Kunika, Kūṇika, Kuṇika, Kūṇikā: 12 definitions
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In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: OpenEdition books: Vividhatīrthakalpaḥ (Kāvya)Kūṇika (कूणिक) is one of Śreṇika’s and founded Campā, as mentioned in the Vividhatīrthakalpa by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (tīrthas).—Accordingly, “Along with her brothers, Kūṇika decides to dethrone her father, in part out of personal resentment. Then enlightened by his mother, he wants to return the kingdom to his father. But Śreṇika believes that her son has come to put him to death and poisons himself. Kūṇika, overcome with remorse, could not live in Rājagṛha: he therefore founded Campā”.
Cf. Āvaśyakacūrṇi II 171.8-172.9; Āvasyakaniryukti (Haribhadra commentary) a. l-b.6; Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra X.12. v. 108-189: Johnson VI p. 313-318; Echo of the legend: Paris.VI.v.32 and Vividhatīrthakalpa 36 § 1.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Source: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions (jainism)Kuṇika (कुणिक, “lame”) or Kuvika is a Prakrit name indicating defects of the body, representing a rule when deriving personal names as mentioned in the Aṅgavijjā chapter 26. This chapter includes general rules to follow when deriving proper names. The Aṅgavijjā (mentioning kuṇika) is an ancient treatise from the 3rd century CE dealing with physiognomic readings, bodily gestures and predictions and was written by a Jain ascetic in 9000 Prakrit stanzas.
Source: HereNow4u: Lord Śrī MahāvīraKūṇika (कूणिक) is the name of Śreṇika’s son.—Kūṇika has an important place among the devotee-kings of Lord Mahāvīra. King Śreṇika was his father and his mother was queen Celanā. He was named Kūṇika due to the injury on the thumb. As he grew up Kūṇika started nursing feelings of being a king. Taking some of his brothers along with him, he imprisoned Śreṇika and became king. He repented later after his mother spoke to him. He went with an axe to break his father's chains. Śreṇika thought he is coming to kill him. To save his son from the sin of killing his own father, Śreṇika ate the poison from his finger ring and died. Kūṇika became very unhappy with all this and leaving Rājagṛha, he made Campā the capital of Magadha and stayed there. Mother Celanā's upbringing and values produced in him deep faith in Lord Mahāvīra. He had a separate division, which followed up on news of Mahāvīra's wandering and everyday activities.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKūṇikā (कूणिका).—
1) The horn of any animal.
2) The peg of a lute.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKūṇikā (कूणिका).—f.
(-kā) 1. The horn of any animal. 2. The peg of a lute. E. kūṇ to sound or to be crooked, vun and ṭāp affs.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumKuṇika (कुणिक) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Quoted in Āpastambadharmasūtra 1, 19, 7.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kuṇika (कुणिक):—[from kuṇi] m. Name of a teacher, [Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra]
2) Kūṇika (कूणिक):—m. Name of a prince of Campā, [Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan]
3) (kūnika), [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
4) Kūṇikā (कूणिका):—[from kūṇika] f. the horn of any animal, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] the peg of a lute (= kalikā), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKūṇikā (कूणिका):—(kā) 1. f. The horn of any animal; peg of a lute.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Kūṇika (कूणिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kūṇia.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKuṇika (ಕುಣಿಕ):—[noun] a man whose arm or leg is crippled or crooked.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Kunikalu, Kunikantha.
Ends with: Bilkunika, Gokunika, Kalakunika, Kanthakunika, Krakunika, Matkunika, Patikunika, Shakunika, Vikunika.
Full-text (+1): Vikunika, Kalakunika, Kanthakunika, Rajagriha, Shrenika, Kuṇita, Gokunika, Kalatulika, Cetaka, Udayabhadda, Kunia, Nanda, Kuvika, Celana, Udayin, Vihalla, Halla, Secanaka, Kulika, Kulaka.
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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Part 7: War between Kūṇika and Ceṭaka < [Chapter XII - Omniscience and wandering of Mahāvīra]
Part 5: Death of Śreṇīka < [Chapter XII - Omniscience and wandering of Mahāvīra]
Chapter XII - Omniscience and wandering of Mahāvīra < [Book X - Mahāvīracaritra]
Yajnavalkya-smriti (Vyavaharadhyaya)—Critical study (by Kalita Nabanita)
Chapter 1.1d - The Extensive Smṛti Literature < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Appendix 7 - Description of Pāṭaliputra (present Patna) < [Chapter V - Rājagṛha]
Apastamba Dharma-sutra (by Āpastamba)
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
South Indian Portraits < [January, 1928]