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पुष्कर f. an. (rather fr. पुष्क + र than fr. पुष् + कर; but cf. [Uṇ. iv, 4] ) a blue lotus-flower, a lotus, Nelumbium Speciosum or Nymphaea Nelumbo ( ifc. f(आ). ), [AV.] &c. &c. (met. ‘the heart’ [MBh. v, 1790] ) f. the bowl of a spoon ( ifc. f(आ). ), [RV.] ; [Br.] ; [GṛŚrS.] the skin of a drum, [Kālid.] the tip of an elephant's trunk, [Var.] water, [ŚBr.] the sky, heaven, [Prab.] (of, [Naigh. i, 3] ) a night of new moon falling on a Monday or Tuesday or Saturday, [Hcat.] an arrow, [L.] the blade or the sheath of a sword, [L.] a cage, [L.] Costus Speciosus or Arabicus, [L.] a part, [L.] the art of dancing, [L.] union, [L.] war, battle, [L.] intoxication, [L.] ज्येष्ठ N. of a celebrated place of pilgrimage (now called Pokhar in the district of Ajmere cf. [RTL. 558] ), [MBh.] ; [Hariv.] ; [Pur.] &c. (also pl. ; according to, [Viṣṇ.] Sch. there are three, viz. , मध्यम and कनिष्ठ) पुष्कर mn. mn. = -द्वीप, [MBh.] ; [Pur.] पुष्कर m. m. = ब्रह्मा-ण्ड, [Nīlak.] (with जैनs) one of the 5 भारत, [L.] ArdeaSibirica, [Pañc.] (in astrol. ) an inauspicious योग, an ill-omened combination of a lucky lunation with an unlucky day, 3/4 of a lunar mansion, [W.] a kind of drum, [MBh.] a kind of serpent, [L.] the sun, [L.] a pond, lake, [L.] a kind of disease, [L.] the regent of P° (below), [MārkP.] N. of कृष्ण, [MBh.] of शिव, [Śivag.] of a son of वरुण, [MBh.] ; [Pur.] of a general of the sons and grandsons of वरुण, [L.] of an असुर, [Hariv.] of a son of कृष्ण, [BhP.] of a बुद्ध, [Lalit.] of a prince (the brother of नल), [Nal.] of a son of भरत, [VP.] of सु-नक्षत्र, [BhP.] of a son of वृक and दूर्वाक्षी, ib.of an author, [Cat.] of a mountain in P° , [MBh.] पुष्कर m. m. pl. N. of a class of clouds said to occasion dearth and famine, [L.] ( cf. पुष्करा-वर्तक) पुष्कर m. m. of the inhabitants of कुश-द्वीप corresponding to Brāhmans, [VP.] of the lunar mansions पुनर्-वसु, उत्तराषाढा, कृत्तिका, उत्तर-फल्गुनी, पूर्व-भाद्रपदा and विशाखा collectively, [L.] पुष्कर b°कल See pp. 638, 639.
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