Tika, Ḍiga, Digā, Ḍīka, Ḍikā, Ḍika, Ti-ka, Ṭīk, Tika-tika, Ṭi첹ṭika, Tikatika: 39 definitions
Introduction:
Tika means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology, Tamil. 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.
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In Hinduism
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: Pure Bhakti: Bhagavad-gita (4th edition)Ṭīk (टीका) refers to “commentary�. (cf. Glossary page from Śī--ī).
: Pure Bhakti: Brahma-samhitaṬīk (टीका) refers to—Commentary.

Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu�).
General definition (in Hinduism)
Source: Wisdom Library: HinduismṬīk (टीका) is a Sanskrit word referring to a “commentary�.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: OSU Press: Cakrasamvara SamadhiṬīk (टीका) refers to a type of powder used in worship according to the Kriyā Tantra divisions of Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhism, according to Buddhist teachings followed by the Newah in Nepal, Kathmandu Valley (whose roots can be traced to the Licchavi period, 300-879 CE).—Kriyā Tantra typically involves the act of ū, worshiping a physical deity, such as an idol, and or its mandala, sometimes drawn with grains or pigmented powdered stone, with offerings connected to the senses and the primary elements, such as rice, water, food, flowers, incense, sandalwood or ṭīk powder, and the recitation of the deities' mantras and stotras.
: De Gruyter: Himalayan Anthropology: The Indo-Tibetan InterfaceTika (ति�) refers to a “dot on the forehead�, according to William Stablein’s A Descriptive Analysis of the Content of Nepalese Buddhist Pujas as a Medical-Cultural System (with References to Tibetan Parallels).—T tshog shin (sacred tree) is also mentally visualized.—Cf. ĀñᲹԲ (ointments) which are well known in Vajrayāna literature. A surviving remnant of this tradition is the giving of tika [dot on the forehead]. Hence the hierophant (峦ⲹ) carries with him a small tikabandha [double-cupped vase] with the powder of yellow pigment in one cup and the Իū [powder of red lead] in the other, these represent the ܱⲹ [means] of the male principle and the ñ [insight] of the female principle, respectively. Mixed together and pressed first onto a pledged object and then onto the forehead, it signifies the transfer of ambrosia.

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (Բ) are collected indepently.
General definition (in Buddhism)
: archive.org: Tipitaka Studies Outside MyanmarTika (sub-commentaries) refers to a category of Buddhist literature approved by the sixth Buddhist council.—The Tikas are written mostly in the first half of the second millennium, partially by Sinhalese monks and partially by Burmese.
: Buddhist Information: A Heart ReleasedTika means three.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Tika in Ghana is the name of a plant defined with Pycnanthus angolensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Myristica microcephala Benth. & Hook.f. (among others).
2) Tika in West Africa is also identified with Arachis hypogaea It has the synonym Arachis hypogaea var. nambyquarae (Hoehne) Burkart (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Cytologia (1983)
· Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. (1895)
· Nutrition and Cancer (2004)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2004)
· Food and chemical toxicology (1984)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Tika, for example side effects, pregnancy safety, extract dosage, chemical composition, health benefits, diet and recipes, have a look at these references.
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Dika in Gabon is the name of a plant defined with Irvingia gabonensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Fegimanra africana (Oliv.) Pierre (among others).
2) Dika in Kenya is also identified with Thilachium africanum It has the synonym Maerua triphylla (Thunb.) Dur. & Schinz (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas (1895)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Bull. Jard. Bot. Belgique (1996)
· Novon (1993)
· Traité de Botanique Médicale Phanérogamique (1884)
· Consp. Fl. Afr. (1898)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Dika, for example pregnancy safety, chemical composition, diet and recipes, side effects, health benefits, extract dosage, have a look at these references.

This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarytika : (nt.) a triad. (adj.), consisting of three. || ṭīk (f.), sub-commentary.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryTika, (adj. -n.) (Vedic trika) consisting of 3, a triad S. II, 218 (t. -bhojana); DhA. IV, 89 (-nipāta, the book of the triads, a division of the Jātaka), 108 (t. -catukka-jhāna the 3 & the 4 jhānas); Miln. 12 (tika-duka-paṭimaṇḍitā dhammasaṅganī); Vism. 13 sq.; DhsA. 39 (-duka triad & pair). (Page 301)
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary1) tika (တိက) [(ti) (တ�)]�
ڳپ첹+پ첹�1-ܱ.]
