Mahishika, Mahiṣika, Māhiṣika: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Mahiṣika and Māhiṣika can be transliterated into English as Mahisika or Mahishika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1) Mahiṣika (महिषिक).—A tribe of the south;1 a kingdom of.2
2) Māhiṣika (माहिषिक).—A degraded Kṣatriya clan.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 63. 140.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Māhiṣika (माहिषिक).—
1) A buffalo-keeper, a herdsman.
2) The paramour of an unchaste woman; (महिषीत्युच्यते नारी या च स्याद् व्यभिचारिणी । तां दृष्टां कामयति यः स वै माहिषिकः स्मृतः (mahiṣītyucyate nārī yā ca syād vyabhicāriṇī | tāṃ dṛṣṭāṃ kāmayati yaḥ sa vai māhiṣikaḥ smṛtaḥ) || Kālikā Purāṇa.
3) One who lives by the prostitution of his wife; महिषीत्युच्यते नार्या भगेनोपार्जितं धनम् । उपजीवति यस्तस्याः स वै माहिषिकः स्मतः (mahiṣītyucyate nāryā bhagenopārjitaṃ dhanam | upajīvati yastasyāḥ sa vai māhiṣikaḥ smataḥ) || Śrīdhara on V. P.
Derivable forms: māhiṣikaḥ (माहिषिकः).
Māhiṣika (माहिषिक).—m.
(-kaḥ) 1. A buffalo-keeper. 2. The paramour of an unchaste women. 3. One who lives by the prostitution of his wife.
Māhiṣika (माहिषिक).—i. e. mahiṣa + ika, m. A keeper of buffaloes, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 166.
Māhiṣika (माहिषिक).—[masculine] a keeper or breeder of buffaloes.
1) Māhiṣika (माहिषिक):—[from māhiṣa] m. [preceding] sg. [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] the paramour of an unchaste woman (others ‘one who lives by the prostitution of his wife’), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] f(ā or ī) Name of a river, [Rāmāyaṇa],
Māhiṣika (माहिषिक):—(von mahiṣa) m. Büffelhirt, der von Büffelzucht lebt [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 166.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 209,] [Nalopākhyāna 7.] In der neuen Ausg. des [Viṣṇupurāṇa II, 219] setzt [HALL] stillschweigend die falsche Form māhiṣaka, die auch [Śabdakalpadruma] u. parvakārī hat, dagegen māhiṣika in der alphabetischen Ordnung. Für māhiṣika spricht aurabhrika. māhiṣika soll auch den Liebhaber eines liederlichen Weibes oder den, der von der Prostitution seines Weibes lebt, bezeichnen: mahiṣītyucyate nārī yā ca syādvyabhicāriṇī . tāṃ duṣṭāṃ kāmayati yaḥ sa vai māhiṣikaḥ smṛtaḥ .. [KĀŚĪKH. im Śabdakalpadruma] mahiṣītyucyate nāryā bhagenopārjitaṃ dhanam . upajīvati yastasyāḥ sa vai māhiṣikaḥ smṛtaḥ .. [ŚRĪDHARASV.] zu [Viṣṇupurāṇa 2, 6, 15.] [Śabdakalpadruma]
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Māhiṣikā (माहिषिका):—f. Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 40, 21.] kī [41, 16.]
Māhiṣika (माहिषिक):—m. —
1) Büffelhirt , der von Büffelzucht lebt [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa ,6,21.] —
2) der Liebhaber eines liederlichen Weibes. —
3) *der von der Prostitution seines Weibes lebt.
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Māhiṣikā (माहिषिका):—und kī f. Nomen proprium eines Flusses.
Mahiṣika (महिषिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Mahisia.
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
Mahiṣika (ಮಹಿಷಿಕ):—[noun] = ಮಹಿಷ - [mahisha -] 2.
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Māhiṣika (ಮಾಹಿಷಿಕ):—[noun] a man who tends and grazes buffaloes.
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: Mahishikanda, Mahishikarisha.
Full-text: Ashvamahishika, Mahisia, Kacchadi, Mahishi, Mahishaka.
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