Introduction

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In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: The Structure and Meanings of the Heruka Maṇḍala

Khaṭṭika (खट्टिक) or Gaṭṭika is the name of a Vīra (hero) who, together with the Ḍākinī named Khaṭṭikī [or Gaṭṭikī] forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the Guṇacakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Accordingly, the guṇacakra refers to one of the four divisions of the sahaja-puṭa (‘innate layer’), situated within the padma (lotus) in the middle of the Herukamaṇḍala. The 36 pairs of Ḍākinīs and Vīras [viz., Khaṭṭika] are whitish red in color; they each have one face and four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum, and a knife.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Sanskrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Khaṭṭika (खट्टिक).—1 A butcher.

2) A hunter, fowler.

3) The cream on buffalo-milk.

-kā 1 A small bed-stead, a cot.

2) A bier.

Derivable forms: khaṭṭikaḥ (खट्टिकः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Khaṭṭika (खट्टिक).—m. (= Sanskrit Lex. id. = māṃsa-vikrayin; not in Pali; AMg. khaṭṭia, °iya), butcher: Mvy 3759 = Tibetan bśan pa. Ultimately, of course, based on a theoretical Sanskrit *kṣattṛ-ka.

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

Khaṭṭika (खट्टिक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) A hunter, a fowler, one who lives by killing and selling game. f.

(-kā) 1. A small bedstead, a cot. 2. A bier or bed on which the corpse is carried. E. khaṭṭ to screen, ikan aff.

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

1) Khaṭṭika (खट्टिक):—m. a butcher, hunter, fowler, one who lives by killing and selling game, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) the cream on buffalo-milk, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Khaṭṭikā (खट्टिका):—[from khaṭṭika] f. for khaṭvikā q.v.

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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. 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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