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Mushtika, ѳṣṭ첹: 18 definitions

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Mushtika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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 ѳṣṭ첹 can be transliterated into English as Mustika or Mushtika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mushtika in Purana glossary
: Google Books: The Purana Index

ѳṣṭ첹 (मुष्टि�):—An Asura friend of Kamsa. Invited by Kamsa, he got readyt for a wrestling match with Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. Took his seat in the enclosure; challenged by Rāma, fought according to rules, and courted death.uggested identification with the pirate coast of the Konkan).

: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

ѳṣṭ첹 (मुष्टि�).—An asura who was a servant of Kaṃsa. This asura was killed by Balabhadra. (See under Kṛṣṇa).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

ѳṣṭ첹 (मुष्टि�).—An Asura friend (wrestler, Viṣṇu-purāṇa) of Kaṃsa. Invited by Kaṃsa, he got ready for a wrestling match with Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. Took his seat in the enclosure; challenged by Rāma, fought according to rules, and courted death. (Balabhadra,, Viṣṇu-purāṇa)*

  • * Bhāgavata-purāṇa X. 2. 1; 36. 21-24; 37. 15; 42. 37; 43. 40; 44. 1, 19, and 24-25; Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 29. 123. Viṣṇu-purāṇa V. 15. 7 and 16; 20. 18, 65. 78.
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The Purana (पुरा�, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

ѳṣṭ첹 (मुष्टि�) is the Sanskrit name of one of Bharata’s sons, mentioned in the Nāṭyaśāstra 1.26-33. His name can also be spelled as Muṣṭhika. After Brahmā created the Nāṭyaveda (ṭyśٰ), he ordered Bharata to teach the science to his (one hundred) sons. Bharata thus learned the Nāṭyaveda from Brahmā, and then made his sons study and learn its proper application. After their study, Bharata assigned his sons (eg., ѳṣṭ첹) various roles suitable to them.

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, ṭyśٰ) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

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Kavya (poetry)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mushtika in Kavya glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

ѳṣṭ첹 (मुष्टि�) is the name of a king whose strength is considered as equaling a half-power warrior (ardharatha), according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 47. Accordingly, as the Asura Maya explained the arrangement of warriors in Sunītha’s army: �... [ѳṣṭ첹, and others], are considered half-power warriors�.

The story of ѳṣṭ첹 was narrated by the Vidyādhara king Vajraprabha to prince Naravāhanadatta in order to relate how “Sūryaprabha, being a man, obtain of old time the sovereignty over the Vidyādharas�.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story�), mentioning ѳṣṭ첹, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the 󲹰 (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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Kavya (काव्�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry� and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry�.

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Kama-shastra (the science of Love-making)

: Shodhganga: Elements of Art and Architecture in the Trtiyakhanda of the Visnudharmottarapurana (kama)

ѳṣṭ (मुष्टिका) or ѳṣṭkathana refers to “understanding of code words�.—Cf. ṣaṣṭ첹ٳ󲹲Բ which refers to “writing and understanding of code words and words in particular way�, representing one of the “sixty four kinds of Art�, according to the Kāmasūtra of Vātsyāyaṇa.—Indian tradition, basically includes sixty four Art forms are acknowledged. The references of sixty four kinds of are found in the Bhāgavatapurāṇa, Śaiva-Tantras, Kāmasūtra of Vātsyāyaṇa etc.

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Kamashastra (कामशास्त्र, 峾śٰ) deals with ancient Indian science of love-making, passion, emotions and other related topics dealing with the pleasures of the senses.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mushtika in Marathi glossary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

ṣṭkā (मुष्टिका).—f S The fist.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

ṣṭkā (मुष्टिका).�f The fist.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mushtika in Sanskrit glossary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ѳṣṭ첹 (मुष्टि�).—[ṣṭrmoṣaṇa� prayojanamasya kan]

1) A goldsmith.

2) A particular position of the hands.

3) Name of a demon.

-kam A pugilistic encounter, fisticuffs.

-� (pl.) Name of an outcast race (the Dombas); श्वमांसनियताहारा मुष्टिका ना� निर्वृणा� (śvamāṃsaniyatāhārā ṣṭkā nāma nirvṛṇā�) 峾.1.59.19.

Derivable forms: ṣṭ첹� (मुष्टिकः).

