Maitreyika, Maitreyikā: 4 definitions
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Maitreyika 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.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMaitreyikā (मैत्रेयिका).—A contest between friends or allies (mitrayuddham).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaitreyikā (मैत्रेयिका).—f.
(-kā) The contest of friends or allies. E. maitreya relating to friends, vuñ aff. of animosity.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Maitreyikā (मैत्रेयिका):—[from maitreyaka > maitra] f. descent from Mitrayu, [Pāṇini 7-3, 2 [Scholiast or Commentator]]
2) [v.s. ...] a contest between friends or allies, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMaitreyikā (मैत्रेयिका):—(kā) 1. f. The contest of friends or allies.
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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