Kikata, Kīkaṭa: 13 definitions
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Kikata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1) Kīkaṭa (कीकट).—A King born in the dynasty of Priyavrata, son of Manu. He was one of the nineteen sons of King Bharata, the other eighteen being Kuśavarman, llāvarta, Brahmāvarta, Āryāvarta, Malaya, Bhadraketu, Sena, Indraspṛk, Vidarbha, Kapi, Hari, Antarīkṣa, Prabuddha, Pippalāyana, Āvirhotra, Dramiḍa, Camasa and Karabhājana. (Bhāgavata, 5th Skandha).
2) Kīkaṭa (कीकट).—The country ruled by King Kīkaṭa. The following story is told in Devī Bhāgavata as to how an ass in this kingdom attained heaven.
2) There was once in Kīkaṭa a merchant who had an ass to carry his merchandise. Once the merchant was returning home from Bhadrācala with his ass loaded with bundles of costly Rudrākṣas. The old ass fell down dead on the way, the weight of the Rudrākṣa bundles having been too much for it, and immediately it assumed the form of Śiva and went to Kailāsa. Even if a man does not know what he is carrying, if he carries sacred things he will certainly attain salvation, like the ass that attained salvation in this case. (Devī Bhāgavata, 11th Skandha).
1a) Kīkaṭa (कीकट).—A son of Ṛṣabha.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa V. 4. 10.
1b) A son of Saṃkaṭa. His sons were godlings, being the presiding deities of fortresses.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VI. 6. 6.
1c) —(c)—the land in which the Buddha was born; its people became purified by their devotion to Hari;1 noted for the sacred Gayā and the garden park rājagṛha, also for the āśrama of Cyavana. Other sacred spots fit for śrāddha offerings were Vaikuṇṭha, Lohadaṇḍa, Gṛdhrakūṭā and Śoṇaka.2
Kīkaṭa (कीकट) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. VIII.30.45) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Kīkaṭa) 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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Kīkaṭa (कीकट).—The name of this people occurs only in one passage of the Rigveda, where they appear as hostile to the singer and as under the leadership of Pramaganda. Yāska declares that Kīkaṭa was the name of a non-Āryan country, and later Kīkaṭa is given as a synonym of Magadha. Hence Zimmer concludes that the Kīkaṭas were a non-Āryan people living in the country later known as Magadha. Weber holds that this people were located in Magadha, but were Āryan, though at variance with other Āryan tribes, perhaps because of heretical tendencies, for Magadha was later a seat of Buddhism. But the identification is uncertain, and is doubted by Oldenberg and Hillebrandt.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
kikaṭa (किकट) [or किंकट, kiṅkaṭa].—a (Corrupted and misapplied from kīkaṭa S A country, Behar.) A term of reviling for a country, implying Barbarous, savage, barren, unhealthy &c.
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kīkaṭa (कीकट).—a S See the popular form kiṅkaṭa.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Kīkaṭa (कीकट).—a. (-ṭī f.)
1) Poor, indigent.
2) Miserly.
-ṭāḥ (pl.) Name of a country (Behar). Name of a people not belonging to the Aryan race; किं ते कृण्वन्ति कीकटेषु गावो नाशिरं दुह्रे न तपन्ति धर्मम् (kiṃ te kṛṇvanti kīkaṭeṣu gāvo nāśiraṃ duhre na tapanti dharmam) Ṛgveda 3.53.14.
-ṭaḥ A horse. -a.
1) Poor.
2) Avaricious. See कोटक (koṭaka).
Kīkaṭa (कीकट).—mfn.
(-ṭaḥ-ṭī-ṭaṃ) 1. Miserly, avaricious. 2. Poor, needy. m.
(-ṭaḥ) 1. A country, (Behar;) or m. plu.
(-ṭāḥ) its inhabitants. 2. A horse. E. kaki to go, aṭac affix, deriv. irr.
Kīkaṭa (कीकट).—m. 1. pl. The name of a people, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 1, 3, 24. 2. A proper name, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 4, 10.
Kīkaṭa (कीकट).—[masculine] [plural] [Name] of a people.
1) Kīkaṭa (कीकट):—m. Name of a son of Ṛṣabha, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa v, 4, 10]
2) of a son of Saṃkaṭa, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa vi, 6, 6]
3) a horse (perhaps originally a horse of the Kīkaṭas), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) m. [plural] Name of a people not belonging to the Āryan race, [Ṛg-veda iii, 53, 14; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
5) mfn., poor, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) avaricious, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Kīkaṭa (कीकट):—(ṭaḥ) 1. m. A country, Behar; a horse. a. Miserly, poor.
Kīkaṭa (कीकट):—
1) m. pl. Nomen proprium eines nicht-arischen Volkes [Yāska’s Nirukta 6, 32.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 95.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 157.] [Medinīkoṣa ṭ. 37.] kiṃ tekṛṇvanti.kīkaṭeṣu.gāvaḥ [Ṛgveda 3, 53, 14.] = magadhāḥ [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 1, 11.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 960.] tataḥ kalau saṃpravṛtte saṃmohāya suradviṣām . buddho nāmnāñjanāsutaḥ kīkaṭeṣu bhaviṣyati .. [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 3, 24.] yatra yatra ca madbhaktāḥ praśāntāḥ samadarśinaḥ . sādhavaḥ samudācārāste pūyante pi kīkaṭāḥ .. [7, 10, 18.] Im sg. Nomen proprium eines Sohnes von Ṛṣabha [5, 4, 10.] von Saṃkaṭa: kakubhaḥ saṃkaṭastasya kīkaṭastanayo yataḥ . bhuvo durgāṇi [6, 6, 6.] —
2) m. Pferd (wohl ein Pferd aus dem Lande der Kikaṭa) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [VIŚVA im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) adj. a) arm [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 95.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 358.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — b) geizig [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa]
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Kīkaṭa (कीकट):—
1) [WEBER, Nakṣ. 2, 392.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 21, 8.]
Kīkaṭa (कीकट):——
1) m. — a) Nomen proprium — α) Pl. eines nicht-arischen Volkes. — β) zweier Männer. — b) *Pferd. —
2) *Adj. — a) arm. — b) geizig.
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Starts with (+0): Kikataka, Kikatam, Kikatavi.
Full-text (+0): Kikatam, Pramaganda, Kikataka, Kikatin, Rajagriha, Sankata, Kushavarta, Naicashakha, Camasa, Buddha, Avirhotra, Aryavarta, Dasyu, Antariksha.
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