Geruka: 4 definitions
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Geruka means something in 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
geruka : (nt.) red chalk used for colouring.
Geruka, (nt.) & gerukā (f.) (Sk. gairika) yellow ochre (Bdhgh suvaṇṇa° cp. Sk. kañcana° & svarṇa°), red chalk used as colouring Vin.I, 203; II, 151; A.I, 210; Miln.133 (°cuṇṇa). frequent in °parikamma a coating of red chalk, red colouring Vin.II, 117, 151, 172; °parikammakata “coated with red colouring” Vin.I, 48; II, 218. (Page 254)
geruka (ဂေရုက) [(pu,na) (ပု၊န)]—
[．61va-nitea gerikahurhieiea,visuddhāruṃnitea-gerika=giri+ṇika．yuea gerukahueiea,pāḷiaṭṭhakathānitea¤ç pītīca-nitea¤ geruka-sārhieiea．(rika-saṃ)]
[ဓာန်။ ၆၁ဝ-၌ ဂေရိကဟုရှိ၏၊ ဝိသုဒ္ဓါရုံဓာန်၌-ဂေရိက=ဂိရိ+ဏိက။ ပုဒ်ခွဲ၍ ဂေရုကပါဌ်ပျက်ဟုဆို၏၊ ပါဠိအဋ္ဌကထာတို့၌၎င်း,ပီတီအက်စ-၌၎င်း ဂေရုက-သာရှိ၏။ (ဂဲရိက-သံ)]
[Pali to Burmese]
geruka—
(Burmese text): (၁) ဂွေ့နီ၊ ဂွေ့နီမှုန့်။ (၂) ဂွေ့မျက်စဉ်း။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Red chili, red chili powder. (2) Red beet.
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: Gerukacunna, Gerukallu, Gerukaparikamma, Gerukaparikammakarana, Gerukaparikammakata.
Full-text: Gerukacunna, Gerukaparikamma, Parikamma, Anjana.
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Search found 5 books and stories containing Geruka; (plurals include: Gerukas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Vinaya (2): The Mahavagga (by T. W. Rhys Davids)
Mahavagga, Khandaka 6, Chapter 11 < [Khandaka 6 - On Medicaments]
Minerals and Metals in Sanskrit literature (by Sulekha Biswas)
7. The Buddhist Literature Sources (regarding the two epics) < [Chapter 6 - Minerals and Metals in the Indian Epics]
Vinaya (3): The Cullavagga (by T. W. Rhys Davids)
Cullavagga, Khandaka 6, Chapter 20 < [Khandaka 6 - On Dwellings and Furniture]
Cullavagga, Khandaka 5, Chapter 11 < [Khandaka 5 - On the Daily Life of the Bhikkhus]
Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka (by I. B. Horner)
On root medicince, etc. < [6. Medicine (Bhesajja)]
On the duties to the preceptor < [1. Going forth (Pabbajjā)]
Bhesajjakkhandhaka (Chapter on Medicine) (by Hin-tak Sik)
Ophthalmology (Sālākiya) < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Treatments in the Chapter on Medicine]