Amshika, Aṃśika: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Aṃśika can be transliterated into English as Amsika or Amshika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Anshik.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Aṃśika (अंशिक).—(-aṃśika) (compare 1 aṃśa, 2), ifc., belonging to the part of; pertaining to; sometimes with vṛddhi of first syllable of prior member of [compound]: maraṇāṃśika Mahāvyutpatti 5345, upa- pattyaṃśika 5346, belonging to (the part of) death, birth; Tibetan char gtogs pa, included in the division of ([Tibetan-English Dictionary]); aupa- pattyaṃśika = upa° Śikṣāsamuccaya 226.7 ff. (Śālistambasūtra 87.10 ff.); 253.3, 5. Equivalent to -aṃśika are -antika in māraṇāntika Śikṣāsamuccaya 226.7 ff. (same passage Śālistambasūtra) and -aṅgika in aupa- pattyaṅgika Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 277.6 (said of citta). It is natural to suspect that corruption of tradition is responsible for one or two of these. But (1) all can be plausibly explained as of independent origin; (2) -aṃśika is well authenticated, while -antika is supported by Pali (māraṇantika Miln. 48.11).

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

Aṃśikā (अंशिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Aṃsiyā.

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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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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Āṃśika (आंशिक) [Also spelled anshik]:—(a) partial; fractional; ~[] the state or quality of being fractional.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aṃśika (ಅಂಶಿಕ):—

1) [noun] a share; a portion; a division.

2) [noun] (masc.) a co-heir; a shareholder.

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Āṃśika (ಆಂಶಿಕ):—[adjective] of, being, pertaining to or affecting only a part; not complete, whole or total; partial.

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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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