In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Sikthaka (सिक्थक) [=Siktha?] refers to “wax” (e.g., ‘a Nāga-image made of wax’), according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [as the Bhagavān teaches the offering manual of the root-heart] “[...] As for the Nāga made of wax (sikthaka-maya), by which Nāga king it is named after and in whose name the spell is recited, it becomes that Nāga. It appears before him with its retinue. What he commands from the one in the form of a Brahmin he does that all”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sikthaka (सिक्थक).—Bees'-wax; वृकधूपं सर्जरसं शिलाजतु च सिक्थकम् (vṛkadhūpaṃ sarjarasaṃ śilājatu ca sikthakam) Śiva B.3.18.

Derivable forms: sikthakam (सिक्थकम्).

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

Sikthaka (सिक्थक).—nt. (= Sanskrit Lex. id., Pali sitthaka; Sanskrit siktha), beeswax: Mahāvyutpatti 7115 = Tibetan (s)bra tshil (according to Jäschke (Tibetan-English Dictionary) and [Tibetan-English Dictionary] spra tshil, wax).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sikthaka (सिक्थक).—n.

(-kaṃ) Bee's-wax. E. kan added to the last.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sikthaka (सिक्थक).—[siktha + ka], n. Beeswax.

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

1) Sikthaka (सिक्थक):—[from sic] mn. (ifc. f(akā or ikā). ) = [preceding] [Hemādri’s Caturvarga-cintāmaṇi]

2) [v.s. ...] n. beeswax, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sikthaka (सिक्थक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. Bee’s wax.

[Sanskrit to German]

Sikthaka in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sikthaka (ಸಿಕ್ಥಕ):—[noun] = ಸಿಕ್ಥ - [siktha -] 1, 2 & 3.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Sikthakamaya.

Ends with: Bhaktasikthaka, Madhusikthaka.

Full-text: Madhusikthaka, Sitthaka, Bhaktasiktha, Bhaktasikthaka, Sarjaniryasaka, Shiktha, Sarjamani, Sarjarasa, Vrikadhupa, Madhusiktha.

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