Dasika, Dāsikā, Dashika, Dāsika: 11 definitions

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Dasika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. 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.

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Pali-English dictionary

1) Dasika, 2 (adj.) (fr. dasā) belonging to a fringe, in dasika —sutta an unwoven or loose thread Vin.III, 241; DhA.IV, 206 (°mattam pi not even a thread, i.e. nothing at all, cp. Lat. nihīlum=ne-fīlum not a thread=nothing). See also dasaka under dasā. (Page 316)

2) Dasika, 1 (adj.) (-°) (Sk. dṛśika, cp. dassin) to be seen, to behold, being of appearance, only in dud° or frightful app., fierce, ugly SI .94 & id. p. (q. v. under okoṭimaka); J.I, 504 (kodha, anger); PvA.24, 90 (of Petas).—Note. The spelling is sometimes °dassika: A.II, 85; Pug.51; PvA.90. (Page 316)

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

1) dasika (ဒသိက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[dasā+ṇika]
[ဒသာ+ဏိက]

2) dāsika (ဒါသိက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[ dāsa+ṇika ]
[ ဒါသ+ဏိက ]

3) dāsikā (ဒါသိကာ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[dāsī+ka+ā.ka- ya-pru.nīti,pada.269.]
[ဒါသီ+က+အာ။ က-ကို ယ-ပြု။ နီတိ၊ပဒ။၂၆၉။]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

1) dasika—

(Burmese text): အမြိတ်အဆာ၌-ဖြစ်-ပါဝင်-သော (ချည်-စသည်)။ ဒသိကတန္တ-ကြည့်။

(Auto-Translation): In the midst of a morning, consisting of (strings, etc.). Look at the sun.

2) dāsika—

(Burmese text): [ ဒါသ+ဏိက ]
ကျေးကျွန်တို့၏ နေရာဖြစ်သော (ရွာ-စသည်)။ ဒါသိကဂါမ-ကြည့်။

(Auto-Translation): [Da-tha+ni-ka] Our place (such as a village). Look at Da-thi-ka-gam.

3) dāsikā—

(Burmese text): ကျွန်မ၊ အစေခံမ။ ဒါသက-(၁)-ကြည့်။

(Auto-Translation): I am not sure. Look at this - (1).

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)
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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Dāsikā (दासिका).—A female servant or slave.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Daśikā (दशिका).—(Sanskrit daśā plus -(i)kā; compare Pali dassikă-sutta, °tta-matta), hem, fringe (of cloth): °kāṃ dattvā tantra- vāyabhūtena Śikṣāsamuccaya 9.3.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Dāsikā (दासिका).—f.

(-kā) A female servant or slave. E. kan added to dāsī.

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

Dāsikā (दासिका):—[from dāsaka > dās] f. female slave, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Dāsikā (दासिका):—(kā) 1. f. A female.

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

Dāsikā (दासिका):—(von dāsī) f. Sclavin, Magd [Bharata] zu [Amarakoṣa] [Śabdakalpadruma]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Dāsikā (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:

1) 馱索迦 [tuó suǒ jiā]: “slave”.

Source: DILA Glossaries: Sanskrit-Chinese-English (dictionary of Buddhism)
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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Dasika (ದಸಿಕ):—[noun] a man appointed to put a criminal to death by impaling on a sharp, weapon or pointed wooden stake.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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