[တိက+တိက� �-ခုကြွင်းပြု။]
2) tika (တိက) [(ti) (တ�)]�
ڳپ+첹.rū�418�(ٰ첹-�)
[တ�+က� ရူ။ ၄၁၈။ (တြိက-သ�)]
3) tikatika (တိကတိက) [(na) (�)]�
ڳپ첹+پ첹.t첹+ܱ貹ٲ=ṭṭ+پ첹.a.]
[တိက+တိက� တိက+ဥပလက္ခိ�=ဝိသိဋ္�+တိက� အလယ်ပုဒ်ကျေ။]
4) ṭīk (ဋီက�) [(thī) (ထ�)]�
[ṭika=ṭīka+a+ā.ṭikiyati jāniyati saṃvaṇṇanāya attho etāyāti ṭīk.nīti,dhā�17.ṭīkiyati jāniyati aṭṭhakathāyattho etāyāti ṭīk.dhātvattha.]
[ဋိက=ဋီက+�+အာ။ ဋိကိယတ� ဇာနိယတ� သံဝဏ္ဏနာ� အတ္ထေ� ဧတာယာတ� ဋီကာ။ နီတိ၊ဓာ။၁၇� ဋီကိယတ� ဇာနိယတ� အဋ္ဌကထာယတ္ထေ� ဧတာယာတ� ဋီကာ။ ဓာတွတ္ထ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မ� အဘိဓာန�)1) tika�
(Burmese text): တိက်။ (�) �-ပါ�-ခ�-အတိုင်းအရှည်ရှိသေ� (အပေါင်�)� (�) �-ပါ�-ခ�-တို့၏အပေါင်း။ တိကပါစိတ္တိ�-လည်းကြည့်။ (�) �-ပါ�-ခု။ တိကဘောဇ�-(�)-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): 1. Exact. (1) The length based on a three-part measure (total). (2) The total of the three measures. Also refer to the detailed document. (3) Three parts. See the detailed note (1).
2) tika�
(Burmese text): �-ပါးစ� �-ပါးစ� အတိုင်းအရှည်ရှိသေ� (ဂါထ�-စသည�)� တိကနိပါ�-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Three-fold, three-fold in length (such as verses). Refer to the Tikanipata.
3) ṭīk�
(Burmese text): ဋီကာကျမ်း၊ အဋ္ဌကထာ၏အနက� အဓိပ္ပါယ်ကိ� ဖွင့်ပြသောကျမ်း။
(Auto-Translation): The Dhammapada, a scripture that explains the meaning of the Eightfold Path.

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryṭikaṭika (टिकटिक) [or का�, kāṃ].—ad Used with 첹ṇĸ, as ṭi0 첹ṇĸ To burn in a flickering manner. 2 To hang upon (as a task-master) stirring, rousing, urging, nagging. ṭi0 karūna rāhaṇēṃ (To be as if every moment on the point of giving up the ghost.) To be living in great penury; to be suffering the extremities of want.
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryṭi (टिका).—m (tilaka S) The circular mark made with colored earths or unguents upon the forehead. 2 fig. A circular and white spot upon the forehead of a beast; as ṭighōḍ�, ṭibaila. ṭi lāgaṇēṃ g. of s. (To get a mark as conspicuous as the ṭi) To become manifest or notorious; to stand out as if imprinted upon the forehead--any deed or matter. ṭi lāgaṇēṃ 첹ḷīṃ g. of s. To incur a stigma or stain. ṭikyācā dhanī Said of a person without understanding, or without money, or without authority or influence, but to whom his situation or relative capacity enforces some outward respect.
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ṭīk (टीका).—f (S) A commentary or comment: also an annotation or a note: also an interpretation, whether by a paraphrase or a semi-translation. As ṭīk is especially of the Puraṇs, so ṣy is especially of the Sutras, although, now, ṣy is of the Vedas, and ṛtپ of the Sutras. 2 fig. Swelling, amplifying, embellishing (of a simple matter). 3 fig. Remarking censoriously, commenting upon.
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryḍīka (डी�) [or डी�, ḍīga].—m Gum. ḍikāsa tēla (Just as oil mingles and blends with gum.) A phrase corresponding with Admirable! capital! excellent! exactly as could be wished!