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ѳṣṭ (मुष्टिका).—The fist.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

ѳṣṭ첹 (मुष्टि�).—also mauṣṭika, moṭṭ(h)ika (compare Pali mu�-ṭhika, app. only boxer, prize-fighter, associated with malla; from Sanskrit ṣṭ; AMg. muṭṭhiya, id.; Sanskrit ṣṭka, name of a roaming despised caste who guard corpses and eat dog-flesh, according to 峾. commentary = ḍomba; Sanskrit Lex. also goldsmith), (1) perhaps = Sanskrit ṣṭka, name of a gypsy- like low caste: 󲹰ṇḍī첹 276.5 (prose) na caṇḍālān na mauṣṭikān na saukarikān�(considerably later in the list, na mallān nānyāni pareṣāṃ ratikrīḍāsthānāni tāni) nopasaṃkrā- mati; 󲹰ṇḍī첹 279.2 (verse), cited Śṣāsܳⲹ 48.2, (kuryāt tehi na saṃsta- vam) caṇḍālaṣṭkai� śauṇḍais (so also Śṣāsܳⲹ, but WT cite � cāpi for śau°, and so Tibetan, gdol ba da� ni zol ba for entire pāda) tīrthikaiś�; but both these may be otherwise interpreted; Tibetan for both zol ba, trickster; the Pali meaning boxer is also not out of the question (note malla in 276.6, with reference to entertainers; does Tibetan zol ba mean here juggler, sleight-of-hand performer? see 2); (2) (compare Tibetan on 󲹰ṇḍī첹 under 1) mauṣṭika� Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 3808, followed by vidūṣaka�, buffoon; according to Tibetan zol pa, trickster (possibly in the sense of juggler); (3) possibly (= Pali muṭṭhika) boxer, fist-fighter: Ѳ屹ܳٱ貹ٳپ 7072 ṣṭkā�, v.l. mauṣṭikā� (Mironov, and [Boehtlingk] 7.368, musuntikā, clearly corrupt) = Tibetan khu tshur, fist (Sanskrit ṣṭ); Chin. also fist; Japanese fist, also trickster, low-class person (probably based on Tibetan on 3808); (4) (as in Sanskrit Lex.) goldsmith: (after suvarṇa- dhovakā, q.v.) mauṣṭikā Ѳ屹ٳ iii.113.19, or (same passage, list of artisans and craftsmen) moṭṭikā (so mss., Senart moṭṭhikā) iii.443.6; goldsmiths are proverbially tricky, hence perhaps this is derived from meaning 2. The word mau- ṣṭika occurs, without preserved context, in Kalpanā- maṇḍitikā, see Lüders� discussion, Kl. Sanskrit Texte 2, 44.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ѳṣṭ첹 (मुष्टि�).—m.

(-첹�) 1. A goldsmith. 2. A particular position of the hands. 3. Name of a demon killed by Baladeva. n.

(-첹�) A pugilistic encounter. E. ṣṭ stealing and to make, aff. ḍa .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ѳṣṭ첹 (मुष्टि�).—m. A goldsmith.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ѳṣṭ첹 (मुष्टि�):—[from ] m. a handful (See catur-m)

2) [v.s. ...] a [particular] position of the hands, [Catalogue(s)]

3) [v.s. ...] a goldsmith, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] Name of an Asura, [Harivaṃśa]

5) [v.s. ...] ([plural]) of a despised race (= ḍo), [Rāmāyaṇa]

6) ѳṣṭ (मुष्टिका):—[from ṣṭka > �] a f. See akṣara-ṣṭkā

7) ѳṣṭ첹 (मुष्टि�):—[from ] n. ([probably]) a pugilistic encounter, [Mahābhārata]

8) [v.s. ...] a [particular] game, [Siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā or vikramāditya-caritra, jaina recension]

9) ѳṣṭ (मुष्टिका):—[from ] b f. in [compound]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ѳṣṭ첹 (मुष्टि�):�(첹�) 1. m. A goldsmith.

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

ѳṣṭ첹 (मुष्टि�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: ѳṭṭ󾱲.

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (saṃsṛtam), 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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Mushtika in Kannada glossary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

ѳṣṭ첹 (ಮುಷ್ಟಿ�):�

1) [noun] = ಮುಷ್ಟಿ [mushti]2 - 11.

2) [noun] a man who makes and sells gold articles; a goldsmith.

3) [noun] a physical fight in which blows with the fist are exchanged; a pugilistic encounter.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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