Caikitayana, Caikitāyana: 3 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchCaikitāyana (चैकितायन):—patron. des Dālbhya [Chāndogyopaniṣad 1, 8, 1.] Nach [] von cikitāyana; könnte auch auf cekita zurückgeführt werden.
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Caikitāyana (चैकितायन):—[Oxforder Handschriften 41,a,10.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungCaikitāyana (चैकितायन):—m. desgl.
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.
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Chandogya Upanishad (Shankara Bhashya) (by Ganganatha Jha)
Section 1.8 (eighth khaṇḍa) (eight texts) < [Chapter 1 - First Adhyāya]
Chandogya Upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 23 - The vow (vrata) for Prostitutes (veśyā) < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]