Ashtamakalika, Aṣṭamakālika, Ashtama-kalika: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Aṣṭamakālika can be transliterated into English as Astamakalika or Ashtamakalika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAṣṭamakālika (अष्टमकालिक).—a. [aṣṭamaḥ kālaḥ bhojane'styasya ṭhan] one who omits seven meal times (i. e. full three days and the morning of the fourth) and partakes only of the 8th; नक्तं चान्नं समश्नीयाद्दिवा वाऽहृत्य शक्तितः । चतुर्थकालिको वास्यात्स्याद्वाऽप्य- ष्टमकालिकः (naktaṃ cānnaṃ samaśnīyāddivā vā'hṛtya śaktitaḥ | caturthakāliko vāsyātsyādvā'pya- ṣṭamakālikaḥ) || Manusmṛti 6.19.
Aṣṭamakālika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṣṭama and kālika (कालिक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṣṭamakālika (अष्टमकालिक).—adj. one who eats only on the evening of every fourth day, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 6, 19 (cf. 1. kāla, 3.). Eka-kālika + m, adv. eating once a day, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 11, 123.
Aṣṭamakālika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṣṭama and kālika (कालिक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṣṭamakālika (अष्टमकालिक).—[adjective] eating (only) at every eighth meal-time.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAṣṭamakālika (अष्टमकालिक):—[=aṣṭama-kālika] [from aṣṭama > aṣṭan] mfn. one who omitting seven meals partakes only of the eighth, [Manu-smṛti vi, 19.]
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Partial matches: Ashtama, Kalika.
Full-text: Kala.
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