Karavika, Karavīka: 10 definitions
Introduction:
Karavika means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
One of the seven mountains surrounding Sineru (SnA.ii.443; Sp.i.119; Vsm.206; DhsA.298). Between Karavika and Isadhara lay a Sidantarasamudda. J.vi.125; see also Mtu.ii.300, where it is called Khadiraka, and Divy.217, 450.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
karavīka : (m.) the Indian cuckoo.
Karavīka, same J. V, 204, 416; Vv 364; Vism. 112, 206; VvA. 166, 219.
—bhāṇin speaking like the cuckoo, i.e. with a clear and melodious voice, one of the mahāpurisa-lakkhaṇas D. II, 20=III, 144=173=M. II, 137, etc.; cp. Dial. II. 17 n. and BSk. kalaviṅka-manojña-bhāṣin Sp. Av. Ś I. 371 (Index p. 225, where references to Lalitavist. are given). (Page 196)
1) karavīka (ကရဝီက) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[karavīka+ṇa．karavīkasakuṇāvā bahavo ettha santīti karavīko．,ṭī．26．]
[ကရဝီက+ဏ။ ကရဝီကသကုဏာဝါ ဗဟဝေါ ဧတ္ထ သန္တီတိ ကရဝီကော။ ဓာန်၊ ဋီ။ ၂၆။]
2) karavīka (ကရဝီက) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[kala+ru+īka．kalaṃ ravatīti karavīko,īko,la-lopo．,ṭī．626．]
[ကလ+ရု+ဤက။ ကလံ ရဝတီတိ ကရဝီကော၊ ဤကော၊ လ-လောပေါ။ ဓာန်၊ ဋီ။ ၆၂၆။]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) karavīka—
(Burmese text): ဖြည်းညှင်းသာယာသော အသံကို တွန်ကျူးတတ်သောငှက်၊ ကရဝိက်ငှက်။
(Auto-Translation): A bird that can sing a soothing and peaceful sound, the nightingale.
2) karavīka—
(Burmese text): ကရဝီကတောင်၊ ကရဝိက်ငှက်များစွာတို့ နေရာဖြစ်သောတောင်။ ဤတောင်သည် မြင်းမိုရ်တောင်၏ အခြံအရံတောင် ၇-လုံးတို့တွင် အပါအဝင်ဖြစ်၏။ ကရဝီရ-လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): Krawike Mountain, a place for many Krawike birds. This mountain is one of the seven peaks of the Myinmo Taung Range. Also look at Krawiwa.
Karavīka (in Pali) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 迦陵頻伽鳥 [jiā líng pín jiā niǎo]: “(Skt. kalaviṅka)”.
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
Karavīka (करवीक):—m. Name of a mountain.
Karavīka (करवीक):—m. Nomen proprium eines Gebirges [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 842. fgg.] — Vgl. karavīra .
Karavīka (करवीक):—m. Nomen proprium eines Gebirges.
Karavīka (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 迦羅毘拘 [jiā luó pí jū]: “Karavīka” [Sanskrit place name].
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Ika, Karavika, Ru, Kala, Na.
Starts with (+0): Karavikabhani, Karavikamadhuragira, Karavikamadhuramanjussara, Karavikamadhuranigghosa, Karavikarudamanju, Karavikarudopama, Karavikaruta, Karavikarutamadhura, Karavikarutamanju, Karavikarutamanjughosa, Karavikasadda, Karavikasakuna, Karavikasakunasadda, Karavikasanni, Karavikassara, Karavikasussara, Karavikatissatthera.
Full-text (+16): Karavikabhani, Karavikamadhuranigghosa, Karavikasakuna, Karavikasanni, Karavikaruta, Karavikasussara, Karavikarudamanju, Karavikasadda, Karaviya, Karavikamadhuragira, Karavikassara, Mattakaravika, Da la ty cau, Jia luo pi ju, Ke li luo, Qu ti luo, Qu tuo luo, Qie de luo, Qu ti luo jia, Qu de luo ke.
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