poṣaka पोषक – one who feeds or nourishes
adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified
Dictionary sources
Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified
Original text · English · Word type unspecified
poṣaka ·f. °ṣikā nourishing, breeding, keeping.
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
Poṣaka, as, m. one who feeds or nourishes; a nourisher, supporter, breeder, keeper.
Petersburger 1855 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
poṣaka (wie eben) nom. ag. Ernährer, Fütterer, Aufzieher, Züchter UJJVAL._zu_UṆĀDIS. 3,29. sa pitā yastu poṣakaḥ Spr. 1059. pakṣiṇām M. 3,162. mārjāravatpoṣakaṃ copahaṃsi MBH. 2,2123. chāgameṣādi˚ KULL._zu_M. 3,154. śunaḥ (wohl śunāṃ zu lesen) ders. zu M. 4,216. aśva˚ = sūta Schol. zu KĀTY. ŚR. 15,3,7. śūdraṃ ca brāhmaṇādīnāṃ śuśrūṣāvṛttipoṣakam so v. a. seinen Lebensunterhalt beziehend MĀRK. P. 50,77.
Böhtlingk 1879 adjective
Original text · German · adjective
poṣaka Adj. (f. ˚ṣikā) — 1〉 ernährend, fütternd, aufziehend, züchtend; Ernährer u. s. w. — 2〉 am Ende eines Comp. sich nährend —, seinen Lebensunterhalt ziehend von HARIV. 2,89,12.
Apte 1890 substantive masculine
Original text · English · substantive masculine
poṣakaḥ One who maintains or nourishes, a supporter.
Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified
Original text · German · Word type unspecified
poṣaka, f. ˚ṣikā ernährend, aufziehend, züchtend.
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