Khandika, Khamdika, Khaṇḍika, Khaṇḍikā, Khāṇḍika: 20 definitions
Introduction:
Khandika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, biology. 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.
In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Khaṇḍikā (गुह्यकुब्जी):—The fifth female attendant deity of the Mātṛcakra (third of the five cakras), according to the Kubjikāmatatantra. Her name means the ‘broken one’ (Khaṇḍikā) or the ‘crippled one’ (Khañjikā), and she may be conceived of as referring to Kubjikā.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Khaṇḍika (खण्डिक):—One of the three varieties of Manaḥśilā (‘realgar’), which is part of the uparasa group of eight minerals, according to the Rasaprakāśasudhākara: a 13th century Sanskrit book on Indian alchemy, or, Rasaśāstra. Its powder has a deep-red color.
Khaṇḍikā is a variety of Manaḥśilā (“Realger”).—It looks deep red on powdering, heavy and snigdha in properties.
Unclassified Ayurveda definitions
Khaṇḍika (खण्डिक) is a Sanskrit word referring to a variety of Lathyrus sativus. It is a type of legume (śamīdhānya), according to Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. The plant Khaṇḍika is part of the Śamīdhānyavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the “group of legumes”. Caraka defined such groups (vargas) based on the dietic value of the plant. Khaṇḍika is is light, cold, sweet, slightly astringent and roughening in character. It is beneficial for pitta and kapha and useful as pulses and pastes. Besides this, Kalāya is exceedingly vāta-aggravating.
According to the Bhāvaprakāśa it has the following synonyms: Kalāya and Satīnahareṇuka. The Bhāvaprakāśa, which is a 16th century medicinal thesaurus authored by Bhāvamiśra.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Khaṇḍika (खण्डिक) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. VI.10.46) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Khaṇḍika) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
India history and geography
Khaṇḍika or Khaṇdikā.—(EI 22; CII 4; IA 20), measure of capacity; same as khaṇḍī or candy; often regarded as equal to between 800 and 1000 seers. See puṭṭi. Cf. Ṛgveda-khaṇḍikā, a school for teaching the Ṛgveda (Ep. Ind., Vol. XXXIV, p. 37 and notes). Note: khaṇḍika is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Khandika in India is the name of a plant defined with Lathyrus sativus in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lathyrus sativus L. subsp. asiaticus Zalkind (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1996)
· Tropical Plant Science Research. New Delhi (1983)
· Cytologia (1989)
· Rev. Can. Biol., (1957)
· Bangladesh Journal of Botany (1994)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Khandika, for example health benefits, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, chemical composition, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
khaṇḍikā : (f.) a piece; a broken bit.
Khaṇḍikā, (f.) (fr. khaṇḍa) a broken bit, a stick, in ucchu° Vv 3326 (=ucchu-yaṭṭhi DhA. III, 315). (Page 231)
khaṇḍika (ခဏ္ဍိက) [(pu,na) (ပု၊န)]—
[khaṇḍa+ika．svattha．tadevaucchukhaṇḍadānamattaṃ．vimāna,ṭṭha．115-si．]
[ခဏ္ဍ+ဣက။ သွတ္ထ။ တဒေဝဥစ္ဆုခဏ္ဍဒါနမတ္တံ။ ဝိမာန၊ဋ္ဌ။၁၁၅-ထောက်သိ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
khaṇḍika—
(Burmese text): (ကြံ) အပိုင်း။
(Auto-Translation): (Plan) Section.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Khaṇḍika (खण्डिक).—[khaṇḍ-astyarthe ṭhan]
1) A sugar-boiler.
2) Pease.
3) The armpit.
-kā 1 The food of pease.
2) A kind of air or tune (in music).
Derivable forms: khaṇḍikaḥ (खण्डिकः).
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Khāṇḍika (खाण्डिक).—[khāṇḍava-ṭhan, khaṇḍa-ṭhañ] A confectioner.
Derivable forms: khāṇḍikaḥ (खाण्डिकः).
See also (synonyms): khāṇḍavika.
Khaṇḍikā (खण्डिका).—(= Pali id.; in Sanskrit khaṇḍaka is, but °ḍikā apparently is not, used in this precise sense), piece, fragment: Divyāvadāna 31.5 catasraḥ khaṇḍikāḥ kṛtāḥ.
Khaṇḍika (खण्डिक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. Pease. 2. The armpit E. khaḍi to break, ikan aff.
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Khāṇḍika (खाण्डिक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A confectioner, a seller of sweetmeats. E. khaṇḍa molasses or coarse sugar, and ṭhak aff.
1) Khaṇḍikā (खण्डिका):—[from khaṇḍaka > khaṇḍ] a f. ? (‘a piece of wood’ [Boehtlingk’s Sanskrit-Woerterbuch in kuerzerer fassung]), [Pāṇini 3-4, 51; Kāśikā-vṛtti]
2) [v.s. ...] a piece, [Divyāvadāna ii]
3) [v.s. ...] a section of a work
4) [v.s. ...] a kind of air or tune, [Horace H. Wilson]
5) Khaṇḍika (खण्डिक):—[from khaṇḍ] m. ‘one who learns section by section of a work’, pupil (? ‘a sugar-boiler, sugar-baker’ [Boehtlingk’s Sanskrit-Woerterbuch in kuerzerer fassung]), [Pāṇini 4-2, 45]
6) [v.s. ...] [gana] purohitādi
7) [v.s. ...] pease, [Caraka i, 27] (khaṇḍīka)
8) [v.s. ...] the armpit, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] Name of a man, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xi; Pāṇini 4-3, 102]
10) [v.s. ...] (ṣaṇḍika), [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā]
11) [v.s. ...] a [particular] measure of grain, [Inscriptions]
12) [v.s. ...] m. [plural] Name of a people, [Pāṇini 3-2, 115], [vArttika] 1, [Patañjali]
13) Khaṇḍikā (खण्डिका):—[from khaṇḍika > khaṇḍ] b f. See ṇḍaka.
