Ghantika, Ghaṇṭikā, Ghaṇṭika, Ghāṇṭika: 19 definitions
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Ghantika 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.
In Hinduism
Shilpashastra (iconography)
Ghaṇṭikā (घण्टिका) refers to a “band with small bells” and represents a type of “ornaments of leg” (padabhūṣaṇa), as defined in treatises such as the Pāñcarātra, Pādmasaṃhitā and Vaikhānasa-āgamas, extensively dealing with the technical features of temple art, iconography and architecture in Vaishnavism.—The ornaments for the legs and feet are common in Indian sculptures as well in day-to-day life. Bharata (cf. Nāṭyaśāstra 23.38-39) mentions some of the ornaments [viz. ghaṇṭikā (band with small bells) for the upper part of the ankle (gulpha)].
Shilpashastra (शिल्पशास्त्र, śilpaśāstra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Ghaṇṭikā (घण्टिका):—Uvula. Small soft structure hanging from free edge of soft pallate in the midline above the root of the tounge
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.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Ghaṇṭika (घण्टिक) [=Ghaṇṭhika?] refers to “bells”, according to the Śrīmatottara-tantra, an expansion of the Kubjikāmatatantra: the earliest popular and most authoritative Tantra of the Kubjikā cult. Accordingly, “O goddess, Svacchanda is in the middle, within the abode of the triangle. Very powerful, he has five faces with three times five flaming eyes. [...] He sits on a great lotus and is adorned with a belt on his hips. He is adorned with small bells [i.e., ghaṇṭhika—kṣudraghaṇṭhikaśobhāḍhyaṃ] and a garland of gems. There are anklets on his feet and they are well adorned with necklaces of pearls. He sits on Ananta as a seat and is like heated gold. On Ananta’s seat are seventy billion mantras. He is beautiful, divine, (white) like the stars, snow and the moon.]. [...]”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Ghaṇṭikā (घण्टिका) is the name of a Goddess associated with the Bīja-syllable ghaṃ; and is worshipping with others on the 12 spokes of the Anāhata-Cakra, according to the Tattvacintāmaṇi by Pūrṇānanda.—Context: The scorpion-goddess Vṛścikā also figures in the Śrīkula practice of the meditation on the six cakras along the path of the suṣuṃṇa. In the anāhatacakra, she is worshiped in the circle of the goddess Rākinī presiding over blood along with her Rudra. Here, she is worshiped along with several other goddesses, including Cāmuṇḍā, on the 12 spokes of the cakra. The Vaṅgīya mantravādin Pūrṇānanda explains it thus in his Tattvacintāmaṇi: “The equivalence between the goddesses and the bījas formed from the arṇas is thus: kaṃ: Kālarātriḥ; khaṃ: Khātitā; gaṃ: Gāyatrī; ghaṃ: Ghaṇṭikā; ṅaṃ: Vṛścikā; caṃ: Cāmuṇḍā; chaṃ: Chāyā; jaṃ: Jayā; jhaṃ: Jhaṅkāriṇī; ñaṃ: Jñānā; ṭaṃ: Ṭaṅkahastā; ṭhaṃ: Ṭhaṅkārī”.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
ghaṇṭikā (घंटिका).—f S A bell &c. See ghaṇṭā. 2 The uvula.
ghaṇṭikā (घंटिका).—f The bell. ghaṇṭā vājaṇēṃ Be ex- hausted, spent, consumed. Be out or clean gone.
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
Ghaṇṭikā (घण्टिका).—
1) A small bell.
2) The uvula.
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Ghaṇṭika (घण्टिक).—The alligator; Bhāvapra 5.1.39.
Derivable forms: ghaṇṭikaḥ (घण्टिकः).
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Ghāṇṭika (घाण्टिक).—
1) A bell-ringer; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.126.24; Bṛ. S. 1.6,12.
2) A bard who sings in chorus, especially in honour of gods or kings.
3) The Dhattūra plant.
Derivable forms: ghāṇṭikaḥ (घाण्टिकः).
Ghaṇṭikā (घण्टिका).—(Sanskrit Gr. id.; AMg. ghaṇṭiā), (little, deco-rative) bell: Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.16.8.
