Kandika, Kaṇḍikā, Kāṇḍikā: 7 definitions

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Kandika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, 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.

In Hinduism

Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

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Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Kaṇḍikā (कण्डिका) refers to the “throat” (of the Hawk), according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the yellow-eyed division of hawks]: “Vāsā becomes admired, if its voice is pleasing. The Vājā is good, if it is silent. Kuhī is good, if its throat (kaṇḍikā) and the ‘ends of its ears’ are silvery”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Kandika in India is the name of a plant defined with Ziziphus jujuba in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Ziziphus sativa Gaertner (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1789)
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 15 (1819)
· Acta Horticulturae Sinicae (1986)
· J. Hebei Agric. Univ. (1987)
· The Gardeners Dictionary (1768)

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kaṇḍikā (कण्डिका).—

1) A short section, shortest subdivision; (as in the śuklayajurveda).

2) Name of a country.

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Kāṇḍikā (काण्डिका).—

1) A kind of corn (Mar. lāṃka).

2) A kind of gourd.

3) A part or division of a book.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kaṇḍikā (कण्डिका):—[from kaṇḍ] f. a short section, the shortest subdivision (in the arrangement of certain Vedic compositions)

2) [v.s. ...] (cf. kāṇḍa and kāṇḍikā.)

3) Kāṇḍikā (काण्डिका):—[from kāṇḍa] f. a part or division of a book [commentator or commentary] on [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiii, 2, 5, 1]

4) [v.s. ...] a kind of corn (cf. laṅkā), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] a kind of gourd (Cucumis utilissimus), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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Kandika in German

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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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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Kandika in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) a para/paragraph..—kandika (कंडिका) is alternatively transliterated as Kaṃḍikā.

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