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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Hairaṇyika (हैरण्यिक).—(to hiraṇya plus -ika; Sanskrit °yaka; Pali heraññika and °aka), goldsmith: in lists of guilds, between sauvarṇika and prāvārika (cloak-dealer? or read prāvālika, coral-dealer ? both Sanskrit), Mahāvastu iii.113.6 and 442.12; others, Divyāvadāna 501.3 ff.; 590.26 ff.; Avadāna-śataka i.199.1, 4, 6.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Hairaṇyika (हैरण्यिक):—[from hairaṇya] mf(ā or ī)n. ([from] hiraṇya) [gana] kāśyādi

2) [v.s. ...] m. a goldsmith, [Divyāvadāna]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Hairaṇyika (हैरण्यिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Heraṇṇia.

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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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Ends with: Mushikahairanyika.

Full-text: Mushikahairanyika, Herannia, Herannika, Hairanyaka, Hiranyakara, Sauvarnika.

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