Puccha, Pucch腻: 22 definitions
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Puccha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Puchchha.
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by VarahamihiraPuccha (啶啶氞啶�) refers to the 鈥渢ail鈥� (of R腻hu), according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it腻 (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var腻hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淪ome say that R腻hu, the asura, though his head was cut, dies not but lives in the shape of a planet having tasted of ambrosia. That he has a disc like the sun and moon and as that disc is black it is invisible when in the sky except on the occasion of eclipses in virtue of a boon from Brahm腻. Others say that he resembles a serpent in shape with his head severed from his tail [i.e., puccha]; a few that he is bodiless, that he is mere darkness and that he is the son of Si峁僪ik腻. [...]鈥�.
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita鈥擳ext on Visha ChikitsaPuccha (啶啶氞啶�) or 鈥渢ail鈥� refers to one of the thirteen sources of Ja峁単ama (mobile) poison, as described in the K腻艣yapa Sa峁僪it腻: an ancient Sanskrit text from the P腻帽car腻tra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Vi峁cikits腻鈥攁n important topic from 膧yurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Vi峁vidy腻 or Sarpavidy腻).鈥擪a艣yapa states in the fourth Adhy腻ya that 艢iva taught him that poisons are of five kinds viz. immobile, mobile, artificial, caused by planets and (arising out of) doubt. The sources of these five kinds of 惫颈峁, Ka艣yapasa峁僪it腻 deals mainly with the 蝉迟丑腻惫补谤补 (immobile), 箩补峁単补尘补 (mobile) poison according to Ka艣yapa are thirteen in number [viz., tail (puccha)].
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
: archive.org: The Elephant Lore of the HindusPuccha (啶啶氞啶�) refers to the 鈥渢ail鈥� (of an elephant), according to the 15th century 惭腻迟补峁単补濒墨濒腻 composed by N墨laka峁囜弓ha in 263 Sanskrit verses, dealing with elephantology in ancient India, focusing on the science of management and treatment of elephants.鈥擺Cf. chapter 6, 鈥渙n determination of measurements鈥漖: 鈥�12. Below the flanks are the two hindquarters to be recognized; the 苍颈峁辞艣补 at (between?) flank and back; the belly after these two; (after or behind?) these two (苍颈峁辞艣补s) are the two parts named the 耻迟办峁涐梗峁璦蝉 (鈥榚levated parts鈥�). 13. But the region of the tail root (辫耻肠肠丑补-尘奴濒补-蝉补尘墨辫补) shall be (called) the pecaka. Below the throat, upon the breast, one shall recognize the 补苍迟补谤尘补峁噄, fastened at the joint of the neck鈥�
膧yurveda (啶嗋く啷佮ぐ啷嵿さ啷囙う, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of 膧yurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)Puccha (啶啶氞啶�) refers to the 鈥渢ail (of a bird)鈥�, according to the 艢测补颈苍颈办补-艣腻蝉迟谤补: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by R腻j腻 Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.鈥擜ccordingly, [while discussing the yellow-eyed division of hawks]: 鈥淭he V腻jas are of five kinds. Their descriptions are given separately. [...] Mah腻r腻va峁嘺, the king of V腻jas, is that in whose tail and feathers (puccha-chada) are to be found marks like the A艣vatha or pipal leaf. Only one who has heaped up much religious merit becomes the possessor of such a pleasure-giving bird. It is called Mah腻r腻va峁嘺 because it makes other birds cry in fear on its approach鈥�.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (鈥減erforming arts鈥�) and Shastras (鈥渟ciences鈥�) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on AgriculturePuccha (啶啶氞啶�) refers to the 鈥渢ails (of N腻gas)鈥�, according to the 痴补箩谤补迟耻峁囜笉补蝉补尘补测补办补濒辫补谤腻箩补, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.鈥擜ccordingly, [as the Bhagav腻n teaches the offering manual of the root-heart] 鈥淸...] If N腻gas are desirous of destroying that province, hot sand will fall on their heads. As many heads, tails (puccha) and trunks they have, that many sword-rain showers fall on their bodies. Then all N腻gas will roam terrified and frightened. Then they send forth rain showers in Jambudv墨pa duly at the proper time. All hostile N腻gas will be subdued. [...]鈥�
Mahayana (啶す啶距く啶距え, mah腻y腻na) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many 蝉奴迟谤补蝉 of which some of the earliest are the various Praj帽腻p腻ramit腻 蝉奴迟谤补蝉.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarypuccha : (nt.) tail. || pucch腻 (f.) a question.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryPuccha, (nt.) (cp. Vedic puccha (belonging with punar to Lat. puppis) & P. piccha) a tail DhsA. 365 (dog鈥檚 tail). See pu帽cikata. (Page 463)
鈥� or 鈥�
Pucch腻, (f.) (cp. Class. Sk. p峁沜ch腻=Ohg. forsca question) a question Sn. 1023; SnA 46, 200, 230. A system of questions (鈥渜uestionnaire鈥�) is given in the Niddesa (and Commentaries), consisting of 12 groups of three questions each. In full at Nd1 339, 340=Nd2 under pucch腻 (p. 208). The first group comprises the three adi峁弓ha-jotan腻 pucch腻, di峁弓ha-sa 鈥榮andan腻 p. , vimaticchedan腻 p. These three with addition of anumati p. and kathetu-kamyat腻 p. also at DA. I, 68=DhsA. 55. The complete list is referred to at SnA 159.鈥攁puccha (adj.) that which is not a question, i.e. that which should not be asked Miln. 316.鈥攑uccha-vissajjan腻 question and answer PvA. 2.鈥擜t Nett 18 p. occurs as qu芒si synonym of icch腻 and patthan腻. (Page 463)
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav腻da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarypuccha (啶啶氞啶�).鈥攏 (S) A tail. puccha phu峁璦峁嚹撫箖-v腻岣峢a峁嚹撫箖-l腻mba峁嚹撫箖 To be extended or enlarged beyond the original computation--a business, expenses, labor.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishpuccha (啶啶氞啶�).鈥�n A tail. puccha phu峁璦峁嚹撫箖-v腻岣峢a峁嚹撫箖-l腻mba峁嚹撫箖 To be extended beyond the original computation-business, expenses, labour.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPuccha (啶啶氞啶�).鈥�
1) A tail in general; 啶ざ啷嵿啶距い啷� 啶啶氞啶涏 啶掂す啶むた 啶掂た啶啶侧ぎ啷� (pa艣c腻t puccha峁� vahati vipulam) Uttarar腻macarita 4.27.
