Cilimilika: 3 definitions

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Cilimilika 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.

Alternative spellings of this word include Chilimilika.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Cilimilika in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Cilimilika (चिलिमिलिक).—nt., or ciliminikā (var.; so Mironov and [Boehtlingk and Roth]), Mahāvyutpatti 8984, some kind of cloth, or article made of cloth ([Boehtlingk and Roth] Halschmuck, clearly wrong); compare Pali cilimikā, cimilikā; AMg. cilimiṇī, curtain, cloth used as curtain, also cilimiligā, °miliyā, °milī. Tibetan bar thaṅ (? not in Dictt.); Chin. seems to mean mattress of coarse hair (or wool).

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

Cilimīlikā (चिलिमीलिका):—f. = lam, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

[Sanskrit to German]

Cilimilika 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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