Khanika, Khaṇika, Khanikā, Khānika: 13 definitions
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Khanika means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Hindi. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Khanik.
India history and geography
Khanika (खनिक) or Khanikanātha refers to one of the Nava Nāthas in Gourana’s Nava Natha Charitra (Telugu).—Cf. Chandramouli, N., Tantric Symbols in the Art of Srisailam, paper presented in National Seminar on Tantrism, Osmania University, Hyderabad, 2002.—The nine teachers [e.g., Khanika-nātha] are considered representative of great teachers in this tradition or Parampara tradition—a succession of Teachers (Gurus) and Disciples (Shishyasa) in Indian-origin religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism.
Khanika.—cf. Prakrit khaniya (EI 20), a pillar. Cf. khāṇu. Note: khanika 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.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
khaṇika : (nt.) momentary; temporary; changeable.
Khaṇika, (adj.) (fr. khaṇa) unstable, momentary, temporary, evanescent, changeable; usually syn. with ittara, e.g. J. I, 393; III, 83; PvA. 60.—Vism. 626 (khaṇikato from the standpoint of the momentary). Khaṇikā pīti “momentary joy” is one of the 5 kinds of joy, viz. khuddikā, khaṇikā, okkantikā, ubbegā, pharaṇā (see pīti) Vism. 143, DhsA. 115.
khaṇika (ခဏိက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[khaṇa+ika．cittakkhaṇe cittakkhaṇe uppajjanato khaṇo etesaṃ atthīti khaṇikā．paṭisaṃ,ṭṭha,2．71．]
[ခဏ+ဣက။ စိတ္တက္ခဏေ စိတ္တက္ခဏေ ဥပ္ပဇ္ဇနတော ခဏော ဧတေသံ အတ္ထီတိ ခဏိကာ။ ပဋိသံ၊ဋ္ဌ၊၂။၇၁။]
[Pali to Burmese]
khaṇika—
(Burmese text): နည်းသော အခါဟူသော ခဏရှိသော၊ တခဏမျှဖြစ်သော။
(Auto-Translation): A moment that is rarely seen, just for a brief time.
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
Khanikā (खनिका).—A pond; L. D. B.
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Khānika (खानिक).—A hole in a wall, breach.
Derivable forms: khānikaḥ (खानिकः), khānikam (खानिकम्).
Khānika (खानिक).—n.
(-kaṃ) An opening or hole in a wall, a breach. E. khan to dig affix ṭhañ.
1) Khanika (खनिक):—[from khan] m. (= naka) a house-breaker, thief, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]
2) Khānikā (खानिका):—[from khānaka > khan] f. a ditch, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]
3) Khānika (खानिक):—[from khan] n. an opening in a wall, breach, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Khānika (खानिक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. An opening or hole in a wall, a breach.
Khānika (खानिक):—(von khāna) n. eine in einer Mauer gegrabene Oeffnung, Bresche [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 10, 9.]
Khanika (खनिक):—m. = khanaka
1) c) [Galano's Wörterbuch]
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Khānika (खानिक):—n. Bresche.
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Khānika (खानिक):—n. Bresche.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Khanika (खनिक) [Also spelled khanik]:—(nm) a miner, mine worker.
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Partial matches (+0): Ika, Khana.
Starts with (+2): Khanikabhanga, Khanikabhavasallakkhana, Khanikacitta, Khanikacittekaggata, Khanikadassana, Khanikaittarapaccupatthanattha, Khanikajara, Khanikakatha, Khanikamarana, Khanikanatha, Khanikanirodha, Khanikapiti, Khanikappahana, Khanikappahanabhava, Khanikarma, Khanikasamadhi, Khanikasamapatti, Khanikasamodhana, Khanikasamudaya, Khanikatthangama.
Full-text (+17): Akhanika, Khanikavassa, Khanikadassana, Khanikasamudaya, Khanikasamodhana, Khanikabhanga, Khanikasamadhi, Khanikappahanabhava, Nanakkhanika, Khanikatthangama, Khanikappahana, Khanikanirodha, Khanikacittekaggata, Khanikakatha, Khanikaittarapaccupatthanattha, Khanikamarana, Khanikacitta, Khanikapiti, Khanikajara, Khanikasamapatti.
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
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