Khaditaka, Khāditaka: 2 definitions

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[«previous next»] — Khaditaka in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Khāditaka (खादितक).—(Sanskrit khādita plus specifying ka, § 22.39), in ardha-khāditako, (a corpse) that has been half eaten: Mahāvastu ii.78.11 (prose) udakahrade ardhakhāditako plavanto …dṛṣṭo, was seen, floating, a half-eaten thing (corpse), in the pool of water; 11—12 tena…ārocitaṃ, Dharmapālo udakarākṣasena khāyito ti, he reported, Dh. has been eaten (khāyito, no -ka! simple fact) by a water-ogre; but again 13—14 paśyati ca taṃ…udakarākṣasena ardhakhādita- kaṃ plavantaṃ, he saw him floating, in the state of having been half-eaten by the water-ogre. One ms. in this last passage has khāyitaṃ instead of ardhakhāditakaṃ; then simply eaten.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Khāditaka (खादितक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Khāviyaga.

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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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