Thandilashayika, Thaṇḍilaśāyikā, Thandila-shayika, Thaṇḍilasāyikā: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Thaṇḍilaśāyikā can be transliterated into English as Thandilasayika or Thandilashayika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryThaṇḍilaśāyikā (थण्डिलशायिका) or Sthaṇḍila-śāyikā.—(= Pali thaṇḍila-sāyikā; compare Sanskrit °śāyin, adj., sleeping on the bare ground), = prec.: Mahāvastu iii.412.16 = Divyāvadāna 339.23 (verse; same verse in Pali Dhammapada (Pali) 141, with same word), in Mahāvastu written thaṇḍ° (MIndic).
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.
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryThaṇḍilasāyikā refers to: (f.) the act of lying on the bare ground (as a penance) (BSk. sthaṇḍila-śāyikā) S. IV, 118; Dh. 141 (=DhA. III, 77: bhūmisayana);
Note: thaṇḍilasāyikā is a Pali compound consisting of the words thaṇḍila and sāyikā.
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.
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Partial matches: Sayika, Thandila.
Ends with: Sthandilashayika.
Full-text: Sthandilashayika.
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Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
Verse 141 - The Story of Venerable Bahūbhāṇḍika < [Chapter 10 - Daṇḍa Vagga (Punishment)]