2) A hairy tail.
3) A peacock's tail.
4) The hinder part.
5) The end of anything.
Derivable forms: 辫耻肠肠丑补岣� (啶啶氞啶涏), puccham (啶啶氞啶涏ぎ啷�).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuccha (啶啶氞啶�).鈥攎n.
(-肠肠丑补岣�-肠肠丑补峁�) 1. A tail, the tail, the hinder part. 2. A horse鈥檚 tail. 3. The tail of the peacock. 4. Any hairy tail. 5. The end of anything. E. puccha to be careless, ac aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuccha (啶啶氞啶�).鈥攎. and n. 1. A tail, [顿谤补耻辫补诲墨辫谤补尘腻迟丑补] 5, 8. 2. The hinder part, Mah腻bh腻rata 7, 206.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuccha (啶啶氞啶�).鈥擺masculine] [neuter] tail; poss. vant鈥�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Puccha (啶啶氞啶�):鈥�mn. (ifc. f(腻 or 墨). cf. [P腻峁噄ni 4-1, 55], [vArttika] 1-3) a tail, the hinder part, [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.
2) last or extreme end (as of a year), [艢腻峁卥h腻yana-br腻hma峁嘺]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPuccha (啶啶氞啶�):鈥擺(肠肠丑补岣�-肠肠丑补峁�)] 1. m. n. A tail.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Puccha (啶啶氞啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 笔耻峁僣丑补.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryPuccha (啶啶氞啶�) [Also spelled puchchh]:鈥�(nm) a tail, tail-like structure; rear, hind part.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Puccha (啶啶氞啶�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Pracch.
2) Pucch腻 (啶啶氞啶涏ぞ) also relates to the Sanskrit word: P峁沜ch腻.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPuccha (嗖硜嗖氞硩嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] = 嗖硜嗖曕硩嗖� [pukka]3.
2) [noun] the distinct flexible appendage to the rear end of the body of a few types of animals as dog, tiger, elephant; a tail.
3) [noun] the rear portion of anything.
4) [noun] the end or terminating portion (in the rear portion).
5) [noun] anything appended; adjunct.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryPuccha (啶啶氞啶�):鈥攏. 1. a tail (in general); 2. a hairy tail;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+1): Panha, Pucchaa, Pucchabandha, Pucchabrahmavada, Pucchabrahmavadakhandana, Pucchabrahmavadanirakarana, Pucchada, Pucchadhi, Pucchaga, Pucchaka, Pucchala, Pucchalakshana, Pucchalakshanadidhititika, Pucchalakshanakroda, Pucchalakshananugama, Pucchalakshanaprakasha, Pucchalakshanatika, Pucchalakshanavivecana, Pucchana, Pucchanana.
Full-text (+291): Apuccha, Gopuccha, Phalapuccha, Vyaghrapuccha, Kalapuccha, Shukapuccha, Kakapuccha, Kolapuccha, Hastapuccha, Patipucchati, Camarapuccha, Shvapuccha, Panha, Udaya Puccha, Gilanabhatta, Vakrapuccha, Shikhipuccha, Pucchagra, Shunahpuccha, Pucchadhi.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 3.8.11 < [Chapter 8 - The Opulences of 艢r墨 Girir腻ja]
Verse 5.13.17 < [Chapter 13 - The Arrival of Sri Uddhava]
Verse 5.2.2 < [Chapter 2 - The Killing of Ke艣墨]
Taittiriya Upanishad Bhashya Vartika (by R. Balasubramanian)
Verse 2.346 < [Book 2 - Brahmavall墨]
Verse 3.37 < [Book 3 - Bh峁沢uvall墨]
Verse 2.276-277 < [Book 2 - Brahmavall墨]
Yuktimallika by Vadiraja (critical study) (by Gururaj K. Nippani)
2. Establishing Jivesvara-bheda < [Critical exposition (3) Bhedasaurabha]
6. Brahman is not Nirakara but is of Purnananda-deha < [Critical exposition (3) Bhedasaurabha]
Brahma Sutras (Govinda Bhashya) (by Kusakratha das Brahmacari)
S奴tra 3.3.15 < [Adhyaya 3, Pada 3]
Adhikarana 6: The Supreme Brahman is Full of Bliss < [Adhyaya 1, Pada 1]
S奴tra 1.1.12 < [Adhyaya 1, Pada 1]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Brihat Jataka by Varahamihira [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 3.3 < [Chapter 3 - On the Manifold Births]