Adhityaka, Adhityakā: 12 definitions
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Adhityaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Adhityka.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: Wisdom Library: Raj NighantuAdhityakā (अधित्यका) refers to the “table lands” on the top of mountains (giri) according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil, mountains [viz., Adhityakā], jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishadhityakā (अधित्यका).—f Plateau, table-land.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAdhityakā (अधित्यका).—[adhi-tyakan P.V.2.34; parvatasya ārūḍhasthalamadhityakā Sk.] A table-land, highland; स्थाणुं तपस्यन्तमधि- त्यकायां (sthāṇuṃ tapasyantamadhi- tyakāyāṃ) Kumārasambhava 3.17; अधित्यकायामिव धातुमय्याम् (adhityakāyāmiva dhātumayyām) R.2.29.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhityakā (अधित्यका).—f.
(-kā) Land on the upper part of a mountain. E. adhi over, above, and tyakan aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhityakā (अधित्यका).—[adhi + tya + kā], f. Land on the upper part of a mountain, [Hitopadeśa] 101, 18.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhityakā (अधित्यका):—f. ([from] adhi-tya, a derivation of adhi; cf. [Pāṇini 5-2, 34]), land on the upper part of a mountain, table land, [Śiśupāla-vadha; Raghuvaṃśa etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhityakā (अधित्यका):—f.
(-kā) Land on the upper part of a mountain. E. adhi, taddh. aff. tyakan.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAdhityakā (अधित्यका):—[adhi-tyakā] (kā) 1. f. Land on the upper part of a mountain, tableland.
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAdhityakā (अधित्यका) [Also spelled adhityka]:—(nf) upland, tableland.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusAdhityaka (ಅಧಿತ್ಯಕ):—[noun] a high-land; an expanse of land on a mountain, usu. covered by the wild growth of plants.
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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Partial matches: Adhi.
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