Antikat, Antikāt: 4 definitions
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Antikat 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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Antikāt (अन्तिकात्).—adv., postpos. (1) than, with gen.: mam-āntikād abhirūpatara Divyāvadāna 75.1, 6; pūrvikānām antikād Divyāvadāna 115.14; 117.14, 28; tavāntikāt Divyāvadāna 85.29; (asya…) puṇyaskandhasyāntikād asau paurvakaḥ puṇyaskandhaḥ śatatamīm api kalāṃ nopaiti Vajracchedikā 35.7, in comparison with this…; (2) on the part of, with gen., substantially = by: Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 109.5 tathāgatasyāntikād eṣu dharmeṣv abhiyuk- tā(ḥ), charged, employed in these (inferior) conditions of life on the part of (i.e. by) the T.; wrongly Burnouf and Kern.
1) Antikāt (अन्तिकात्):—[from antika > anti] ind. from the proximity
2) [v.s. ...] in comparison with, than ([genitive case]), [Divyāvadāna]
Antikāt (अन्तिकात्):—See antika. Considered by the native grammarians as an indecl. E. The ablative of antika.
Antikāt (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 下至 [xià zhì]: “down to”.
2) 前 [qián]: “front”.
3) 從 [cóng]: “follow”.
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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