Mocika, Mocikā: 7 definitions
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Mocika 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Mochika.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Mocikā (मोचिका).—A śakti.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa IV. 35. 98.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)
Mocika (मोचिक) refers to a special type of plant; representing a technical term related to the morphology branch of “plant science”, which ultimately involves the study of life history of plants, including its origin and development, their external and internal structures and the relation of the members of the plant body with one another.—The vṛkṣāṅga-sūtrīya-adhyāya, i.e., the chapter of the bījotpatti-kāṇḍa of Parāśara’s Vṛkṣāyurveda deals with various parts of plants. [...] The different parts of puṣpa (flower) are, e.g., jālaka (Calyx):—The outermost whorl which covers the floral bud is called jālaka. Calyx often shows resemblance to the corolla in shape, and also shows variation. The plants of the grass family (tṛṇa), Zingiberaceae (valvaja) and Araceae (kaṇḍula) bear an enveloping leaf (paṭṭikasaṃkāśa) which protects the spadix (akṣamañjarī). It is called mocika.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Mocika (मोचिक).—A tanner or shoe-maker.
Derivable forms: mocikaḥ (मोचिकः).
Mocika (मोचिक).—m. (from moca, Deśīnāmamālā 6.139, shoe; modern vernaculars moci, mocī, see Turner, Nepalese Dict. s.v. moci; said to be Iranian loanword), cobbler, shoemaker: Mahāvyutpatti 3796 = Tibetan ko lpags mkhan, leather-worker, or lham mkhan, shoemaker.
1) Mocikā (मोचिका):—[from mocaka > moca] f. a species of plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] a species of fish, [Bhāvaprakāśa]
3) Mocika (मोचिक):—[from moca] m. a tanner or shoemaker (cf. [Hindi] mochī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Mocika (मोचिक):—m. Gerber, Schuhmacher [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 97.]
Mocika (मोचिक):—m. Gerber , Schuhmacher.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Mocikai.
Full-text: Grihamocika, Galamocika, Grihamacika, Mocaka, Spadix, Akshamanjari, Pattikasamkasha, Samkasha.
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Studies on mrtasanjivani sura < [Volume 8 (issue 3-4), Jan-Jun 1989]
Development of rasasastra in medieval period < [Volume 4 (issue 3), Jan-Mar 1985]
Lalitopakhyana (Lalita Mahatmya) (by G.V. Tagare)
Narada Purana (English translation) (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 66 - Daily Prayers and Ritual < [Part 3 - Pūrva-bhāga: Tṛtīya-pāda]
The Cult of Jagannatha (by K. C. Mishra)
Textile Terminology in Khotanese: A Study of Dress and Equipment < [Volume 30 (1966)]
Serpent Power (Kundalini-shakti), Introduction (by Arthur Avalon)