Keshantika, Keśāntika, Kesha-antika: 8 definitions

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Keshantika 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 Keśāntika can be transliterated into English as Kesantika or Keshantika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Keśāntika (केशान्तिक).—a.

1) extending to the end of the hair as far as the forehead.

2) relating to the ceremony of final tonsure.

Keśāntika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms keśa and antika (अन्तिक).

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

Keśāntika (केशान्तिक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) 1. Extending to the hair. 2. Relating to the ceremony of final tonsure. E. keśānta, and ṭhak aff.

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

Keśāntika (केशान्तिक).—i. e. keśa-anta + ika, adj. Reaching to one’s hair, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 46.

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Keśāntika (केशान्तिक).—i. e. keśānta + ika, reaching to the hair, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 2, 46.

Keśāntika is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms keśa and antika (अन्तिक).

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

Keśāntika (केशान्तिक).—[adjective] reaching the end of the hair (at the forehead).

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

1) Keśāntika (केशान्तिक):—[from keśa] mfn. extending to the end of the hair as far as the forehead, [Manu-smṛti ii, 46]

2) [v.s. ...] relating to the ceremony of final tonsure, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Keśāntika (केशान्तिक):—[keśā+ntika] (kaḥ-kī-kaṃ) a. Relating to the hair, or to tonsure.

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Keshantika 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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