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पुष्पपुट (puSpapuTa)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
पुष्पपुट - puSpapuTa -
m.
 - hands arranged in the shape of the calyx of a flower
पुष्पपुट - puSpapuTa -
m.
 - particular position in dancing
पुष्पपुट - puSpapuTa -
m.
 - cup or bag filled with flower
Monier Williams Cologne
English
पुष्प—पुट
m.
 a cup or bag filled with f°,
L.
the hands arranged in the shape of the calyx of a f°,
Cat.
(in music) a partic. position in dancing.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
puṣpa-puṭa, nt., °pūṭa, m., °pūṭī, f., flower-sheath, calyx: so Tib. me tog gi phur ma (acc. to Das) on Mvy 〔6112〕 °puṭam, n. sg., in list of ‘articles of worship’ (pūjāpariṣkārāḥ), between cūrṇa and gandha
Sukh shows how they were used, viz., thrown upon a Buddha, or up in [Page350-a] the air where they remain magically fixed and form umbrellas
in Sukh the forms are puṣpa-pūṭī 〔49.5〕 and 〔50.9〕, or gandha-pūṭī, fragrant calyx (of a flower), 〔50.1〕, but puṣpa-pūṭa, masc., in 〔50.13〕 (all these are in vss) and, in prose, 〔57.11 ff.〕, repeatedly, always with ā
Müller renders the second member handfull, BR Düte, but the use in Sukh confirms Tib. on Mvy. It is, to be sure, doubtless connected with Skt. puṭa, puṭī, pockét, cavity, container, etc.