Andhika, Andhikā: 7 definitions

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Andhika 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.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Andhikā (अन्धिका).—[andh-ṇvul]

1) Night.

2) A kind of game or sport, probably blindman's buff; gambling (tayā hi janaḥ andha iva vivekaśūnyaḥ kriyate Tv.).

3) A woman of a particular character, one of the classes of women.

4) A disease of the eye.

5) = सर्षपी (sarṣapī), = सिद्धा (siddhā) q. v. (asyā atyantasevanāt dṛṣṭikṣayo jāyate iti vaidyakaprasiddhiḥ).

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

Andhikā (अन्धिका).—f.

(-kā) 1. Night. 2. Gambling. 3. A small kind of mustard. See sarṣapa. 4. A woman. 5. A disease of the eye. E. andha dark or blind, and kan affix in the fem. form.

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

1) Andhikā (अन्धिका):—[from andh] f. night, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a kind of game (blindman’s buff), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] a woman of a particular character (one of the classes of women), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] a disease of the eye, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] another disease, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) [v.s. ...] = sarṣapī, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Andhikā (अन्धिका):—see s. v. andhaka.

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

Andhikā (अन्धिका):—(kā) 1. f. Night; blindness; gambling.

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

Andhikā (अन्धिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Adhiā, Aṃdhiā.

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Andhika in German

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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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