Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry पुत्रका

पुत्रकाputrakāपुत्रिका [putrikā], पुत्रिका 1 A daughter.
1. पुत्रिका putrikā, पुत्रिका 1 A daughter.
2. A doll, puppet.
3. A daughter appointed to raise male issue for a father who has no sons; अपुत्राऽ नेन विधिना सुतां कुर्वीत पुत्रिकाम् । यदपत्यं भवेदस्यां तन्मम स्यात् स्वधाकरम् ॥ Ms.9.127.
4. The cotton or down of the tamarisk.
5. A small statue; तद्धाम्नाऽभूदजस्तूष्णीं पूर्देव्यन्तीव पुत्रिका Bhāg.1.13.56.
6. (At the end of comp.) Anything little or small of its kind; as in असिपुत्रिका, खड्गपुत्रिका etc.
Derived forms and compounds
- -धर्मः
  
  bestowing a daughter in marriage so as to raise issue for her father (see पुत्रिका 3); आकूतिं रुचये प्रादादपि भ्रातृमतीं नृपः । पुत्रिकाधर्ममाश्रित्य Bhāg.4.1.2. See next word. पुत्रः, सुतः a daughter's son who by agreement becomes the son of her father; see Ms.9.127; अभ्रातृकां प्रदास्यामि तुभ्यं कन्यामलंकृताम् । अस्यां यो जायते पुत्रः स मे पुत्रो भवेदिति ॥ Vasiṣṭhasmṛiti.
  
  a daughter who, being regarded as a son, returns to her father's house; (पुत्रिकैव पुत्रः; अथवा पुत्रिकैव सुतः पुत्रिकासुतः सोऽप्यौरससम एव Mitā. on Y.2.128).
  
  a grandson -प्रसूः a mother of daughters.
- -भर्तृ Masculine 'a daughter's husband', a son-in-law.
Source: ApteSearch all dictionaries Analyse the word

Browse by letter

Headwords under प

Part 16 of 38 पुण्ड – पुष्पंधयAll parts