Ghaṇṭikā (घण्टिका).—f.
(-kā) The uvula or soft palate. E. ghaṇṭā a bell, and kan affix of similitude.
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Ghāṇṭika (घाण्टिक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A bard, who sings in chorus, but especially in honour of the gods, and rings a bell in presence of their images. 2. Datura fastuosa. E. ghaṇṭā a bell affix ṭhak ghaṇṭayā carati .
Ghāṇṭika (घाण्टिक).—i. e. ghaṇṭā + ika, m. A bard who sings in honour of the gods, and rings a bell before their images, Mahābhārata 13, 6028.
Ghaṇṭika (घण्टिक).—[masculine] alligator.
1) Ghaṇṭikā (घण्टिका):—[from ghaṇṭaka > ghaṇṭa] a f. a small bell, [Uṇādi-sūtra iv, 18 [Scholiast or Commentator]] (cf. kṣudra-)
2) [v.s. ...] the uvula, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) Ghaṇṭika (घण्टिक):—[from ghaṇṭa] m. the alligator, [Bhāvaprakāśa v, 10, 39]
4) Ghaṇṭikā (घण्टिका):—[from ghaṇṭika > ghaṇṭa] b f. See ṭaka.
5) Ghāṇṭika (घाण्टिक):—m. ([from] ghaṇṭā) a bell-ringer, strolling ballad-singer who carries a bell, bard who sings in chorus ([especially] in honour of the gods) ringing a bell in presence of the images, [Mahābhārata xiii, 6028; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā x, 6 and 12]
6) (also ghāṭika, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc. [Scholiast or Commentator]])
1) Ghaṇṭikā (घण्टिका):—(kā) 1. f. The uvula.
2) Ghāṇṭika (घाण्टिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A bard who uses a bell; Datura fastuosa.
Ghaṇṭikā (घण्टिका):—(von ghaṇṭā) f.
1) Glöckchen [Die Uṇādi-Affixe 4, 18,] [Scholiast]; vgl. kṣudra . —
2) das Zäpfchen im Halse [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 585.]
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Ghāṇṭika (घाण्टिक):—(von ghaṇṭā) m.
1) Glöckner, ein mit einer Glocke herumziehender Bänkelsänger [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 65.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 794.] [Mahābhārata 13, 6028.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 10, 6. 12.] —
2) Stechapfel [Hārāvalī 107.]
Ghaṇṭika (घण्टिक):—m. Alligator [Bhāvaprakāśa 2,5.]
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Ghāṇṭika (घाण्टिक):—m. —
1) Glöckner , ein mit einer Glocke herumziehender Bänkelsänger. —
2) *Stechapfel. —
3) *eine Art Keule [Galano's Wörterbuch]
Ghaṇṭika (घण्टिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ghaṃṭiya, Ghaṃṭiyā.
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.
Pali-English dictionary
1) ghaṇṭika (ဃဏ္ဋိက) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[ghaṇṭā+ika]
[ဃဏ္ဋာ+ဣက]
2) ghaṇṭikā (ဃဏ္ဋိကာ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[ghaṇṭi+ka+ā]
[ဃဏ္ဋိ+က+အာ]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) ghaṇṭika—
(Burmese text): ခေါင်းလောင်းထိုးသူ။ နာရီတီးသမား၊ ပဟိုရ်တီးသမား။
(Auto-Translation): Headhunter. Drummer, percussionist.
2) ghaṇṭikā—
(Burmese text): ခေါင်းလောင်း။ ဃဏ္ဋိကပ္ပဟရဏမုဂ္ဂရ-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Headgear. Gazing at the wisdom jewel.
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)
Partial matches: Ika, Ghanti, Ghanta, A, Ka.
Starts with: Ghamtikarava, Ghantikajala, Ghantikanta, Ghantikappaharanamuggara.
Full-text (+25): Kshudraghantika, Shanaghantika, Nighantika, Sukshmaghantika, Ghantikappaharanamuggara, Varaghantika, Khuddaghantika, Ghantikajala, Ghamtiya, Mukhaghantika, Ghatika, Kankanika, Ghantaka, Ghanta, Kshudrika, Upajihvika, Amritacakra, Gham, Ghanthika, Padabhushana.
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