Bhojika, Bhojik膩: 7 definitions
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Bhojika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kath膩sarits膩garaBhojika (啶啶溹た啶�) is the name of a Br膩hman, whose story is told in the tale called 鈥榯he founding of the city of P膩峁璦liputra鈥�, according to the Kath膩sarits膩gara, chapter 3.
The Kath膩sarits膩gara (鈥榦cean of streams of story鈥�), mentioning Bhojika, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Narav膩hanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the 惫颈诲测腻诲丑补谤补蝉 (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Gu峁嚹佱笉hya鈥檚 B峁沨atkath膩 consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (啶曕ぞ啶掂啶�, 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 鈥榚pic poetry鈥� and natya, or 鈥榙ramatic poetry鈥�.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaBhojika (啶啶溹た啶�).鈥擜 Br膩hma峁嘺. (See the word P膩峁璦l墨putra).
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: academia.edu: Rare Sanskrit Words from the Commentary on the B峁沨at-kalpa-bh膩峁aBhojik膩 (啶啶溹た啶曕ぞ) refers to a 鈥渨oman鈥� or 鈥渇emale鈥�.鈥擨n his publication for the Journal of Jaina Studies, Yutaka Kawasaki collected in a non-definite list several rare Sanskrit words (e.g., 产丑辞箩颈办腻) from Malayagiri鈥檚 and K峁mak墨rti鈥檚 commentaries on the B峁沨atkalpabh膩峁a: a 6th century commentary on monastic discipline authored by Svetambara Jain exegete Sa峁単had膩sa.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryBhojika (啶啶溹た啶�).鈥�(-bhojika) (Sanskrit -bhojin plus -ka), in nitya-产丑辞箩颈办腻 (v.l. 掳bhojanak膩), n. pl. masc., 惭补丑腻惫补蝉迟耻 i.309.4, enjoying con- tinuous feeding (said of brahmans, at a king's house).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhojika (啶啶溹た啶�):鈥擺from bhoga] m. Name of a Br膩hman, [Kath膩sarits膩gara]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Odanabhojika, Putraka, Pataliputra, Akarshika, Yajnadatta.
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Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter III < [Book I - Kath膩p墨峁環a]
Paumacariya (critical study) (by K. R. Chandra)
2.2. Administration in ancient India < [Chapter 9 - Economic, Political and Religious conditions]