Cirika, Ciri-ka, Cirīka, Cīrikā: 14 definitions
Introduction:
Cirika means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. 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 Chirika.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
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. [...]”.
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
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.
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
cirīka (चिरीक).—f P Sudden terror or fright.
cirīka (चिरीक).—f Sudden terror.
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
Cīrikā (चीरिका).—A cricket.
See also (synonyms): cīrukā.
Cīrikā (चीरिका).—f.
(-kā) A cricket. E. kan added to cīrī.
Cīrikā (चीरिका).—[feminine] a written publication.
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).
Cīrikā (चीरिका):—(kā) 1. f. A cricket.
Cirikā (चिरिका):—f. eine best. Waffe [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 787,] [Scholiast] — Vgl. cilikā .
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Cīrikā (चीरिका):—(von cīrī) f. Grille, Heimchen [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1215, v. l.] Nach [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 80] = kacchā, welches auch den Saum des Untergewandes bezeichnet; vgl. cīrī .
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Cīrikā (चीरिका):—(von cīra) f. ein Streifen Rinde oder Zeug: tatra citrakaro gatvā rājadvāri sa cīrikām . mama citrakarastulyo nāstītyudalambayat .. [Kathāsaritsāgara 51, 130. 55, 37. 42. 71, 81.]
Cirikā (चिरिका):—f. eine best. Waffe.
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Cīrikā (चीरिका):—s.u. cīraka.
Cīrika (चीरिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Cīriya, Cīriyā.
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.
Pali-English dictionary
cīrikā (စီရိကာ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[cīri+kā (ke)+a．cīri+ka．ka-amarhi.]
[စီရိ+ကာ (ကေ)+အ။ စီရိ+က။ က-အနက်မရှိ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
cīrikā—
(Burmese text): (က) ပဇင်းကြီး (ကျော်အောင်စံထား)။ ပရစ်၊ ပဇင်းကြီး၊ ပဇင်းရင်ကွဲ၊ ဒေါ်ရင်း။ စီရီ-ကြည့်။ (ခ) ယင်ပျား၊ ပျားသန်၊ ပျားဆုပ်။ (ဂ) ပိတုန်း နက်ကြီး။
(Auto-Translation): (a) Large pan (Kyaw Aung San Hta). Prick, large pan, pan with a gap, Daw Yin. Siri - look. (b) Bee dull, honey bee, bee sting. (c) Pitone dark.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Cirikacirika, Cirikaciyam, Cirikai, Cirikaimaram, Cirikaka, Cirikalakantam, Cirikaruta, Cirikasadda.
Full-text: Cirikasadda, Cilika, Cirikaruta, Kraya-cirika, Ciruka, Ciriya, Cithika, Cirikai, Ciraka, Cirilika, Cillaka, Siri, Karira, Kaccha, Lamb.
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Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 17 - Vidūratha Goes Ahunting < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 275 < [Hindi-Assamese-English Volume 3]
Page 342 < [Hindi-Kashmiri-English Volume 1]
Page 279 < [Hindi-Assamese-English Volume 3]
Shringara-manjari Katha (translation and notes) (by Kumari Kalpalata K. Munshi)
Section 7.7 - saptami kuttanivancana-kathanika < [Sanskrit text]