Alternative spellings of this word include Chirika.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Cīrikā (चीरिका) refers to “strips of cloth” (suitable for enchantment ceremonies), according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [as the Bhagavān teaches various Nāga-enchantments], “[...] At the time of drought the mantra should be written on strips of cloth (cīrikā), and having encircled [these] with red thread, twenty-one knots should be made, and it should be bound around the neck of the Nāga image. The head of the Nāga should be enchanted twenty-one times. At that moment they send down rain showers. They make rains as long as it is wished. [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Cīrikā.—(EI 26), a document; cf. kraya-cīrikā, ‘a deed of purchase’, i. e. a sale-deed. Note: cīrikā is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

cirīka (चिरीक).—f P Sudden terror or fright.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

cirīka (चिरीक).—f Sudden terror.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cīrikā (चीरिका).—A cricket.

See also (synonyms): cīrukā.

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

Cīrikā (चीरिका).—f.

(-kā) A cricket. E. kan added to cīrī.

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

Cīrikā (चीरिका).—[feminine] a written publication.

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

1) Cirikā (चिरिका):—[from ciri] f. a kind of weapon (cilikā), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc. [Scholiast or Commentator]]

2) Cīrikā (चीरिका):—[from cīrakā > cīra] f. idem, [Kathāsaritsāgara li, lv, lxxi; ???]

3) [v.s. ...] (cīṭhikā, ‘a small slip of paper’), [Bhojaprabandha 321/322]

4) [v.s. ...] = rī-vāka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] ([varia lectio] for rukā).

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

Cīrikā (चीरिका):—(kā) 1. f. A cricket.

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

Cīrika (चीरिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Cīriya, Cīriyā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Cirika 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Cirikacirika, Cirikaciyam, Cirikai, Cirikaimaram, Cirikaka, Cirikalakantam, Cirikaruta.

Ends with: Cirikacirika, Kraya-cirika.

Full-text: Ciriya, Cilika, Ciruka, Cithika, Kraya-cirika, Ciraka, Cirilika, Cillaka, Ciri, Karira, Kaccha, Lamb.

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