Aishika, Aiṣīka: 10 definitions

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Aishika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

The Sanskrit term Aiṣīka can be transliterated into English as Aisika or Aishika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aiṣīka (ऐषीक).—a. Consisting of stalks; made of reeds or canes; ऐषीकं पर्व (aiṣīkaṃ parva) a section of the सौप्तिक पर्व (sauptika parva) of Mb.

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

Aiṣikā (ऐषिका).—(= Pali esikā; proverbially ‘stable, firm’, see refs. in [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary]), pillar (as that which makes firm, stead- fast): Śikṣāsamuccaya 3.7 (verse) niśraya (separate!) kleśa-adharṣika- tāyai aiṣika (m.c. for °kā; possibly read eṣika?) śraddha svayaṃbhuguṇānām, faith is a support, so as not to be subject to attack by the depravities, a pillar for the excellent qualities of the Self-existent. (Bendall and Rouse wrongly derive from eṣaka, to eṣati.)

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

Aiśika (ऐशिक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) 1. Divine, heavenly. 2. Regal, royal. E. īśa, and ṭhak aff.

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

Aiṣīka (ऐषीक).—i. e. iṣīkā + a, adj. Made of reeds, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 29, 7.

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

Aiṣīka (ऐषीक).—[adjective] made of stalks or cane.

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

1) Aiśika (ऐशिक):—[from aiśa] mfn. relating to Śiva etc., [Rāmāyaṇa i, 56, 6] ([varia lectio] aiṣīka).

2) Aiṣīka (ऐषीक):—mfn. (or aiṣika) ([from] iṣīkā), consisting of stalks, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

3) made of reeds or cane (as a missile), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]

4) treating of missiles made of reeds

5) (aiṣikam parva Name of a section [Adhyāyas 10-18] of the tenth book of the Mahābhārata)

6) m. [plural] Name of a people, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

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

Aiśika (ऐशिक):—[(kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) a.] Divine.

[Sanskrit to German]

Aishika in German

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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aiṣīka (ಐಷೀಕ):—[noun] a weapon made of reeds.

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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