Vasantika, Vāsantikā, Vāsantika, Vasamtika: 13 definitions
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In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botanyVāsantikā (वासन्तिका) is another name for Mādhavī, which is a Sanskrit word referring to Hiptage benghalensis (hiptage) from the Malpighiaceae family, which is classified as a medicinal plant in the system of Āyurveda (science of Indian medicine). It is used throughout literature such as the Carakasaṃhitā and the Suśrutasaṃhita.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Kavyashastra (science of poetry)
Source: Shodhganga: Bhismacaritam a critical studyVāsantikā (वासन्तिका) is the name of a Sanskrit metre (chandas) [defined as इ.इ.इ.वं] of the Vaṃśastha type as employed in the Bhīṣmacarita (Bhishma Charitra) which is a mahākāvya (‘epic poem’) written by Hari Narayan Dikshit.—We find thirty-two examples of Vāsantikā variety of Vaṃśastha metre in the Bhīṣmacarita. The example of it is verse XV.15. [...] The other examples are as follows: XV.22, XV.26, XVI.26, XVI.30, XVI.46, XVI.48, XVII.6, XVII.23, XVII.28, XVII.35, XVII.42, XVII.43, XVII.45, XVII.49, XVIII.2, XVIII.9, XVIII.12, XVIII.18, XVIII.21, XVIII.30, XVIII.38, XVIII.39, XIX.7, XIX.11, XIX.24, XIX.31, XX.32, XX.33, XX.38, XX.41 and XX.43.
Kavyashastra (काव्यशास्त्र, kāvyaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian tradition of poetry (kavya). Canonical literature (shastra) of the includes encyclopedic manuals dealing with prosody, rhetoric and various other guidelines serving to teach the poet how to compose literature.
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: OpenEdition books: Architectural terms contained in Ajitāgama and RauravāgamaVāsantika (वासन्तिक) refers to “n. of a type of pillar § 3.22.”.—(For paragraphs cf. Les enseignements architecturaux de l'Ajitāgama et du Rauravāgama by Bruno Dagens)
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVāsantika (वासन्तिक).—a. (-kī f.) Vernal; द्रुमान् वासन्तिकान् दृष्ट्वा बभूवुर्भयशङ्किताः (drumān vāsantikān dṛṣṭvā babhūvurbhayaśaṅkitāḥ) Rām.4.53.4; वासन्तिकैस्तरुभिः (vāsantikaistarubhiḥ) Ś.6.
-kaḥ 1 The Vidūṣaka or buffoon in a drama.
2) An actor.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāsantika (वासन्तिक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. An actor, a dancer. 2. The buffoon in a drama. f. (-kī) Vernal. E. vasanta spring, aff. ṭhak; the spring being the festival season.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāsantika (वासन्तिक).—i. e. vasanta + ika, I. adj. Vernal, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 78, 18. Ii. m. The buffoon in a drama.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāsantika (वासन्तिक).—[feminine] ī = [preceding] [adjective]; [masculine] a cert. festival in spring.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Vasantikā (वसन्तिका) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—nāṭikā, by Rāmacandra. Bühler 542.
2) Vāsantikā (वासन्तिका):—nāṭaka by Rāmacandra. Io. 2353. No. 4136.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Vasantikā (वसन्तिका):—[from vasantaka > vas] f. [wrong reading] for vāsantikā.
2) Vāsantikā (वासन्तिका):—[from vāsantaka > vāsanta] f. Gaertnera Racemosa, [Pañcadaṇḍacchattra-prabandha]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of a forest deity, [Catalogue(s)]
4) [v.s. ...] Name of a drama (also -pariṇaya, m.), [ib.]
5) Vāsantika (वासन्तिक):—[from vāsanta] mf(ā)n. relating to spring, vernal, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā] etc. etc.
6) [v.s. ...] = vasantam adhīte veda vā, [Pāṇini 4-2, 63]
7) [v.s. ...] m. the spring festival, [Āpastamba]
8) [v.s. ...] an actor dancer the buffoon in a drama (= vidūṣaka q.v.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāsantika (वासन्तिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. An actor; a dancer.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Vāsantika (वासन्तिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Vāsaṃtia, Vāsaṃntia, Vāsaṃtiā, Vāsaṃtī.
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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 corpusVāsaṃtika (ವಾಸಂತಿಕ):—[adjective] = ವಾಸಂತ [vasamta]1.
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Vāsaṃtika (ವಾಸಂತಿಕ):—
1) [noun] = ವಾಸಂತ [vasamta]2.
2) [noun] a performer who entertains, as in a play, by antics, jokes, tricks, etc.; jester; a clown.
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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Starts with: Vasantikaparinaya.
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