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Shashthika, Ṣaṣṭ󾱰: 3 definitions

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Shashthika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Ṣaṣṭ󾱰 can be transliterated into English as Sasthika or Shashthika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Shashthika in Kavya glossary
: OpenEdition books: վ󲹳īٳ󲹰첹貹� (Kāvya)

Ṣaṣṭhika (षष्ठिक) in Sanskrit (or Saṭṭhiataṃdula in Prakrit) refers to a “kind of rice of rapid growth�, as is mentioned in the վ󲹳īٳ󲹰첹貹 by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (īٳ󲹲).�(JOIB XV p. 454; ST p. 95).

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Kavya (काव्�, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry� and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry�.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Shashthika in Sanskrit glossary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ṣaṣṭ󾱰 (षष्ठिक�):—[from ṣaṣṭhaka > ṣa�] f. the sixth day after a child’s birth personified, [Saṃskārakaustubha; Tithyāditya]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of one of the divine mothers (See ṣaṣṭī), [Monier-Williams� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

3) Ṣāṣṻ첹 (षाष्ठि�):—[from ṣāṣṻ] mfn. belonging to the sixth, explained in the sixth (Adhyāya), [Monier-Williams� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

4) [v.s. ...] n. taking food with milk every sixth day (a four-monthly fast), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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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