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishṭikaṭika (टिकटिक) [or kā�, or कां].�ad Used with 첹ṇĸ as ṭika- ṭika 첹ṇĸ To burn in a flickering man- ner. ṭikaṭika karūna rāhaṇēṃ To be living in great penury.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishṭi (टिका).�m The circular mark made with colored earths or unguents upon the forehead. ṭi lāgaṇēṃ To become mani- fest or notorious. (첹ḷīṃ) ṭi lāgaṇēṃ To incur a stigma or stain. ṭikyācā dhanī Said of a person without authority or influence, but to whom his situation or relative capacity enforces some outward respect.
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ṭīka (टी�).�f A cluster of pearls or diamonds. Pearl or white speck on the eye.
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ṭīk (टीका).�f A commentary or comment: also an annotation or a note. Remarking censoriously, commenting upon.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishḍīka (डी�) [or ḍīga, or डीग].�m Gum. ḍikāsa tēla Admir- able! capital! excellent.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryTika (ति�).�a. Without a master; without a husband, unmarried.
-پ� Ved. Not a master or husband; अव भेषज पादय � इमां संविवृत्सत्यपतिः स्वपति� स्त्रियम� (ava bheṣaja pādaya ya imā� saṃvivṛtsatyapati� svapati� striyam) Av.8.6.16.
See also (synonyms): apati.
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Ṭīk (टीका).—[ṭīkyate gamyate granthārtho'nayā] A commentary, gloss; काव्यप्रकाशस्य कृता गृहे गृहे टीका तथाप्येष तथैव दुर्गम� (kāvyaprakāśasya kṛtā gṛhe gṛhe ṭīk tathāpyeṣa tathaiva durgama�).
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryḌikā (डिका).—A very small winged insect (such as gnat); Mahābhārata (Bombay) 14.9.29, com.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryṬīk (टीका).—f.
(-) A commentary. E. ṭīk to go, affixes ñ and ṭāp by which the sense of the text proceeds. ṭīkyate mamyate granthārthī'nayā ṭīka karaṇe ñ ñarthe ka vā .
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryṬīk (टीका).—f. A commentary.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryṬīk (टीका).—[feminine] a commentary, [especially] on some other commentary.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ṭīk (टीका):—[from ṭīk] f. a commentary ([especially] on another [commentator or commentary] e.g. ĀԲԻ岹-’s ṭīk on Śaṃkara’s ṣy).
2) Tika (ति�):�m. Name of a man [gana] 1. Բḍād, [Pāṇini 4-1, 154.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ṭi첹 (टि�):�(ṅa �) ṭekate 1. d. To go or move.
2) Ṭīk (टीका):�() 1. f. A commentary.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryṬi첹ṭika (टिकटिक):�(nf) ticking sound (as that of a watch).
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryṬīk (टीका):�(nm) vaccination; inoculation; a commentary (on a book, etc.); annotation; a small mark (of vermilion, sandalpaste, etc.) over the forehead; an ornament worn by a woman whose husband is alive; a pre-marriage ceremony; -[ṭi貹ṇ�] (adverse) comments, criticism.
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryDika (दि�) [Also spelled dik]:�(nm) tuberculosis; (a) vexed, harassed; fed up; —[첹] to harass.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionaryDika (दि�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Dvika.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusTika (ತಿ�):�
1) [noun] the opening at the lower end of the alimentary canal, through which the solid refuse of digestion is excreted; the anus.
2) [noun] the lower end of the backbone (in humans).
3) [noun] a set or combination of three (things, qualities, persons, etc.).
4) [noun] the score of three in the game of dice.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconṬīk (டீகா) noun A kind of jewel pendant. See டீக்காப்பதக்கம�. [dikkappathakkam.]
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Ṭīk (டீகா) noun See டீகை. [digai.] Colloq.
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryṬi첹ṭika (टिकटिक):—n. ticking (as of a watch); tick-tick;
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryṬi (टिका):—n. (pl. of टिको [ṭi] ) Tikaa; auspicious marks (frequently red);
: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryḌika (डि�):—n. mortgage; security; contract;
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary1) Ḍiga (डि�):—n. target of gun, rifle, etc.; aim;
2) Digā (दिगा):—adj. pl. of दिगो [digo]
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Ka, Tika, Ti.
Starts with (+18): Tekati, Thikana, Tika Vagga, Tika-khuta, Tikacariya, Tikacarya, Tikaccam, Tikacitra, Tikadama, Tikakar, Tikakitava, Tikale, Tikalla, Tikanaticceti, Tikandakivana, Tikandipupphiya, Tikanibarua, Tikanna, Tikanna Sutta, Tikannipupphiya.
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