Ajavika, Ajāvika, Aja-avika: 8 definitions
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Ajavika 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.
In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (architecture)Ajāvika (अजाविक) refers to “goats and sheep”, according to the Devyāmata (in the section śalyoddhāra-paṭala or “excavation of extraneous substances”).—Accordingly, “[...] If a dog steps over a cord, [the officiant] should prognosticate the bone of a dog [beneath] the [spot of the site]. If a mouse passes [over a cord], [the officiant] should prognosticate bones of goats and sheep (ajāvika-asthi) [beneath the site]. If rams or sheep (ajāvika) [step over a cord], there is the bone of a cow [beneath the site]. [...]”.
Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAjāvika (अजाविक).—[ajāścāvayaśca teṣāṃ samāhāraḥ dvandva] goats and sheep; small cattle; अजाविके तु संरुद्धे (ajāvike tu saṃruddhe) Manusmṛti 8.235. खरोष्ट्र- महिषीश्चैव यच्च किञ्चिदजाविकम् (kharoṣṭra- mahiṣīścaiva yacca kiñcidajāvikam) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 1.113.35.
Derivable forms: ajāvikam (अजाविकम्).
Ajāvika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aja and avika (अविक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAjāvika (अजाविक).—i. e. aja-avi + ka, n. sing. Goats and sheep, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 235.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Ajāvika (अजाविक):—[from aja > aj] n. sg. goats and sheep, small cattle.
2) Ājāvika (आजाविक):—[from āja] mfn. made from the hairs of (ajāvi q.v.) goats and sheep, [Kauśika-sūtra]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAjāvika (अजाविक):—Dwandwa n.
(-kam) Goats and sheep. E. aja and avika, the sing. used instead of the plural.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryAjāvika (अजाविक):—[(kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a.] Having-goats.
[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.
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Ends with: Bahvajavika.
Full-text: Ajavi, Avika, Naubala-hasty-ashva-go-mahisha-aja-avika-adi-vyaprita, Aja, Kishoravadava-go-mahishy-adhikrita, Hasty-ashv-oshtra-nau-bala-vyapritaka, Bahvajavika, Gavashvaprabhriti, Ekashaka, Ajayana, Avikasthi, Ajasthi, Vishama.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 9.119 < [Section XV - Non-partition oif the Odd Cattle]
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Music (Nāṭya-varga) < [Chapter 4 - Cultural Aspects]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa IV, adhyāya 5, brāhmaṇa 5 < [Fourth Kāṇḍa]
The Agni Purana (by N. Gangadharan)
Shishupala-vadha (Study) (by Shila Chakraborty)
Tax system according to Kauṭilya < [Chapter 5 - Policies of taxation]