Shiktha, Śiktha: 12 definitions
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Shiktha has 12 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śiktha can be transliterated into English as Siktha or Shiktha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchSiktha (सिक्थ):—[Uṇādisūtra 2, 7.]
1) der Satz von gekochter Reisbrühe: taṇḍulānāṃ susiddhānāṃ caturdaśaguṇe jale . rasaḥ sikthairvirahito maṇḍa ityabhidhīyate .. [Bhāvaprakāśa im Śabdakalpadruma] unter maṇḍa . [Suśruta 1, 229, 14.] kleda [170, 6. 2, 119, 1.] am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā) [230, 1. 1, 229, 15.] —
2) m. ein Mundvoll gekochten Reises, in eine Kugelform geknetet, [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 201.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 222.] [Medinīkoṣa th. 14.] [VIŚVA] bei [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 2, 7.] [KĀŚĪKH. 81, 38] (nach [AUFRECHT]). bhakta dass. [Halāyudha 5, 43.] dvaya [Kathāsaritsāgara 108, 77.] prāgbhuktasikthe (neutr. du.) 80. —
3) n. Wachs [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [VIŚVA a. a. O.] [Rājanirghaṇṭa 13, 77.] [Oxforder Handschriften 105], b, [25.] [KĀLACAKRA 2, 144. 3, 22.] —
4) n. vierzig Perlen im Gewicht von einem Dharaṇa [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 81, 17] (vgl. v. l.). —
5) n. Indigo [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [VIŚVA a. a. O.]
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