Tikkari, Tikkarī, Tīkkaṟi: 3 definitions

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Tikkari means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: Holy Sites in Buddhist Saṃvara Cycle

Tikkarī (तिक्करी) refers to one of the sixty-four inner channels running through the nirmāṇacakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Nirmāṇacakra is an inner circle of the shape of a lotus with sixty-four petals. This inner circle is visualized in one’s abdomen. The inner channels [viz., Tikkarī] run through the petals of these inner circles.

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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 (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Languages of India and abroad

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ṭikkari (ಟಿಕ್ಕರಿ):—[noun] a contemptible, worthless thing.

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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.

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Tamil dictionary

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Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Tikkari (திக்கரி) [tikkarittal] 11 transitive verb < dhikkṛ. To treat with contempt; to shun; நிராகரித்தல். சினத்துப்பொற் பொருப்பை . . . திக்கரித்து [niragarithal. sinathuppor poruppai . . . thikkarithu] (திருப்புகழ் [thiruppugazh] 427).

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Tikkari (திக்கரி) noun < dikkarī. Girl; குமரி. (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [kumari. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]

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Tīkkaṟi (தீக்கறி) [tī-kaṟi] noun < idem. +. A warmed-up dish of the remnants of the day’s curry; சுண்டற்கறி. [sundarkari.] Madras usage

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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