Isika, Ishika, Isikā, Iṣīka, Iśīkā, Iṣikā, Iṣīkā, Īṣikā, Īṣīkā: 13 definitions
Introduction:
Isika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, biology. 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.
The Sanskrit terms Iṣīka and Iśīkā and Iṣikā and Iṣīkā and Īṣikā and Īṣīkā can be transliterated into English as Isika or Ishika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
India history and geography
Source: Wisdom Library: India HistoryIṣīka (इषीक) is the name of a country included within Dakṣiṇapatha which was situated to the south of the Vindhyas according to the Yādavaprakāśa. Dakṣiṇāpatha is a place-name ending is patha mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions. The Gupta empire (r. 3rd-century CE), founded by Śrī Gupta, covered much of ancient India and embraced the Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Ishika in India is the name of a plant defined with Chionachne gigantea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Coix koenigii Spreng. (among others).
2) Ishika is also identified with Chionachne koenigii It has the synonym Polytoca barbata Stapf (etc.).
3) Ishika is also identified with Coix koenigii It has the synonym Chionachne barbata (Roxb.) Benth., nom. illeg. (etc.).
4) Ishika is also identified with Saccharum spontaneum It has the synonym Tricholaena semidecumbens (Roxb.) Schult. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Oesterreichische Botanische Zeitschrift (1891)
· Cytologia (1991)
· Monographiae Phanerogamarum (1889)
· Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Rhodesia-Kongo-Expedition, 1911–1912, unter Leitung von Eric Graf von Rosen (1911)
· Flora Indica; or descriptions … (1820)
· Grasses of Ceylon (1956)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Ishika, for example pregnancy safety, extract dosage, chemical composition, diet and recipes, health benefits, side effects, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryIsikā, (isīkā) (f.) (Sk. iṣīkā) a reed D. I, 77, cp. DA. I, 222; J. VI, 67 (isikā). (Page 123)
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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryIśīkā (इशीका).—A pupil in the elephant's eye.
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Iṣikā (इषिका) or Iṣīkā (इषीका).—[iṣ gatyādau kvun ata itvam]
1) Reed, rush, stalk of grass; कुशकाशशरेषिकाः (kuśakāśaśareṣikāḥ) Rām.; Kaṭh.2.6.17. °अस्त्रम् (astram) R.12.23.
2) An arrow.
3) A sort of sugar-cane; Saccharum Spontaneum.
4) A small stick of wood or iron used to see whether gold in a crucible is melted or not.
5) A brush.
6) The eye-ball of an elephant.
7) A thorny plant; संनिकर्षादिषीकाभिर्मोचितः परमाद्भयात् (saṃnikarṣādiṣīkābhirmocitaḥ paramādbhayāt) Rām.2.8.3.
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Īṣikā (ईषिका).—
1) An elephant's eye-ball. Edgerton, the author of Mātaṅga L., however, says that this meaning is wrong and points out that it means, 'The under surface of the top of the eye-socket of an elephant. ईषिका त्वक्षिकूटकम् (īṣikā tvakṣikūṭakam) Mātaṅga L.6.9.
2) A painter's brush.
3) A weapon, arrow, dart.
4) a kind of missile.
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Īṣīkā (ईषीका).—
1) A painter's brush.
2) An ingot-mould.
3) = इषीका (iṣīkā) q. v.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryIṣika (इषिक).—nt., or iṣikā, f. (perhaps also iṣīka, nt.; compare Pali esika, °kā, interpreted in Dictt. as pillar, post), sign- post: Mahāvyutpatti 7048 iṣikā māpitā bhavanti (Tibetan śiṅ-rtags, tree (or wood) sign; Chin. app. sign-post or the like): Mahāvastu i.196.1 and iii.228.12 dvārāṇāṃ purato iṣikāni (iii.228.12 iṣī°, v.l. iṣi°) māpitāni abhūnsuḥ; Śikṣāsamuccaya 173.16 iṣikā-padaṃ vā dadyāt, or should present a sign-post (at the caitya of a past Buddha, marking the holy spot; otherwise but implausibly Bendall and Rouse).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryIśīkā (इशीका).—f.
