पुष्पक

Sanskrit

Etymology

From पुष् (puṣ).

Proper noun

पुष्पक • (puṣpaka) stem, ?

Name of the self-moving aerial car of कुबेर (also -विमान n. ; it was carried off by the demon रावण and constantly used by him till he was slain by राम-चन्द्र, who then employed the car to transport himself and सीता back to अयोध्या)

Descendants

→ Telugu: పుష్పకము (puṣpakamu)
→ Tamil: புட்பகம் (puṭpakam)
→ Malayalam: പുഷ്പകം (puṣpakaṁ)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “पुष्पक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0640.

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