Caityaka: 7 definitions
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Caityaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chaityaka.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaCaityaka (चैत्यक).—A mountain. This mountain is situated near Girivraja, the capital city of Magadha. This mountain was very dear to the people of Magadha. The followers of Bṛhadratha deemed it as a God and worshipped it. (Chapter 21, Sabhā Parva).
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
India history and geography
Source: Ancient Buddhist Texts: Geography of Early BuddhismCaityaka (चैत्यक) is another name for Girivraja or Giribbaja: an ancient capital of Magadha, one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas of the Majjhimadesa (Middle Country) of ancient India, according to the Mahābhārata.—Early Pāli literature abounds in information about the Magadha country, its people, and its ancient capital Giribbaja. Magadha roughly corresponds to the modern Patna and Gayā districts of Bihar. The Mahābhārata seems to record that Girivraja was also called Bārhadrathapura as well as Māgadhapura and that Māgadhapura was a well-fortified city being protected by five hills. Other names recorded in the Mahābhārata are Varāha, Vrishabha, Rishigiri, and Caityaka. The statement of the Mahābhārata that Girivraja was protected by five hills is strikingly confirmed by the Vimānavatthu Commentary in which we read that the city of Giribbaja was encircled by the mountains Isigili, Vepulla, Vebhara, Paṇḍava and Gijjhakūṭa.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryCaityaka (चैत्यक).—(nt.; Sanskrit caitya plus -ka; may possibly be the direct ancestor of cetika, q.v., or a further hyper- Sanskritization of that form if, as I think likely, cetika is itself a semi-Sanskritized substitute for MIndic cetiya), temple, shrine: °keṣu Śikṣāsamuccaya 301.1 (= Mahāvastu ii.373.17 cetiyeṣu).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryCaityaka (चैत्यक):—[from caitya] m. one of the 5 mountains surrounding the town Giri-vraja, [ii, 799; 811 ff.; 843].
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusCaityaka (ಚೈತ್ಯಕ):—[noun] something set up to keep alive the memory of a person; monument.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Caityaka-shaila.
Ends with: Rajaprasada-caityaka.
Full-text: Rajaprasada-caityaka, Caityaka-shaila, Caitya, Cetika, Rishigiri, Barhadrathapura, Magadhapura, Varaha, Vrishabha, Isigili, Vebhara, Pandava, Vepulla, Girivraja, Gijjhakuta, Rajagaha.
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Amaravati Art in the Context of Andhra Archaeology (by Sreyashi Ray chowdhuri)
Religious background of early Andhra Pradesh < [Chapter 3 - Amarāvatī and the Formative Stage of the Buddhist Art]
Epigraphs from Amarāvatī (a) The Gahapati and Setti classes < [Chapter 4 - Survival of Amarāvatī in the Context of Andhra Art]
Anthropomorphic depiction of Buddha < [Chapter 3 - Amarāvatī and the Formative Stage of the Buddhist Art]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section XXI < [Jarasandha-badha Parva]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 5 - The division into eighteen schools (of the Doctrine of the Buddha) < [Book 1 - The beginning of the story of the Doctrine]
Buddhism in Andhra – Its Arrival, Spread and < [July – September, 1994]
Settlement in Early Historic Ganga Plain (by Chirantani Das)
Part 8 - Rājagṛha: The Nodal Centre on the Emergence < [Chapter I - The Case Study of Rājagṛha]