(-kā) An elephant’s eye-ball: see iṣīkā.
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Iṣikā (इषिका).—f.
(-kā) 1. An elephant’s eye-ball. 2. A painter’s brush, &c. also iṣīkā.
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Iṣīkā (इषीका).—f.
(-kā) 1. An elephant’s eye-ball. 2. A painter’s brush, &c. also iṣikā. 3. A kind of reed, (Saccharum spontaneum.) E. iṣ to go, īkan Unadi aff.
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Īṣikā (ईषिका).—f.
(-kā) 1. An elephant’s eye-ball: see īṣīkā. 2. A painter’s brush, &c. see īṣīkā. 3. A weapon, a dart or arrow. E. īṣ to hurt, kikan affix.
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Īṣīkā (ईषीका).—f.
(-kā) 1. A painter’s brush, a fibrous stick used as one. 2. An ingot mould. 3. A dipping-rod, or something cast into a crucible to examine if the metal it contains is in fusion: see īṣikā. E. īṣ to go, īkan Unadi aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryIṣīkā (इषीका).—[iṣ + īkā] 1., f. Reed, Mahābhārata 1, 4332.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryIṣīkā (इषीका).—[feminine] reed, stem of grass, arrow.
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Īṣīkā (ईषीका).—[feminine] = iṣīkā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Iśīkā (इशीका):—f. an elephant’s eyeball, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] See iṣīkā.
2) Iṣikā (इषिका):—[from iṣ] f. (= iṣīkā below) a brush, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] the eyeball of an elephant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Iṣīka (इषीक):—[from iṣ] m. [plural] Name of a people (= aiṣīka), [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
5) Iṣīkā (इषीका):—[from iṣīka > iṣ] f. (iṣīkā) a reed, rush, stem or stalk of grass used as an arrow, [Atharva-veda vii, 56, 4; xii, 2, 54; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kauśika-sūtra; Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Raghuvaṃśa] etc.
6) [v.s. ...] a sort of sugarcane, Saccharum Spontaneum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] a brush, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] a small stick of wood or iron (used for trying whether the gold in a crucible is melted), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] the eyeball of an elephant
10) [v.s. ...] See iṣikā, īṣikā, īṣīkā, iśīkā.
11) Īṣikā (ईषिका):—f. an elephant’s eyeball
12) a painter’s brush, etc.
13) a weapon, a dart or arrow, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] Cf. iṣīkā and īṣīkā.
14) Īṣīkā (ईषीका):—f. a reed, cane, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā]
15) an arrow, [Rāmāyaṇa]
16) a painter’s brush or a fibrous stick used as one
17) an ingot-mould
18) a dipping rod or something cast into a crucible to examine if the metal it contains is in fusion, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] See īkṣikā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Iśīkā (इशीका):—(kā) 1. f. Elephant’s eyeball; painter’s brush; reed.
2) Iṣikā (इषिका):—(kā) 1. f. Elephant’s eyeball.
3) Iṣīkā (इषीका):—(kā) 1. f. An elephant’s eyeball; painter’s brush; a reed.
4) Īṣikā (ईषिका):—(kā) 1. f. An elephant’s eyeball; painter’s brush; a dart.
5) Īṣīkā (ईषीका):—(kā) 1. f. A painter’s brush; ingot; mould; dipping-rod.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Iṣikā (इषिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Isiyā.
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Starts with: Icikar, Ishikahasta, Ishikanji, Ishikastiram, Ishikastra, Ishikatula, Isikaha-esimhlope, Isikala.
Ends with (+47): Adishika, Aishika, Akaisika, Ambushirishika, Antarvaishika, Ardhakaishika, Ashishika, Ashvamahishika, Balisika, Bhedavibhishika, Bhisika, Bibhishika, Brisika, Caishika, Caturvishika, Chaishika, Daishika, Ekaishika, Ekapurisika, Hisika.
Full-text: Ishikatula, Aishika, Shareshika, Itikai, Ishikanji, Isiya, Indrenata, Indranata, Parigohya, Rishika, Stamba, Dambhodbhava, Dakshinapatha, Munja, Tula.
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