Abhishic, Abhiṣic: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Abhiṣic can be transliterated into English as Abhisic or Abhishic, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Abhishich.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAbhiṣic (अभिषिच्).—6 U. [°सिच्, स् (sic, s) changed to ष् (ṣ) by P.VIII. 3.65]
1) To sprinkle, pour down upon, water, wet, shower upon (fig. also); स्नान्तीहाभ्यषिचज्वलैः (snāntīhābhyaṣicajvalaiḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 6.21; 15.3;6.23; सङ्गे पुनर्बहुतराममृताभिषिक्ताम् (saṅge punarbahutarāmamṛtābhiṣiktām) Ch. P.29 v. l. अथ वपुरभिषेक्तुं तास्तदाम्भोभिरीषुः (atha vapurabhiṣektuṃ tāstadāmbhobhirīṣuḥ) Śiśupālavadha 7.75.
2) To anoint, consecrate, appoint &c. (by sprinkling water on the head); to crown, install, inaugurate (with loc. of the post of authority); अग्निवर्णमभिषिच्य राघवः स्वे पदे (agnivarṇamabhiṣicya rāghavaḥ sve pade) R.19. 1,17.13; सोऽटवीराज्येऽभिषिक्तः (so'ṭavīrājye'bhiṣiktaḥ) H.2; V.5.23. -Caus.
1) To have another consecrated, inaugurated &c.
2) To let oneself be crowned.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhisic (अभिसिच्).—pour upon, sprinkle, bathe, consecrate ([Middle] refl.); [Causative] the same.
Abhisic is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms abhi and sic (सिच्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAbhiṣic (अभिषिच्):—[=abhi-ṣic] (√sic) [Parasmaipada], rarely [Ātmanepada] (e.g. [Mahābhārata vii, 4593; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]) to sprinkle, water, wet, [Ṛg-veda i, 121, 6]([present participle] -siñcat), etc.;
—to consecrate, anoint, appoint by consecration, [Atharva-veda] etc.: [Ātmanepada] (Imper. 2. sg. -ṣiñcasva, sometimes [varia lectio] [Passive voice] -ṣicyasva) to consecrate one’s self or have one’s self consecrated, [Mahābhārata; Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa] : [Ātmanepada] or [Passive voice] to bathe, [Mahābhārata xii, 8894 and xiii, 1702] :—[Causal] [Parasmaipada] to water, wet : [Parasmaipada] (rarely Ā.) to consecrate, anoint : [Ātmanepada] (with or without [Nirukta, by Yāska] ātmānam) to have one’s self consecrated:—[Desiderative] -ṣiṣikṣati and [Intensive] -sesicyate, [Pāṇini [Scholiast or Commentator]] and [commentator or commentary]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Abhisic (अभिसिच्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Abhisica.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Abhishich, Abhishicya, Abhishicyamana.
Ends with: Anvabhishic, Samabhisic.
Full-text: Abhisheka, Abhishecana, Abhishecya, Abhishekaha, Abhishektavya, Abhishikta, Abhishektri, Abhishekashala, Abhishekabhumipratilambha, Abhisincati, Abhishekardrashiras, Samabhisic, Abhishecita, Anvabhishic, Abhishekya, Abhisica, Abhishecaniya, Sic.
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