púṣkara n. (rather fr. puṣka + ra than fr. puṣ + kara; but cf. [Uṇ. iv, 4]) a blue lotus-flower, a lotus, Nelumbium Speciosum or Nymphaea Nelumbo (ifc. f(A). ), [AV.] &c. &c. (met. ‘the heart’, [MBh. v, 1790])
the bowl of a spoon (ifc. f(A). ), [RV.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.]
the skin of a drum, [Kālid.]
the tip of an elephant's trunk, [Var.]
water, [ŚBr.]
the sky, heaven, [Prab.] (cf. [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.]
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. jyeṣṭha, madhyama and kaniṣṭha)
púṣkara m. n. = -dvīpa, [MBh.]; [Pur.]
púṣkara m. = brahmāṇḍa, [Nīlak.]
(with Jainas) one of the 5 Bhārata, [L.]
Ardea Sibirica, [Pañc.]
(in astrol.) an inauspicious Yoga, 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 Kṛṣṇa, [MBh.]
of Śiva, [Śivag.]
of a son of Varuṇa, [MBh.]; [Pur.]
of a general of the sons and grandsons of Varuṇa, [L.]
of an Asura, [Hariv.]
of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [BhP.]
of a Buddha, [Lalit.]
of a prince (the brother of Nala), [Nal.]
of a son of Bharata, [VP.]
of Su-nakṣatra, [BhP.]
of a son of Vṛka and Dūrvākṣī, [ib.]
of an author, [Cat.]
of a mountain in P°, [MBh.]
púṣkara m. pl. N. of a class of clouds said to occasion dearth and famine, [L.] (cf. puṣkarāvartaka)
púṣkara m. of the inhabitants of Kuśa-dvīpa corresponding to Brāhmans, [VP.]
of the lunar mansions Punar-vasu, Uttarāṣāḍhā, Kṛttikā, Uttara-phalgunī, Pūrva-bhādrapadā and Viśākhā collectively, [L.]
°kala. See pp. 638, 639.