Naikayika, Naikāyika: 1 definition
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryNaikāyika (नैकायिक).—adj. or subst. m. (compare Pali nek°), (1) follower, devotee of the nikāya, q.v., i.e. of the literal canon: naikāyikāś ca tīrthayāś ca dṛṣṭim ekāṃśam āśritāḥ Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 294.3 (verse); clearly reprobated and associated with heretics, in accordance with the general position of Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra, which is hostile to literalism and even to acceptance of any verbally expressed doctrines; (2) sapta-naikāyikaṃ (prā- timokṣa-saṃvara-samādānaṃ) Bodhisattvabhūmi 138.24, pertaining to the seven groups (of Buddhist adherents, listed 25 f. as [Page312-a+ 71] bhikṣu-bhikṣuṇī-śikṣamāṇā-(! so text)-śrāmaṇera-śrāma- ṇery-upāsakopāsikā).
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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Ends with: Pancanaikayika.
Full-text: Nikaya.
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