Atavika, Atavi-ka, 膧峁璦v墨ka, A峁璦vika, 膧峁璦惫颈办补: 19 definitions
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In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira膧峁璦v墨ka (啶嗋啶掂啶�) refers to 鈥渇orest men鈥� (working for the king), according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 (chapter 2), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var膩hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淲e shall now proceed to give a brief description of (the qualifications of) a 箩测辞迟颈峁办补. [...] He must be able to interpret the language and gestures of fighting men and the like; he must be learned in the 峁岣峠u峁嘺 and Up膩ya policies; he must be able to predict the success or failure of an undertaking; he must be able to interpret omens; he must have a knowledge of favourable halting places for the king鈥檚 army; he must be able to interpret the colour of ceremonial fires; he must know when to employ the ministers, spies, messengers and forest men [i.e., 腻峁璦惫墨办补]; he must be able to give directions touching the captures of the enemy鈥檚 fortress鈥�.
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramA峁璦vika (啶呧啶掂た啶�) [=补峁璦惫颈?] refers to 鈥渇orests鈥�, according to the Manth膩nabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik膩.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淸...] Prabhu, Yogin, 膧nanda, 膧val墨, 膧t墨ta, P膩da, and the rest called Kulas (are) all (like) rivers that fall into the root transmission. They, the princes and the gods, bodies, forests (补峁璦惫颈ka), villages, houses and others that are born from the root (transmission) are like rivers (that flow) from the mountain of Kula鈥�.
Shakta (啶多ぞ啶曕啶�, 艣膩kta) or Shaktism (艣膩ktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)膧峁璦惫颈办补 (啶嗋啶掂た啶�) refers to 鈥渇orest tribes鈥�, according to the 艢测补颈苍颈办补-艣腻蝉迟谤补: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by R膩j膩 Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥�Hunting on horseback (腻艣惫颈苍补) represents one of the eight subdivisions of Hunting (尘峁沢补测腻). [...] It leads to the acquisition of religious merit, by killing ferocious animals such as wolves and tigers, by the protection of standing crop, by the slaughter of stags and other animals, by an inspection of the forest, which serves so many useful purposes, by frightening the thieves, and by conciliating forest tribes (腻峁璦惫颈办补-谤补帽箩补苍补). [...]鈥�.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (鈥減erforming arts鈥�) and Shastras (鈥渟ciences鈥�) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
India history and geography
: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions膧峁璦v墨ka (啶嗋啶掂啶�) is the name of a tribe mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions. The Gupta empire (r. 3rd-century CE), founded by 艢r墨 Gupta, covered much of ancient India and embraced the Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. These tribes (e.g., the 膧峁璦v墨kas, latin: Atavikas) migrated to places other than their original settlemenets and gave their names to the janapadas they settled. They replaced the old Vedic tribes in Punjab and Rajasthan though some of them are deemed as offshoots of the main tribe..
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary膧峁璦惫颈办补.鈥�(Ep. Ind., Vol. XIV, p. 303, text line 50), a kind of grains. (EI 20; HD), an officer in charge of forest tracts. See Artha艣膩stra, I 12 (mentioned among the 18 t墨rthas). Note: 腻峁璦惫颈办补 is defined in the 鈥淚ndian epigraphical glossary鈥� as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryA峁璦vika (啶呧啶掂た啶�).鈥擜 forester = 啶嗋啶掂た啶曕 (腻峁璦惫颈办补岣�) q. v.
Derivable forms: 补峁璦惫颈ka岣� (啶呧啶掂た啶曕).
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膧峁璦惫颈办补 (啶嗋啶掂た啶�).鈥擺补峁璦vy膩峁� carati bhavo v膩 峁环补办]
1) A forester, a woodman, inhabitant of a forest; Mah膩bh膩rata (Bombay) 12.59.48; Manusm峁泃i 9.257.
2) A pioneer.
3) One of the six kinds of armies.
4) A chief of wild-tribes; Kau. A.1.1.
Derivable forms: 腻峁璦惫颈办补岣� (啶嗋啶掂た啶曕).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary膧峁璦惫颈办腻 (啶嗋啶掂た啶曕ぞ).鈥�(= Pali 膧岣穉v墨, compare Agr腻峁璦惫颈办补), name of a city in Magadha, and of a river near it: 惭奴濒补-厂补谤惫腻蝉迟颈惫腻诲补-痴颈苍补测补 ii.51.8, 9.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryA峁璦vika (啶呧啶掂た啶�).鈥攎.
(-办补岣�) A wood-man, a forester. E. 补峁璦惫颈 a wood, vaka aff.
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膧峁璦惫颈办补 (啶嗋啶掂た啶�).鈥攎.
(-办补岣�) A wood-man. E. 补峁璦惫墨 a wood, and 峁环补帽 aff.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary膧峁璦惫颈办补 (啶嗋啶掂た啶�).鈥攊. e. 补峁璦惫颈 + ika, m. 1. One who lives in forests, Mah膩bh膩rata 3, 15255. 2. A forest keeper.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary膧峁璦惫颈办补 (啶嗋啶掂た啶�).鈥擺adjective] belonging to a wood; [neuter] woodman, forester.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) A峁璦vika (啶呧啶掂た啶�):鈥擺from 补峁�] better See 腻峁璦惫颈办补
2) 膧峁璦惫颈办补 (啶嗋啶掂た啶�):鈥擺from 补峁�] a m. a woodman, forester.
3) b m. ([from] 补峁璦惫墨), the inhabitant of a forest, [Manu-sm峁泃i ix, 257; Mah膩bh膩rata] etc.
4) a forester, [S膩hitya-darpa峁嘺]
5) mfn. consisting of inhabitants of the forest (as an army), [K膩mandak墨ya-n墨tis膩ra]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldst眉cker Sanskrit-English DictionaryA峁璦vika (啶呧啶掂た啶�):鈥攎.
(-办补岣�) A wood-man, a forester. E. 补峁璦惫颈, taddh. aff. 峁环补办. See 腻峁璦惫颈办补, which appears to be the more correct form of this word.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) A峁璦vika (啶呧啶掂た啶�):鈥�(办补岣�) 1. A woodman.
2) 膧峁璦惫颈办补 (啶嗋啶掂た啶�):鈥�(办补岣�) 1. m. A woodman.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)膧峁璦惫颈办补 (啶嗋啶掂た啶�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: 膧岣峚惫颈测补.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus膧峁璦惫颈办补 (嗖嗋矡嗖掂部嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] (masc.) one who plays a game; a player.
2) [noun] (masc.) a stage performer.
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膧峁璦惫颈办补 (嗖嗋矡嗖掂部嗖�):鈥�
1) [noun] (masc.) one who dwells in a forest.
2) [noun] a wicked or mischievous man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Pali-English dictionary
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary补峁璦惫颈ka (醼♂�嬦�濁���) [(ti) (醼愥��)]鈥�
[补峁璦惫墨+ka]
摆醼♂赌嬦赌浊赌�+醼赌闭
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Starts with: Atavikabala, Atavikabhupati, Atavikabuddhi, Atavikam, Atavikanam, Atavikatana.
Full-text: Atavikam, Atavya, Atavi, Atavikabala, Ataviga, Atavin, Adaviya, Ataviya, Agratavika, Atavibala, Gopatavika, Alavaka, Atavaka, Hastaka, Ranjana, Asara, Gopa.
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