Kautilika, Kauṭilika: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kauṭilika (कौटिलिक).—

1) A hunter.

2) A blacksmith.

Derivable forms: kauṭilikaḥ (कौटिलिकः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kauṭilika (कौटिलिक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. A hunter. 2. A blacksmith. E. kuṭilikā derived from kuṭila crooked, said to mean a forge, or the stooping approach of a hunter on his prey, affix aṇa.

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

1) Kauṭilika (कौटिलिक):—m. ([from] kuṭilikā, [Pāṇini 4-4, 18]) ‘deceiving the hunter [or the deer [Scholiast or Commentator]] by particular movements’, a deer [‘a hunter’ [Scholiast or Commentator]] [Kāśikā-vṛtti]

2) ‘using the tool called kuṭilikā’, a blacksmith, [ib.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kauṭilika (कौटिलिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A hunter, a poacher; a blacksmith.

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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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