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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

ahituṇḍika : (m.) snake-catcher.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ahituṇḍika refers to: = °guṇṭhika Vism.304, 500.

Note: ahituṇḍika is a Pali compound consisting of the words ahi and tuṇḍika.

context information

Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Āhituṇḍika (आहितुण्डिक).—[ahituṇḍena dīvyati ṭhak] A juggler, a snake-catcher, conjurer; अहंखल्वाहितुण्डिको जीर्णविषो नाम (ahaṃkhalvāhituṇḍiko jīrṇaviṣo nāma) Mu.2.

Derivable forms: āhituṇḍikaḥ (आहितुण्डिकः).

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Ahituṇḍika (अहितुण्डिक).—[ahestuṇḍa mukhaṃ tena dīvyati ṭhan, ṭhañ vā] a snakecatcher, conjurer, juggler. कुसीदवृत्तयः काण्डकारिणश्चाहि- तुण्डिकाः (kusīdavṛttayaḥ kāṇḍakāriṇaścāhi- tuṇḍikāḥ) Śiva. B.31.22.

Derivable forms: ahituṇḍikaḥ (अहितुण्डिकः).

Ahituṇḍika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ahi and tuṇḍika (तुण्डिक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Ahituṇḍika (अहितुण्डिक).—(also °aka?), m. (Sanskrit Lex. °ika, but in literature only āhituṇḍika recorded; Pali ahi°, see Critical Pali Dictionary s.v. ahi-guṇṭhika), (1) snake-charmer (the spelling °aka only Mahāvastu ii.178.1, and with v.l. °ika 178.11; 179.12): Mahāvastu i.92.3; 131.5; ii.178.1, 2, 3, 11, 14; 179.3, 5, 9, 12, 13; 183.14, 18; 188.20; Divyāvadāna 436.28; 437.3, 9; 497.12; (2) name of a brahman of Śuśumāragiri: Divyāvadāna 188.11.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ahituṇḍika (अहितुण्डिक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A snake-catcher or exibiter. E. ahi and tuṇḍa face, ikan aff.

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Āhituṇḍika (आहितुण्डिक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A juggler, a snake-catcher. E. ahi a snake, tuṇḍa a mouth, and ṭhak affix; playing with the mouth of a snake: the poisonous fangs being extracted, the snakes are suffered to bite their exhibitors.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āhituṇḍika (आहितुण्डिक).—i. e. ahi -tuṇḍa + ika, n. A snake catcher, a juggler, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 67.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ahituṇḍika (अहितुण्डिक):—[=ahi-tuṇḍika] [from ahi] m. (= āhituṇḍika q.v.) a snake-catcher, snake-exhibitor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Āhituṇḍika (आहितुण्डिक):—m. ([from] ahituṇḍa), ‘one (who plays) with a snake’s mouth’, a snake-catcher, juggler, [Pañcatantra; Mudrārākṣasa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ahituṇḍika (अहितुण्डिक):—[ahi-tuṇḍika] (kaḥ) 1. m. Idem; a snake-catcher.

2) Āhituṇḍika (आहितुण्डिक):—[āhi-tuṇḍika] (kaḥ) 1. m. A juggler or snake-catcher.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Āhituṇḍika (आहितुण्डिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Āhituṃḍia.

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context information

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 corpus

Ahituṃḍika (ಅಹಿತುಂಡಿಕ):—[noun] a snake catcher or charmer.

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Āhituṃḍika (ಆಹಿತುಂಡಿಕ):—[noun] (masc.) an entertainer who seems to hypnotize snakes by means of movements or music; a snakecharmer.

context information

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: Ahi, Tundika.

Full-text: Ahitumdia.

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