Adikara, Ādikara, Adi-kara: 7 definitions
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Adikara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryĀdikāra.—(CII 1), an initiator; one who starts a practice or to do a particular deed. Note: ādikāra is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryĀdikara (आदिकर).—m. the creator, an epithet of Brahmā or Viṣnu; गरीयसे ब्रह्मणोऽप्यादिकर्त्रे (garīyase brahmaṇo'pyādikartre) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 11.37; विशेषणे द्वे य इहादिकर्तुर्वदेदधीती स हि कैयटीयः (viśeṣaṇe dve ya ihādikarturvadedadhītī sa hi kaiyaṭīyaḥ) Śab. Kau.
Derivable forms: ādikaraḥ (आदिकरः).
Ādikara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ādi and kara (कर). See also (synonyms): ādikartṛ, ādikṛt.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀdikara (आदिकर).—m.
(-raḥ) Brahma, the creator. E. ādi and kara who makes.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ādikara (आदिकर):—[=ādi-kara] [from ādi] m. the first maker, the creator
2) [v.s. ...] Name of Brahman, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryĀdikara (आदिकर):—[ādi-kara] (raḥ) 1. m. The creator or first cause of all things.
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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.
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Starts with: Adikarama, Adikarana, Adikaranadandam, Atikaran.
Ends with: Aggadikara, Amgadikara, Apadikara, Aradikara, Cadikara, Cavadikara, Dadikara, Gadikara, Gamgadikara, Hadikara, Javadikara, Kadikara, Nagevadikara, Padikara, Padikara, Payadikara, Rattadikara, Varadikara.
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The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 279 - Greatness of Cyavanāditya (Cyavana-āditya) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Kalpa-sutra (Lives of the Jinas) (by Hermann Jacobi)
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 65 - Thousand names of Śiva (Rudra-sahasranāma) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]