shew, aff. ac, deriv. irr.; the first ceremony on all sacred occasions; or according to Vachaspatya:—purodāśyate dāśa-dāne karmmaṇi kkip, ghañ vā dasya ḍaḥ .
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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)
Full-text: Purodasha.
Relevant text
No search results for Purodashsha, Puroḍāśśa, Purodassa; (plurals include: Purodashshas, Puroḍāśśas, Purodassas) in any book or story.