Gilanaka, Gilānaka: 3 definitions
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Gilanaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarygilānaka : (adj.) sick; unwell; a sick person.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryGilānaka, (adj.) 1. ill (=gilāna) A.III, 142;— 2. fit for an illness (bhesajja medicine) Miln.74. Gilāyati: see āgilāyati. (Page 251)
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryGilānaka (गिलानक) or Gilāna.—(= Pali, both; Sanskrit glāna, [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] glāna and glānaka), weak, exhausted, sick: °na Lalitavistara 189.19; Mahāvastu i.117.7; ii.153.19 (prose); °na-bhaiṣajya Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 13.12; 119.10; 284.8; Mahāvastu ii.221.5 °naka-tva, see glānaka.
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Gilānaka (गिलानक) or Glānaka.—adj. (= Pali gilā°) = glāna, (one that is) sick: Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.149.8; glānakaṃ kṛtvā Mahāvastu ii.247.4, see s.v. karoti; taṃ…glānako ti kṛtvā, thinking with regard to him, He is a sick one (specifying ka), Mahāvastu ii.242.8; 243.2, 4; ka may be m.c. in Mahāvastu ii.221.3 (with mss.; verse) °kā (n. pl.), and in Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 293.1 (verse) gilānaka-tvam, illness.
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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