14) Khaṇḍīka (खण्डीक):—[from khaṇḍ] m. See ṇḍika.
15) Khāṇḍika (खाण्डिक):—[from khāṇḍa] m. ([from] khaṇḍa), a seller of sugar-plums, confectioner, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
16) [v.s. ...] ([plural]) the whole number of pupils, [Gobhila-śrāddha-kalpa iii, 3, 8]
17) [v.s. ...] Name of a school of the black Yajur-veda, [Caraṇa-vyūha]
18) [v.s. ...] n. a multitude of pupils (? cf. khaṇḍ.), [Pāṇini 4-2, 45.]
1) Khaṇḍika (खण्डिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. Pease, pulse; the arm-pit.
2) Khāṇḍika (खाण्डिक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A confectioner.
Khaṇḍika (खण्डिक):—(von khaṇḍa) m.
1) Zuckersieder, Zuckerbäcker (?) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 45.] gaṇa purohitādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 128.] —
2) Erbsen [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 16.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1171.] f. khaṇḍikā viell. Erbsenschote [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 4, 51,] [Scholiast] —
3) Achselgrube [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 589.] —
4) proparox. Nomen proprium eines Mannes [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11, 8, 4, 1.] [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 102.] [Akademische Vorlesungen 85.]
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Khāṇḍika (खाण्डिक):—
1) (von khaṇḍa) m. Verkäufer von Zuckerwerk [Hārāvalī 136.] Vgl. khāṇḍavika . —
2) khāṇḍika (von khaṇḍika) n. ein Haufe Erbsen(?) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 45.] —
3) ācāntodakāḥ khāṇḍikebhyo(?) nuvākyā anugeyāḥ kārayet [GOBH. 3, 3, 7.]
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Khaṇḍika (खण्डिक):—
4) khaṇḍikopādhyāya [Patañjali] in [MAHĀBH. 236.]
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Khāṇḍika (खाण्डिक):—m. pl. Name einer Schule [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 271.] — Vgl. khaṇḍika [4]).
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Khaṇḍika (खण्डिक):—
2) [CARAKA 1, 27.] —
5) pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes [Patañjali a. a. O.3,75,b.]
Khaṇḍika (खण्डिक):—m. —
1) *etwa Zuckersieder , Zuckerbäcker. —
2) Erbsen. —
3) *Achselgrube. —
4) Nomen proprium — a) eines Mannes. — b) *Pl. eines Volkes.
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Khaṇḍīka (खण्डीक):—m. ein best. Hülsenfrucht [Carakasaṃhitā 1,27.]
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Khāṇḍika (खाण्डिक):——
1) m. — a) Verkäufer von Zuckerwerk. — b) Pl. — α) die Gesammtheit (der Schüler Schol.) [Gobhila's Gṛyasūtra 3,3,8.] — β) Nomen proprium einer Schule. — c) Patron. Mitadhvaja’s [VP.².5,217.] —
2) *n. = khaṇḍikānāṃ samūhaḥ.
Khaṇḍika (खण्डिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Khaṃḍia, Khaṃḍiā.
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
Khaṃḍika (ಖಂಡಿಕ):—
1) [noun] the tendril-climbing plant Pisum sativum of Papilionaceae family, with white or pinkish flowers and green seedpods.
2) [noun] its small, round seed, used as a vegetable.
3) [noun] the plant Cicer arientinum of Papilionaceae family grown for its pea.
4) [noun] its pea; chick-pea.
5) [noun] the plant Arachis hypogea of Papilionaceae family; groundnut plant.
6) [noun] its edible nut; peanut; groundnut.
7) [noun] a method of reading of a book (esp. the Vēdas), part by part, as to commit it to memory.
8) [noun] a student studying so.
9) [noun] a gift of money, land, etc. to a teacher who teaches Vēdas.
10) [noun] ಖಂಡಿಕದುಪಾಧ್ಯಾಯ [khamdikadupadhyaya] khaṇḍikadupādhyāya = ಖಂಡಿಕೋಪಾಧ್ಯಾಯ [khamdikopadhyaya].
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Khaṃḍika (ಖಂಡಿಕ):—[noun] = ಖಂಡಿ [khamdi]2.
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)
Partial matches (+0): Ika, Khanda.
Starts with (+0): Khamdikavidyarthi, Khandikadi, Khandikaran, Khandikarana, Khandikopadhyaya.
Full-text (+13): Ucchukhandika, Carmakhandika, Khandikopadhyaya, Dvikhandika, Catukhandika, Khamdikavidyarthi, Khandikya, Corakhamdika, Audbhari, Khandikadi, Khandikiya, Khandaka, Khamdia, Karapattrika, Khamdike, Manahshila, Khandavika, Ashtamba, Veda-matha, Khandapala.
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