Sitaka, Sītaka, Śītaka, Shitaka: 12 definitions
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Sitaka has 11 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śītaka can be transliterated into English as Sitaka or Shitaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Sheetak.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚītaka (शीतक):—(von śīta)
1) adj. (f. śītikā) a) kühl [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 18, 3, 60.] — b) kalt —, ohne Feuer zu Werke gehend, träge, lässig [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 72.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 19.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 383.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 104. fg.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 164.] [Halāyudha 2, 232.] — c) = asvastha [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] = susthita [Medinīkoṣa] —
2) m. a) die kalte Jahreszeit gaṇa yāvādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 29.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — b) Scorpion [Śabdamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] — c) eine best. Pflanze, = aśanaparṇī [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — d) pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 14, 27.]
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Sitaka (सितक):—adj. von sita gaṇa ṛśyādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 80.]
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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Starts with (+7): Shitakala, Shitakalina, Shitakana, Shitakara, Shitakaradhara, Shitakashaya, Shitakatibandha, Sitakaca, Sitakacara, Sitakalpa, Sitakalyana, Sitakamala, Sitakamalamaya, Sitakamda, Sitakamraku, Sitakanta, Sitakantakarika, Sitakantarika, Sitakantha, Sitakaracuda.
Ends with (+2): Akshitaka, Apakarshitaka, Ashitaka, Bubhukshitaka, Dararakshitaka, Havashitaka, Kaushitaka, Kushitaka, Mahakaushitaka, Mrakshitaka, Mushitaka, Nasitaka, Nissitaka, Phusitaka, Rakshitaka, Samtushitaka, Shaktirakshitaka, Shikshitaka, Sthandilasitaka, Thulaphusitaka.
Full-text: Sthandilasitaka, Citakan, Shitikavant, Sheetak, Anushna, Cittacakra.
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