Karunika, Kāruṇika: 16 definitions
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Karunika means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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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In Buddhism
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: BuddhismKarunika, a fully enlightened Tathagata of the past. See the ‘Larger Sukhavativyuha Sutra’.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarykāruṇika : (adj.) compassionate.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryKāruṇika, (adj.) (fr. karuṇa) compassionate, merciful Pv. II, 113; PvA. 16; Bdhd 49; often with mahā°: of great mercy Sdhp. 330, 557; so of the Buddha: mahākāruṇika nātha “the Saviour of great mercy” in introductory stanzas to Pv and Vv. (Page 210)
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykāruṇika (कारुणिक).—a S Compassionate, pitiful, tender.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkārūṇika (कारूणिक).—a Compassionate, pitiful, tender.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKāruṇika (कारुणिक).—a. (-kī f.) [करुणा-ठक् (karuṇā-ṭhak)] Compassionate, kind, tender; Nāg.1.1.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKāruṇika (कारुणिक).—name of a former Buddha: Sukhāvatīvyūha 6.15.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāruṇika (कारुणिक).—mfn.
(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) Compassionate, tender, kind. E. karuṇā compassion, and ṭhak aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāruṇika (कारुणिक).—i. e. karuṇa + ika, adj. Compassionate, Mahābhārata 4, 1500.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kāruṇika (कारुणिक):—a mfn. ([from] karuṇa), compassionate, [Mahābhārata etc.]
2) b Name of a Tathāgata, [Sukhāvatī-vyūha i].
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKāruṇika (कारुणिक):—[(kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a.] Compassionate, kind, tender.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Kāruṇika (कारुणिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kāruṇiya.
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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 corpusKāruṇika (ಕಾರುಣಿಕ):—[noun] a merciful man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryKāruṇika (कारुणिक):—adj. compassionate; tender; kind;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Karunikai, Karunikam, Karunikan, Karunikata.
Ends with: Adhimatrakarunika, Akarunika, Mahakarunika, Mithyakarunika, Nishkarunika.
Full-text: Adhimatrakarunika, Mahakarunika, Karunikata, Mithyakarunika, Karunikam, Kaarunik, Karuniya, Karunyavedin, Karunyasutra, Karunyalaharistava, Karunyaveditva, Karunyamaya, Karunya, Karunyadhenu, Nishkarunika, Karunikan, Karuna.
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