The Sanskrit term Deśaka can be transliterated into English as Desaka or Deshaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A township in Sumbharattha, where the Buddha preached the Telapatta Jataka (J.i.393) and the Udaya Sutta (S.v.89). v.l. Sedaka.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Deśaka (देशक) refers to “one who teaches (the dharma)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Then the Bodhisattva Gaganagañja, having praised the Lord with these verses, addressed himself to the Lord: ‘[...] The Lord, having known the meaning (artha), is skilled in the knowledge of the division of words. The Lord, having known the proper time, is always free of faulty prediction. The Lord, having known the proper measure, teaches the dharma accordingly to each individual (yathāpratyarha-dharma-deśaka) of all living being.[...]’”.

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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.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

desaka : (m.) a preacher; one who expounds.

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

Desaka, (adj.) (Sk. deśaka) pointing out, teaching, advising Sdhp.217, 519 — (nt.) advice, instruction, lesson M.I, 438. (Page 330)

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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.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dēsaka (देसक).—m W An hereditary officer. Commonly dēśamukha.

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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

Deśaka (देशक).—[diś-kartari ṇvul]

1) A ruler, governor.

2) An instructor, a preceptor.

3) A guide in general.

4) A shower.

5) An indicator.

Derivable forms: deśakaḥ (देशकः).

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

Deśaka (देशक).—(-deśaka), f. °ikā, adj. ifc. (to Sanskrit deśayati plua -aka), showing, exhibiting: pañcadaśa-(and, ṣoḍaśa-)-varṣa-deśikā Mahāvastu iii.282.8—9, (girls created by magic) showing (an ap- parent age of) 15 or 16 years. See also dharma-deśaka.

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

Deśaka (देशक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Who or what shows, points out, describes, &c. m.

(-kaḥ) 1. A ruler, a governor. 2. A guide. 2. An instructor. E. diśa to command, affix ṇvul .

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

Deśaka (देशक).—i. e. diś + aka, adj. Showing, teaching, Mārk. P. 19, 17.

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

Deśaka (देशक).—[adjective] & [masculine] pointing out, showing, directing, teaching, teacher.

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

1) Deśaka (देशक):—[from deśa] mfn. (ifc.) showing, pointing out

2) [v.s. ...] m. shower, indicator (san-mārga-, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa xix, 17]; dharma-, [Pañcatantra iii, 104/105] [varia lectio] mād)

3) [v.s. ...] ruler, instructor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Deśaka (देशक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A ruler; guide.

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

Deśaka (देशक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Desaya.

[Sanskrit to German]

Desaka 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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Starts with: Desakata, Deshakala, Deshakalajna, Deshakalakshama, Deshakalau, Deshakalavastuparicchedarahita, Deshakalavibhaga, Deshakalavid, Deshakalavirodhi, Deshakalavirodhin, Deshakalavyatita, Deshakalavyavasthita, Deshakaloccaraṇa, Deshakalochcharana, Deshakantaka, Deshakapatu, Deshakari, Deshakashtaka.

Ends with (+7): Adeshaka, Anupadeshaka, Anvadeshaka, Ardradeshaka, Ashtadashashilpashastropadeshaka, Atideshaka, Bhakta-uddeshaka, Bhaktoddeshaka, Bhattuddesaka, Dharmadeshaka, Dharmopadeshaka, Maggadesaka, Margopadeshaka, Nideshaka, Nirdeshaka, Pathopadeshaka, Pradeshaka, Pratinirdeshaka, Samdeshaka, Shivadeshaka.

Full-text (+3): Vidhideshaka, Dharmadeshaka, Deshakapatu, Uddesaka, Setaka, Uddeshakavriksha, Desakata, Upadeshaka, Adeshaka, Desaya, Desika, Samdeshaka, Maggadesaka, Hevajra, Nirdeshaka, Shumbha, Akopya, Janapada Sutta, Niddesa, Marga.

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Index of Proper Names

Jataka 96: Telapatta-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]

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