Koshalika, Kosalikā, Kośalika: 7 definitions
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Koshalika means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Kośalika can be transliterated into English as Kosalika or Koshalika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Kosalikā (कोसलिका) refers to one of the various types of cakes mentioned in Chapter 12 (“offering food”) of the Susiddhikara-sūtra. Accordingly, “Offer [viz., kosalikā cakes], [...]. Cakes such as the above are either made with granular sugar or made by mixing in ghee or sesamum oil. As before, take them in accordance with the family in question and use them as offerings; if you offer them up as prescribed, you will quickly gain success. [...]”.
When you wish to offer food [viz., kosalikā cakes], first cleanse the ground, sprinkle scented water all around, spread out on the ground leaves that have been washed clean, such as lotus leaves, palāśa (dhak) leaves, and leaves from lactescent trees, or new cotton cloth, and then set down the oblatory dishes. [...] First smear and sprinkle the ground and then spread the leaves; wash your hands clean, rinse out your mouth several times, swallow some water, and then you should set down the food [viz., kosalikā]. [...]
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Kośalika (कोशलिक).—A bribe (= kauśalika q. v. which is the more correct form).
Derivable forms: kośalikam (कोशलिकम्).
Kośalika (कोशलिक).—n.
(-kaṃ) A bribe. E. kośa or koṣa wealth, and la what takes, ṣṭhak affix; also koṣalika.
Kośalika (कोशलिक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. A bribe.
Kośalika (कोशलिक):—n. Geschenk, falsche, im [Śabdakalpadruma] angenommene Lesart für kauśalika [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 737.]
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.
Pali-English dictionary
kosalika (ကောသလိက) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[kosala+ṇika]
[ကောသလ+ဏိက]
[Pali to Burmese]
kosalika—
(Burmese text): ကောသလမင်း၏-ဥစ္စာ-အသုံးအဆောင်။
(Auto-Translation): King KautThala's belongings.
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.
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