Dirghika, Dīrghikā: 14 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Dīrghikā (दीर्घिका).—A daughter of Viśvakarman. She was abnormally tall, and since there was the Śāstric injunction that he who married such women would die within six months none came forward to wed her.
Dīrghikā began a penance for a good husband. As it continued for years together symptoms of old age began to appear in her. At this juncture an old and ailing householder came there. On certain conditions he married Dīrghikā. After sometime, in obedience to the husband’s wisn Dīrghikā set out on a tour carrying him on her shoulders. Though Māṇḍavya cursed her husband on their way, due to the chastity of Dīrghikā the curse proved to be ineffective. The similarity in the stories of Śāṇḍilī and this Dīrghikā leads us to think that they might have been one and the same person.
Dīrghikā (दीर्घिका) refers to “ponds”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.32 (“The seven celestial sages arrive”).—Accordingly, as the Seven Sages said amongst each other (when arriving at Himavatpura city): “[...] The splendour of festoons is also seen in every house. They are of different colours and sorts with shapes of parrots and swans carved on the walls of the palaces. The canopies with hanging festoons are of diverse character. There are many lakes and ponds (dīrghikā). The gardens and parks are of various kinds frequented by delighted people. Here men are like gods and the women are like the celestial damsels. [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Dīrghikā (दीर्घिका) is another name for Hiṅgupatrī, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 6.67-69 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu.—The sixth chapter (pippalyādi-varga) of this book enumerates ninety-five varieties of plants obtained from the market (paṇyauṣadhi). Together with the names Dīrghikā and Hiṅgupatrī, there are a total of nine Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant. Note: Ṭh. B.S. et al refer three plants for consideration as Hiṅgupatrikā: (1) Gardenia gummifera Linn. f. (2) Ferula narthex Boiss. (3) Ferula jaeschkeana Vatke.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
India history and geography
Dīrghikā.—(SITI), bath; a long or oval pond. Note: dīrghikā 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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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Dīrghikā (दीर्घिका).—
1) A long or oblong lake; दीर्घिकापद्मिनी (dīrghikāpadminī) M.2.13; वन्यैरिदानीं महिषैस्तदम्भः शृङ्गाहतं क्रोशति दीर्घिकाणाम् (vanyairidānīṃ mahiṣaistadambhaḥ śṛṅgāhataṃ krośati dīrghikāṇām) R.16.13.
2) A well or lake in general.
Dīrghika (दीर्घिक).—Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.173.3, or Dīrghila, 182.7 (corresp. to Pali Dīghīti), name of a king of Kosala, conquered by Brahmadatta of Benares; reference to his story in the Dīrghila-sūtra of the Madhyamāgama (Samādhisaṃyuk- taka), 182.8.
Dīrghikā (दीर्घिका).—f.
(-kā) A large and long pond. E. dīrgha long, affix ka, fem. form.
Dīrghikā (दीर्घिका).—i. e. dīrgha + ka, f. An oblong pond, Mahābhārata 1, 5004.
Dīrghikā (दीर्घिका).—[feminine] a (long) lake or pond.
Dīrghikā (दीर्घिका):—[from dīrgha] f. an oblong lake or pond, [Mahābhārata; Suśruta; Kāvya literature]
Dīrghikā (दीर्घिका):—(kā) 1. f. A large pond.
Dīrghikā (दीर्घिका):—(von dīrgha) f. ein länglicher See, ein länglicher Teich [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 3, 28.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 2, 28.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1092.] [Mahābhārata 1, 5004. 13, 3248.] [Harivaṃśa 8366.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 61, 17.] [Suśruta 2, 484, 19.] [Mālavikāgnimitra 8, 5. 33.] [Raghuvaṃśa 16, 13.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 10, 166. 26, 87.] [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 284.] — Vgl. tridaśa .
Dīrghikā (दीर्घिका):—f. —
1) ein länglicher See , — Teich. —
2) *Balanites Roxburghii [Rājan 6,72.]
Dīrghikā (दीर्घिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Dīhiyā.
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: Dirghikar, Dirghikarana.
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Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 135 - Boon to a Chaste Lady: Dīrghikā < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 136 - Origin of Dīrghikā < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Appendix 3.2: new and rare words < [Appendices]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Sanskrit Inscriptions of Thailand (by Satya Vrat Shastri)
Sucindrasthala-mahatmya (critical edition and study) (by Anand Dilip Raj)
Chapter 12 - Dvadasha Adhyaya (dvadaso'dhyayah) < [Chapter 5 - Sucindrasthalamahatmya: Sanskrit critical edition]
Vastu-shastra (Introduction to Indian architecture) (by D. N. Shukla)
Chapter 9 - House-decorations and other Equipments < [Volume 3 - House Architecture]