Karshika, Kārṣika: 10 definitions
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Karshika means something in 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.
The Sanskrit term Kārṣika can be transliterated into English as Karsika or Karshika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKārṣika (कार्षिक).—= कार्षापण (kārṣāpaṇa) q. v.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKarṣika (कर्षिक).—m. (compare Sanskrit kārṣaka, and tila-kārṣika; perhaps semi-MIndic in having a for ā; or Sanskrit karṣin plus -ka), plowman, farmer: Mahāvastu iii.108.20 (verse) punar-punar lābhaṃ labhanti karṣikā.
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Kārṣikā (कार्षिका).—(or °ka; compare Sanskrit karṣa), a small weight, app. = karṣa: Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 31.9 (verse) karṣo hi dharaṇāḥ kyantaḥ, palaṃ vai kati kārṣikā (one ms. °kam; must be n. pl.), how many dharaṇas make a karṣa, how many kārṣikās (°kas?) a pala? (Tibetan however is reported to render kārṣikā by zho, which is one-tenth of a sraṅ, the word used for karṣa in the same line.)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKārṣika (कार्षिक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A weight: see the preceeding. 2. A husbandman. E. karṣa a measure, ploughing, &c. and ṭhañ aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKārṣika (कार्षिक).—i. e. karṣa + ika, adj. Being of the weight of a karṣa, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 136.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKārṣika (कार्षिक).—[adjective] weighing a Karṣa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kārṣika (कार्षिक):—[from kārṣa] mfn. ([gana] chedādi) weighing a Karṣa, [Manu-smṛti viii, 136; Yājñavalkya i, 364; Suśruta]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a coin (= kārṣāpaṇa), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] = kārṣaka cf. tila-k.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKārṣika (कार्षिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. Idem.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKārṣika (ಕಾರ್ಷಿಕ):—[adjective] weighing or equal to the weight of sixteen cowries.
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Kārṣika (ಕಾರ್ಷಿಕ):—
1) [noun] = ಕಾರ್ಷಾಪಣ - [karshapana -] 1.
2) [noun] a person who earns a living by farming, esp., one who manages or operates a farm; a farmer; an agriculturist.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Karshikamallige.
Ends with: Akarshika, Apakarshika, Ardhakarshika, Atmotkarshika, Prakarshika, Samutkarshika, Tilakarshika, Trikarshika, Upakarshika, Vaiprakarshika.
Full-text: Karshapana, Trikarshika, Akarshika, Trikarsha, Prakarshika, Ardhakarshika, Tilakarshika, Kyant, Karsha, Karshapanaka.
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Verse 8.136 < [Section XXIII - Measures]
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