In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Kīṭikā (कीटिका) refers to an “ant”, as mentioned in chapter 1.1 [ādīśvara-caritra] of Hemacandra’s 11th century Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.—Accordingly, “[...] even though not poor, he was attended by Poverty, and by Sleep, though not sleepy, just as an ant (kīṭikā) is provided with wings at the time of death”.

Note: Though kīṭikā in Sanskrit includes all kinds of insects, here it is evidently used for “ant”. Cf. Gujarati kīḍī, “ant”. There are two similar Hindustani proverbs (H.P. pp. 57-8): “When the ant’s wings come out his death has come”; and “When the ants are about to die they get wings”.—This is true biologically in the sense that as soon as the ants emerge as complete insects, they take a nuptial flight and the male dies immediately.

 

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Kiṭikā.—(EI 14), Sanskritised form of kiḍi or kiḍā, ‘a matting screen’. Note: kiṭikā is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kiṭika, at Vin. II, 153 of ālinda, a verandah, said to be saṃsaraṇa° ugghāṭana° (a movable screen or a curtain that can be drawn aside) Vin Texts III, 174, 176. (Page 214)

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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.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

kitīka (कितीक).—a How many? How much? Some.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kīṭikā (कीटिका).—

1) A small worm.

2) A poor insignificant creature; Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.

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

Kiṭika (किटिक).—(?) , m. or nt.: Divyāvadāna 374.7 (prose) pañcastrīśatāni kiṭikaiḥ saṃveṣṭya dagdhāni.(Burnouf, Intr. 365 note 1, conjectures kāṣṭ[h]akaiḥ, implausibly.) Perhaps same word as Pali kiṭaka, in Pv. i.9.2 and 4, something (according to commentary [hot] copper plates) into which the clothing of the petas is changed; thus it fits the Divyāvadāna passage. There is also a Pali kiṭika, Vin. ii.152.26 and 153.5, perhaps also some sort of covering, but very obscure; commentary re- peats it without glossing.

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

Kiṭika (किटिक):—[from kiṭi] n. ([varia lectio] ṭaka), a kind of weapon (?), [Pāṇini 2-4, 85], [vArttika] 3, [Patañjali]

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

Kīṭikā (कीटिका) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Kiṭṭiyā, Kiḍiyā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kitika in German

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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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