Krikara, Kṛkarā, Kṛkara: 12 definitions
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Krikara means something in 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 terms Kṛkarā and Kṛkara can be transliterated into English as Krkara or Krikara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Kṛkarā (कृकरा):—Last of the eight Mātṛs born from the body of Calanī, according to the Kubjikāmata-tantra. These eight sub-manifestations (mātṛ), including Kṛkarā, symbolize a relation to the wind. Kṛkarā itself represents kṛkara, one of the five secondary airs of the body. They are presided over by the Bhairava Asitāṅga. Calanī is the fifth of the Eight Mahāmātṛs, residing within the Mātṛcakra (third of the five cakras) and represents wind.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Kṛkarā (कृकरा) is another name for Pippalī, a medicinal plant identified with Piper longum Linn. or “Indian long pepper” from the Piperaceae or ‘pepper’ family of flowering plants, according to verse 6.11-13 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The sixth chapter (pippalyādi-varga) of this book enumerates ninety-five varieties of plants obtained from the market (paṇyauṣadhi). Together with the names Kṛkarā and Pippalī, there are a total of nineteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Kṛkara (कृकर) refers to one of the male servants associated with Jālandhara, one of the sacred seats (pīṭha), according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Nine of the twelve female servants (three in each of the first four seats), are low-caste women who we find, in other contexts, embody the Mothers (mātṛkā). The maids (cellakā) are Yoginīs and the servants their male counterparts [i.e., Kṛkara]. These replace the spiritual ‘sons’ and ‘daughters’ the goddess generates and the guardians she appoints in the sacred seats listed in the ‘Kubjikāmatatantra’.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Kṛkara (कृकर).—
1) A kind of partridge.
2) A worm.
3) An epithet of Śiva.
Derivable forms: kṛkaraḥ (कृकरः).
See also (synonyms): kṛkaṇa.
Kṛkara (कृकर).—m.
(-raḥ) 1. A name of Siva. 2. One of the five vital airs, that which assists in digestion. 3. A kind of partridge: see kṛkaṇa. 4. A sort of pepper, (P. chavya.) 5. The oleander tree. E. kṛka the throat, and ra what gets or receives; or kṛ imitative sound, and kara what makes, from kṛ to make or do, affix ap.
Kṛkara (कृकर).—[kṛ-kara] (kṛ is an imitative sound), m. 1. A kind of partridge, [Rāmāyaṇa] 4, 50, 12. 2. One of the five vital airs, that which assists in digestion, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in
Kṛkara (कृकर).—[masculine] a kind of patridge; one of the winds of the body.
1) Kṛkara (कृकर):—m. a kind of partridge (= kṛkaṇa q.v.), [Sāma-vidhāna-brāhmaṇa; Rāmāyaṇa iv, 50, 2]
2) a kind of pepper (Piper Chaba), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) the fragrant oleander tree (?), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) one of the five vital airs (that which assists in digestion), [Vedāntasāra]
5) Name of Śiva, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) Kṛkarā (कृकरा):—[from kṛkara] f. long pepper, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Kṛkara (कृकर):—[kṛ-kara] (raḥ) 1. m. Shiva; one of the vital airs; a kind of partridge; pepper; the oleander tree.
Kṛkara (कृकर):—m.
1) eine Art Rebhuhn (vgl. krakara, kṛkaṇa) [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 118.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 50, 12.] —
2) eine Art Pfeffer, Piper Chaba (cavya) Hunt. —
3) wohlriechender Oleander (s. karavīra) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —
4) einer der äusseren Winde des Körpers: kṛkarastu kṣute caiva javākusumasaṃnibhaḥ (vgl. kūrma) . iti śāradātilakaṭīkā . [Śabdakalpadruma] kṛkaraḥ kṣudhākaraḥ (nicht kṣutakaraḥ) [Vedāntasāra 31.] —
5) ein Beiname Śiva’s [Śabdakalpadruma] und [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] angeblich nach [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa]; die gedr. Ausg. [1, 1, 46] : kṛṣkara .
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Kṛkara (कृकर):—
4) [Oxforder Handschriften 236,b,12.] — Vgl. kṛkala .
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Kṛkara (कृकर):—
1) [SĀMAVIDH. BR. 2, 6, 14.]
Kṛkara (कृकर):——
1) m. — a) eine Art Rebhuhn. — b) *Piper Chaba [Rājan 6,113.] — c) *wohlriechender Oleander (?). — d) ein best. Wind im menschlichen Körper der den Hunger bewirkt [264,33.265,7.] — e) *Beiname Śiva's. —
2) *f. ā Langer Pfeffer [Rājan 6,11.]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Kṛkara (ಕೃಕರ):—
1) [noun] = ಕೃಕಣ [krikana].
2) [noun] one of the five vital airs of the body, helping in digesting the food and in the functioning of the eyelids.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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