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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Navakarmika.—(EI 16, 23; LL), superintendent of a work (possibly of repairs); cf. Navakamika (EI 4, 20), an overseer of work (building or repairing operations); superintendent of building operations. Cf. Navakarmapati. Note: navakarmika is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Navakarmika (नवकर्मिक).—(= Pali °kammika, said to mean repairer of buildings, but see below): Mahāvyutpatti 8735 °kaḥ = Tibetan lag gi bla, which [Tibetan-English Dictionary] defines as one who does general menial service to the congregation of lamas in a monastery; Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.235.6, 9; ii.145.13; he was as a rule himself a monk, but inferior in position and function, as shown by Jātakamālā 113.22 (verse) āvāsikaḥ so 'stu mahāvihāre kacaṅgalāyāṃ navakarmikaś ca (as a punishment). That the navakam- mika in Pali, too, was low in station among monks is shown by the story of Sudhamma, Vin. ii.15.30 ff. (āvāsiko …navakammiko dhuvabhattiko), and navakamme in Jātaka (Pali) iv.378.29 seems to mean manual labor (certainly not repairing, since a new structure was being built). I have found no Pali commentary's interpretation, but the Pali word seems to need reexamination. Perhaps lit. (one who per- forms) new-initiate's work (see nava).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Navakarmika (नवकर्मिक):—[=nava-karmika] [from nava] mfn. superintendent of the construction of an edifice, [Buddhist literature]

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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.

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Partial matches: Karmika, Nava.

Full-text: Navakarmapati, Navakarmin, Avasika.

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