Ekahika, Ekāhika, Eka-ahika: 4 definitions
Introduction:
Ekahika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, 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.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryekāhika : (adj.) existing for a day.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryEkāhika refers to: of or for one day D.I, 166.
Note: ekāhika is a Pali compound consisting of the words eka and ahika.
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 Dictionaryēkāhika (एकाहिक).—a Common corr. of aikāhika.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryEkāhika (एकाहिक).—adj. m. (= Pali id., Sanskrit aik°), recurring daily, quotidian (of fever): Mahāvyutpatti 9531; Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 401.6 (prose); Bhikṣuṇī-karmavācanā 17a.2; Mahā-Māyūrī 220.19.
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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