The Sanskrit term Divyapuṣpa can be transliterated into English as Divyapuspa or Divyapushpa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra

Divyapuṣpa (दिव्यपुष्प) refers to a “divine flower” (i.e., a lotus), according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 13.1-9, while describing the appearance and worship of Viṣṇu, in the form of Nārāyaṇa]—“He should always think of the four-armed Nārāyaṇa arising. [...] Deva bears divine garments [and] sits atop a divine flower (divyapuṣpa-upaśobhita) [i.e., a lotus]. [He is] decorated with a gleaming crown of rubies, a small bell, and a net [and] wears heavenly earrings. [...]”.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Divyapuṣpa (दिव्यपुष्प) refers to a “celestial flower” according to the Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XIV).—These flowers have a beautiful color, a rich perfume; they are soft (mañju) and flexible; this is why they are used as offerings. The celestial flower is one the perfume of which goes against the wind.

The gods can get celestial flowers (divypuṣpa) as offerings, but how can men (manuṣya) and amanuṣya get them? Answer. – Thanks to the bases of his miraculous power (ṛddhibala), the Buddha emits great rays and the earth trembles in six ways; the gods rain down all sorts of marvelous flowers that fill the trisāhasramahāsāhasralokadhātu as offerings to the Buddha. The manuṣya and amanuṣya can gather these flowers and offer them in turn.

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Divyapuṣpa (दिव्यपुष्प) refers to “divine flowers”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “[...] Then the Wicked One, having conjured up canopies adorned with eighty four thousand jewels, offered them to the congregations. Having held numerous kinds of divine flowers (divyapuṣpa), incense, garlands and unguents, he scattered them on the place where the Lord stayed, and said this to the Lord together with his servants: ‘If the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja gives us the treasury of open space (gaganagañja), we will produce the thought of incomparable complete awakening’ [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) 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 sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Divyapuṣpa (दिव्यपुष्प).—the Karavīra tree.

Derivable forms: divyapuṣpaḥ (दिव्यपुष्पः).

Divyapuṣpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms divya and puṣpa (पुष्प).

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

1) Divyapuṣpa (दिव्यपुष्प):—[=divya-puṣpa] [from divya > div] m. Nerium Odorum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Divyapuṣpā (दिव्यपुष्पा):—[=divya-puṣpā] [from divya-puṣpa > divya > div] f. a kind of plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Divyapushpa in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Pushpa, Divya.

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Full-text: Abhikirnikrita, Divyapushpika, Divya, Upasobhita, Vimarda.

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Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

Act 7.3: Description of Paranirmitavaśavartin < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]

Act 7.5: Scattering of flowers over the Buddha < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]

Act 7.1: The Buddha shows his ordinary body (prakṛtyātmabhāva) < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]

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Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)

Chapter 246 - Jarāsandha Defeated < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]

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