Shandika, Ṣaṇḍika: 4 definitions
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Shandika has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Ṣaṇḍika can be transliterated into English as Sandika or Shandika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚaṇḍika (शण्डिक):—m. nach [Sāyaṇa] Abkömmling des Śaṇḍa: indro hanti vṛṣa.haṃ śaṇḍikānām [Ṛgveda 2, 30, 8.] Nomen proprium einer Gegend [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 92.] — śaṇḍikā = yuddha in der Sprache der Draviḍa s. u. gaṇḍikā
2) in den Nachträgen. — Vgl. śāṇḍikya .
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Śāṇḍika (शाण्डिक):—m. ein best. Thier (in Erdlöchern wohnend) [CARAKA 1, 27.] sāṭuka v. l.
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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Ends with: Brihatkushandika, Dashakarmapaddhatau kushandika, Dvishandika, Gramashandika, Kushandika, Pasandika.
Full-text: Jandaka, Shandikya, Kalyapalaka, Dvishandika, Kalyapala, Shindakadi, Gandika, Khandika, Nya.
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